Work on a war memorial refurbishment project in Invergordon is has been completed.

Specialist contractors John A. McLean Stonemason and John Hood & Son Dingwall were funded by the council to carry out renewal works to the monument, as part of the War Memorial Restoration Project.

The memorial was built in 1947 by Polish soldiers with stone taken from a local beach to commemorate the Polish Forces lost in war.

Features included cleaning and repointing the memorial, cleaning the surrounding stonework and repainting the lettering on the marble plaque and around the lettering on the memorial.

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Help was also provided via the Criminal Justice team with a group of offenders carrying out unpaid work as an alternative to a short-term prison sentence. Around a dozen members helped cut back the trees, sand down and repaint benches as well as rubbing down and repainting all the railings with gold detailing at the top of the railings and gates.

Cllr Maxine Smith said: "I and my fellow Cromarty Firth Ward Members, Cllrs Mike Finlayson, Pauline Munro and Carolyn Wilson are delighted to see the Polish Memorial spruced up and looking so good in time for its Remembrance Service. It's also good for offenders on community payback to carry out interesting work and hopefully learn new skills that will help those not in work to get a job."

(LM/CD)