Tuesday 1 December

SuBo flies the flag for Scotland

An excitable Susan Boyle had two things to celebrate yesterday – not only has she got the best-selling debut album in chart history, it was also Scotland's national day - St Andrew's Day.

In true SuBo style, the crooner popped out of her new home in Blackburn, Scotland wearing her pyjama bottoms and a toasty pair of blue socks.

Clearly as pleased as punch with her record-breaking album and full of pride for her country’s special day, SuBo, 48, brandished a giant Scottish flag as she grinned at waiting paparazzi.

Things didn’t quite run as smoothly as SuBo had hoped, as her flag got tangled up around her head by a gust of wind.

But the Scottish singer was too content to care, and she was soon waving the flag around for all to see… You go SuBo!

And while we’re talking about reasons to be happy, today is 1 December - Christmas is on its way - we've opened our Advent Calendar and we're playing Jingle Bells at Reveal Towers.