A brave mum who lost her husband to cancer while she was also being treated for the disease has been chosen to launch Race for Life in Scotland.
Shona MacLaren, from Stevenston, lost beloved husband and popular Ayrshire Tornado basketball coach Will, aged 41, to bowel cancer on September 1 last year.
Accountant Shona, who is mum to daughter Thea, five, and one-year-old son Mason, completed chemotherapy treatment for cervical cancer while grieving for the love of her life.