Lifesaving defibrillator donated to local church

A lifesaving defibrillator is available seven days a week in an Angus town centre church, thanks to the generous donation of a member of the congregation.

A £1,000 cheque presented by Forfar man Stewart Davidson from a fund set up in memory of his late wife Lorna has enabled the East and Old Parish Church to purchase the kit which is located in the foyer.

The gift is one of many made by Mr Davidson through the Lorna Davidson Memorial Fund which, over the last five years, has donated £32,000 to a variety of worthy causes.

Mr Davidson, 73, said: “My son Mark and I set up the fund when my wife died of pancreatic cancer. We set it up to raise funds for the needy, to do something in Lorna’s memory.”