What we learned: A dog too ugly to love, the North Sea’s oldest oil worker, and the magic of Irn Bru

Five highlights from the Sunday Post.

1. The healing properties of Irn Bru.

We all know of Irn Bru’s famous powers as a hangover cure, but surely no one could have guessed of its ability to aid an Ebola recovery.

That was until Scottish Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey revealed that the drink helped aid her recovery.

As their famous ad campaign claimed Irn Bru will get you through.

Irn Bru puts the fizz back into Ebola nurse 2. Celebrity life was tough for Toyah.

80s pop star Toyah Willcox revealed that in her heyday she was paid a pittance and forced to live by a strict weighting regeme.

“We were on £30 a week. I was weighed once a week and if I went over, even by an ounce, seven stone three pounds, I wasn’t allowed to eat.” 3. We met the dog that was too ugly to love.

Poor Buddy is just like the rest of us all he wants is to be loved.

And like some of us, it seems he’s just too ugly to love!

The lurcher, who is deaf and has odd-coloured eyes, has been shunned by prospective owners and has remained in the pound for years.

Read the heart-breaking story: Buddy a dog who is too ugly to love? 4. You’re never too old to work!

Pensioner Pat Thomson proved that age is just a number when she announced her plans to go back to work on the rigs of the offshore oil industry.

At the age of 72, and with a background of working in Africa and the Falklands, she’s preparing to don the safety hard hat and head back to the North Sea.

Pat, queen of the oil rigs, is going back offshore at the age of 72 5. Just how good the world’s best B&B really is.

When Millgate Bed and Breakfast was named TripAdvisor’s favourite destination, our staff writer Chae Strathie couldn’t resist a trip.

All in the search of The Truth, of course!

He gave the family-run B&B the once over and found out what all the fuss and five-star reviews were about.

Best B&B in the world is simply smiles better