SCOTS judo star Stephanie Inglis has spoken about longing for a Nando's while making "outstanding progress" after being seriously injured in a motorbike accident in Vietnam.

According to a new update, the 27-year-old Commonwealth Games silver medallist is now eating and drinking small amounts by herself and is fully able to communicate despite doctors in Vietnam giving her a one percent chance of surviving her injuries.

She was flown from Bangkok to Edinburgh earlier this week after being declared fit to fly home by medics.

Glasgow Times:

Stephanie, who won her medal at Glasgow 2014, had been in Vietnam for about four months, teaching underprivileged children, when she suffered serious head injuries in the motorcycle accident on May 10.

Her skirt is believed to have become unravelled and caught in the wheel.

A friend from the SaveSteph Facebook page posted a message from Ms Inglis which said: "Tell everyone thank you for all there support and well wishes, I am going to be up and about before you know it and come and see everyone and she can't wait to get home and have a Nando's."

She also thanked people for the cards, flowers and trinkets that have been sent.

The SaveSteph Facebook page said: "Her determination is just outstanding. Hopefully next week she will be moved to a rehab centre and continue her progress."

Ms Inglis, who is from Daviot near Inverness but has been living in Dunfermline has been taken to Edinburgh's Western General Hospital where she has been receiving care in a specialist unit.

She was flown from Thailand where she was treated in a Bangkok hospital for a serious head injury and also infections, including pneumonia.

Last week she smiled for the first time since waking from a coma, during a physio session.

He parents, Robert and Alison Inglis, have previously said they are very confident that she would recover and have thanked well-wishers and donors, who have raised more than £300,000 for her medical bills.

Glasgow Times:

Sister Stacey Inglis, father Robert and mother Alison Inglis with Stephanie's childhood friend Khalid Gehlan in Edinburgh

Last Thursday, the SaveSteph Facebook page announced that she was moving her feet legs arms and hands and "more critical" responding to requests to do so".

It said: "Alison asked her to lift her leg and she did, move your right hand and she did feet, ankles,hands, and fingers she moved when asked to.

"This shows she is now fully aware but not fully in control, Stephanie is very weak and the immense effort it takes her to make these small movements is hard to comprehend , but everyday a little bit more, and there is no doubt now she is not just fighting but she is giving 100% effort in attempting to recover from this devastating accident."

Friends and family set up a crowdfunding campaign to pay for her medical costs after it emerged her travel insurance was not valid because she had been in the country more than 31 days.