Portpatrick's newest lifeboat will be officially named today. The John Buchanan Barr was paid for by a £2.6million legacy left by Catherine Barr, who died in 2008 aged 98, who wanted the boat to be named after her husband.
Portpatrick's newest lifeboat will be officially named today. The John Buchanan Barr was paid for by a £2.6million legacy left by Catherine Barr, who died in 2008 aged 98, who wanted the boat to be named after her husband.
The boat has been in service at Portpatrick since November 2011 and the station was one of a number visited by the Duke of Kent on his tour of Dumfries and Galloway this week.
The club say Town Directors and Dave Clark came to a mutual agreement about the decision.
Last year the NSPCC made 226 referrals across the region following reports to the helpline of domestic child abuse.
64-year-old James Miller died after his car was in collision with a lorry travelling in the opposite direction.