SCOTTISH Motor Neurone Disease campaigner Gordon Aikman has married his partner Joe Pike.

Mr Aikman, 29, was diagnosed with the condition - which has no cure - in 2014 and set up Gordon's Fightback to lobby for more funding into the disease as well as raise awareness and highlight the plight of fellow sufferers.

His efforts saw him honoured at The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards last November.

He and Mr Pike, a political reporter for ITV Border at Scottish Parliament, tied the knot in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Deacon Blue frontman Ricky Ross performed at the couple's wedding reception.

Among those to send messages of congratulations was First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and comedian Frankie Boyle.

"We had a wonderful time. Can't believe it is over," replied Mr Aikman.

Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a disease which attacks the brain and spinal cord. Around half of sufferers die within 14 months of being diagnosed.

To date his campaign, which calls for funding for MND research in the UK to be doubled, has now raised more than £250,000, with £25,000 coming from ticket sales for a comedy gala in Glasgow which included performances from Frankie Boyle, Fred MacAulay and Stewart Francis.

Mr Aikman, a former Labour staffer and director of research at the pro-UK Better Together campaign, has won friends and supporters from across the political divide.

He was responsible for one of the most memorable moments of the independence battle when he persuaded Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling to take a soaking in the ice bucket challenge.