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Linda has been a keen supporter of the EDCG for a number of years and has provided hampers worth hundreds of pounds over the last two years but has now dedicated her time to creating wreaths to raise money for the cause.

A Musselburgh man and his daughter met an unexpected visitor when they popped into his late aunt's flat in to pick up the mail.

Fire crews raced to rescue a swan stuck on the ice approximately 30 metres from the shore at Drumpellier Country Park, with the bird now in the care of the Scottish SPCA.

The animals are now in the care of the Scottish SPCA after being found at around 10am on Saturday, December 3, on a street corner in Lerwick, Shetland.

The Edinburgh charity The Sorted Project encountered the animal on the Union Canal in Edinburgh.

Two men visited a home on Ell Crescent and said they were responding to reports of animal neglect at a neighbouring property but did not provide any form of identification.

Linda is hoping that she can build on the success of last year's appeal and be able to supply hundreds of pounds worth of food, toys and bedding to two animal charities.

Kane, a six-month-old American bully, was subject to "unnecessary" suffering at the hands of owner Andrew Dean Kirkland, from North Lanarkshire.

Daisy, a five-year-old Shih Tzu, was found with claws so long they were curling over her paw pads.