POPPIES are being attached to city buses to honour servicemen and women who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

First Glasgow is fitting its fleet with a special vinyl poppy to support the people who have served in the armed forces.

The firm said it employed many former servicemen and servicewomen.

The company's newly-appointed engineering director, Kenny Dickson, 37, from Motherwell, served as a Royal Navy officer in the Submarine Service.

He said: "By displaying poppies on the front of our buses we are helping to raise awareness of the Scottish Poppy Appeal.

"As an ex-serviceman myself it is a very worthy cause that is very close to my heart."

l See our full coverage of the Remembrance Day service in George Square in Monday's Evening Times.