Tributes have been paid to former Scotland rugby international Doddie Weir who has died at the age of 52 after battling motor neurone disease for five years.
Doddie - whose real name is George - announced he had been diagnosed with MND in June 2017 and helped raise millions through his My Name'5 Doddie foundation.
His charity work, as well as services to rugby and the Scottish Borders community earned him an OBE in 2019. People took to Twitter to pay their respects to Doddie, who was capped 61 times for Scotland between 1990 and 2000, including First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who paid tribute to his bravery in the face of adversity.
She tweeted: "This is so terribly sad. Doddie was one of our nation’s sporting legends, but the brave way he responded to MND surpassed anything ever achieved on the rugby pitch.
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