Supper funds will help vulnerable people

Pudsey bear made a welcome return to North Lanarkshire to collect a special cheque for this year's Children in Need appeal.

The BBC charity bear got his paws on a cheque for £8,802 raised at North Lanarkshire Council’s Burns Supper, and this was presented at a ceremony in North Lanarkshire Council’s headquarters in Motherwell.

Provost Jean Jones said: “Our Burns Supper is an annual event which supports this wonderful charity which helps support some of the most vulnerable young people in our society.”