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Nick Forbes

Swinney signs up for charity fundraiser for motor neurone disease cure

Scottish First Minister John Swinney was at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh to sign up to take part in Doddie Aid 2025 and meet other Doddie Aid supporters (Nick Forbes/PA) - (PA Wire)

The First Minister donned his running shoes in aid of a charity that helps those with a serious neurodegenerative condition.

On Friday at 11am, John Swinney met with representatives from the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation – a charity set up in honour of Doddie Weir, a Scottish rugby union player who died of motor neurone disease (MND) in 2022, aged 52.

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