It’s Grado to rescue

GoRadio and Two Doors Down star Grado shocked fans by saving Rutherglen champion wrestler Jack Jester from a brutal beatdown in a charity event.

The packed Insane Championship Wrestling’s ‘ICW: Boots Yer Baws’ event on Sunday not only showcased high-flying adult wrestling action but also marked the triumphant return of ICW original and BBC star Grado.

The show at the Asylum was held to raise awareness in partnership with the testicular cancer awareness charity Cahonas Scotland.

At the end of the event,

Grado came to the rescue of long-time friend and current ICW World Heavyweight Champion Jack Jester – Lee Greig – after he was on the receiving end of a kicking from Theo Doris and exWWE star Kenny Williams.

Lee said: “ICW is the perfect partner for Cahonas Scotland to raise awareness of the excellent work the charity does in a way that’s fun but most of all, informative.

“The new era of ICW has started and Grado is about to be a big part of it. I can’t wait.”

The two Scottish sensations have been lifelong friends and both featured on ICW’s biggest ever show in 2016 on opposing teams in the same match at the OVO Hydro in front of over 6000 people. Upon making his return to the ICW ring, Grado made a light-hearted jab at Hollywood sensation Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, who just returned to compete at WrestleMania.

He added: “How many episodes of River City has The Rock been in?”

Grado will be appearing at ICW’s next event ‘ICW: The Only Way Is Up’ on Sunday. May 19, offering fans the chance to witness history in the making as ICW continues to push the boundaries of professional wrestling with the first-ever Ladder Match in The Asylum.

Tickets for ICW: The Only Way Is Up are available now at universe.com/icw. Fans can also watch ICW as part of TrillerTV+ at fite.tv.

Since her retiral from the Scottish Prison Service, Lanarkshire woman Pauline Duff has given her all to the six puppies she’s raised for the charity, Guide Dogs.

What she’s received in return for her full-time volunteering is “unconditional love” from the young dogs she’s reared, the majority of whom have gone on to give the gift of independence and companionship to a person with a visual impairment.

Pauline, 63, craved a new purpose in life after she retired eight years ago – something rewarding that would rescue her from daytime TV.

“I had a friend who was visually impaired and she posted on Facebook that Guide Dogs were looking for puppy raisers,” she explained.

“I had been considering getting a dog, and thought that I’d try before I buy.”

The charity conducted a telephone interview with Pauline to determine why she was interested in joining the organisation as a volunteer.

“They explained a little about the process of looking after a dog. It is a 24/7 role,” she said.

“You have the puppy from the age of seven or eight weeks, for up to a year to 18 months. Every puppy is

different.”

A Guide Dogs representative then visited Pauline at her home in Newton Farm near Cambuslang to ensure that it was a safe and suitable environment for a puppy.

They also inspected her garden to check that it had a toileting area for a young dog – and no escape routes.

Pauline was then matched with Milo – a male black Labrador/ Retriever cross.

“Milo was 14 months old before he went up to what we call ‘the big school,’ where they do the main training for guide dogs in Forfar, ” continued Pauline. “He is now a working guide dog, south of Edinburgh.” The role of a puppy raiser, she explained, is to instil self-control in a young dog, and to ensure he or she is taught to remain calm in

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