TWO local police officers have been praised for helping a pensioner who was struggling in Saltcoats.

We were contacted by a local after he spotted the two policemen helping an elderly man who was struggling in the rain with his shopping recently in Saltcoats town centre.

The two PC’s, PC Adamson and PC Gunn, who are part of the Three Towns Locality Policing Team, selflessly assisted the gentleman earlier this month.

The local said: “The old man was struggling in the rain and the two police helped him.

“They carried his messages all the way home and they went the back way, they could have easily walked through the town. “They were very modest and I think they deserve a bit of good publicity.”