Deputy Lieutenant receives MBE from the King

Dunbartonshire Deputy Lieutenant Tom Finnigan has received the MBE from His Majesty The King in an investiture at the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

Tom, a businessman from Balloch, was named in the New Year's Honours List for services to the administration of justice and to the community in West Dunbartonshire.

Tom has sat as a Justice of the Peace in Dumbarton for 23 years.

He is a former chair of the Scottish Justices' Association and is a member of the Judicial Council.

He attended the investiture with his wife Teresa and daughter Sarah-Jane.

He said, "I am absolutely delighted and honoured. It's an award that is for myself, but obviously a great moment for my family and friends.

"It is also for the people who have supported me and worked with me in the court system.