CLACKMANNANSHIRE MSP Keith Brown showed his support for women with breast cancer by dressing up in pink to encourage his constituents to take part in Breast Cancer Now’s flagship fundraiser, wear it pink, last Friday.

Wear it pink, the UK’s biggest pink fundraiser, calls on supporters across the country to ditch the day-to-day colours and pull on some pink to raise money for Breast Cancer Now’s lifesaving breast cancer research.

Mr Brown joined fellow parliamentarians in wearing it pink in Holyrood to encourage people across Scotland to get involved. Now in its 14th year, wear it pink raises more than £2 million each year for world-class research into breast cancer.

The MSP said: “Right now breast cancer is at a tipping point. Every year in Scotland about 4,600 women are diagnosed with breast cancer, and sadly nearly 1,000 people still lose their lives to the disease. This is why we all must come together to support Breast Cancer Now’s cutting-edge research.

“Together, we can make a big difference for women with breast cancer, now and in the future; I thank everyone in the local community who joined in and wore pink to show their support for Breast Cancer Now.”

Launched in June 2015 with the ambition of ensuring that no one dies from the disease by 2050, Breast Cancer Now is the UK’s largest breast cancer charity, created by the merger of Breast Cancer Campaign and Breakthrough Breast Cancer.