Bob Geldof joins 8,000 at Sleep in the Park to raise funds for Scotland's homeless

Scottish Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Bob Geldof joined thousands of people who slept out in freezing conditions in Edinburgh to raise money to tackle homelessness.

Bob Geldof joins 8,000 at Sleep in the Park to raise funds for Scotland's homeless

Scottish Deputy First Minister John Swinney and Bob Geldof joined thousands of people who slept out in freezing conditions in Edinburgh to raise money to tackle homelessness.

More than 8,000 people braved icy temperatures and spent the night in the city's Princes Street Gardens as part of "the world's biggest sleepout", with donations so far topping £3.6m (€4.1m).

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