Two ready for charity climb

Two women from West Lothian are to scale Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

Amanda Reed, 27, and Lynne Miller, 33, have already raised nearly 12,000 for their assault on the peak, which is 19,349ft high.

Ms Reed said she had been inspired to help the charity after Macmillan nurses came to the aid of her grandmother: "When my gran passed away I spent years saying I would do something to raise funds for such a good cause and decided one night that the time was now."

They will set off on their climb on October 9.