Flag is raised to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day

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- STAFF REPORTER

A commemorative flag was raised at South Lanarkshire Council headquarters in Hamilton last Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Provost Margaret Cooper led a short event for invited guests, who included Lord Lieutenant of Lanarkshire Lady Susan Haughey, local and national politicians, members of the Royal British Legion, local clergy, emergency services personnel and senior council officers.

Also invited were representatives of the Cameronians, Scotland’s only rifle regiment of the British Army, disbanded in 1968, and now memorialised in a unique permanent exhibition at Hamilton's Low Parks Museum.