Dragon's Den star in homeless charity drive

DRAGON'S Den star and multi-millionaire entrepreneur Duncan Bannatyne is giving up the luxury life for one night to highlight the plight of young homeless people.

Mr Bannatyne will be taking part in Byte Night, an annual sleep-out held at Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, on 8 October.

The event was started 12 years ago in London by IT professionals, hence the name Byte Night, to raise funds for the charity Action for Children.

Mr Bannatyne said: "Byte Night is a fantastic fundraiser aiming to raise over 600,000 this year to support Action for Children's crucial work with homeless young people. It's wonderful to see so many busy business people giving up their precious time to help make Byte Night such a huge success." Robert Heggie who chairs the event's Scottish organising board, said: "It can transform lives."