Bankies have contributed to more than £3million in donations this month to three life-saving charities impacted by Covid-19.

The Express store in Hardgate supported the Tesco Health Charity Partnership appeal to raise money for Cancer Research UK, the British Heart Foundation and Diabetes UK from September 1 to 13.

Oonagh Turnbull, head of health campaigns at Tesco said: “This has been an incredibly tough year for many so far and hopefully this donation will help those directly affected by cancer, heart and circulatory diseases or diabetes.”

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Over the 13-day in-store appeal Scottish customer donations amounted to nearly £1.5m, with Tesco matching the contributions.

All funds will be split equally and go directly to the three charities who have faced funding crunches