10 SMILES OF THE WEEK

▼ sunny disposition

Being Scottish means the sun shines for, on average, about half an hour once every June. Keep this weather going and we might have a proper summer on our hands.

▼ chocca weekend

Just when you thought Saturdays couldn’t get any better, this Saturday is World Chocolate Day. Make sure it doesn’t melt!

▼ basket case

Today marks the start of National Picnic Month and, for once, we might actually be using umbrellas to keep the sun off our backs rather than the rain!

▼ Pug ugly

An English bulldog won the World’s Ugliest Dog contest and her owner was given a free trip to New York. Bet she thinks that’s a very pretty prize!

▼ heating up

Looks like our credit cards will be as red-hot as everything else this week. Shop-owners are set to see soaring profits due to the good weather.

▼ we’ll Try To cope

The dreaded midge doesn’t enjoy the hot weather and a million will drop dead due to the heat last week.

▼ it’s our dream

Scientists have developed an “invisibility cloak” which could help soldiers disappear from view. Could one be made so workers could nap at their desk in peace? Asking for a friend.

▼ what a hog

The world’s fattest hedgehog has been found in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, weighing in at 2.335 kg – four times the average. Too much stovies?

▼ disney beat This

Scots singer Amy Macdonald has provided the soundtrack for new Disney film, Patrick, that stars a wee pug. She topped their list ahead of Bone Jovi and The Barkstreet Boys.

▼ going for gold

A midwife dived off a pier to rescue a goldfish in a plastic bag that had been thrown in by kids. She’s some-fin of a hero.