A Lanarkshire widow has made an emotional appeal for locals to make sure they are checked for prostate cancer.
Jean Holloway, 86, lost her beloved husband Walter to the disease in 2007, and has since raised over £35,000 for Prostate Cancer Scotland.
Jean, who lives in Rutherglen, has now urged all men to make sure they check for the disease.
She told Lanarkshire Live : "Volunteering with Prostate Cancer UK helped give me purpose after Walter died.
"One in eight men will get prostate cancer in their lives, but it can often be treatable if caught early enough. That is why it is so important to me to raise awareness."
Jean was speaking as the Prostate Cancer Memorial visited Scotland during a UK tour.
Her husband's name is on the 10-foot mirrored steel pyramid, along with 500 other men who passed away from prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men and in Scotland, 3779 men will be diagnosed each year and 975 will die from the disease
Earlier this year Jean was awarded an British Empire Medal (BEM) for her years of work fundraising and supporting Prostate Cancer UK since Walter passed away.
She's put on events at Cathkin Braes golf club, arranged bag packing at supermarkets in Burnside and given talks about the disease.
At the time she told Lanarkshire Live: ""I've done a great deal for Prostate Cancer UK but they have done a great deal for me too. They've supported me all the time, and I enjoy doing what I can to help out.
"Most things I've organised myself and then I've roped everyone into helping, like getting my daughters and grandsons down to Tesco in Burnside to help with the bag packing.
"Everyone at Cathkin Braes has been a great help too. I had to stop playing a couple of years ago, but the club has always been good for fundraising and events."
More information on being checked can be found here.
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