The Church of Scotland has honoured the UK’s joint-oldest man with a unique lifetime of service award.
109-year-old Alfred Smith, from the village of St Madoes in Perthshire, has been a member of the Church since 1945 and an elder since 1967. He shares the distinction of being Britain's oldest man with Bob Weighton, of Alton in Hampshire, who was also born on March 29 1908.