Calendar An icon of a desk calendar. Cancel An icon of a circle with a diagonal line across. Caret An icon of a block arrow pointing to the right. Email An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of the Facebook "f" mark. Google An icon of the Google "G" mark. Linked In An icon of the Linked In "in" mark. Logout An icon representing logout. Profile An icon that resembles human head and shoulders. Telephone An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. Tick An icon of a tick mark. Is Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. Is Not Public An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. Pause Icon A two-lined pause icon for stopping interactions. Quote Mark A opening quote mark. Quote Mark A closing quote mark. Arrow An icon of an arrow. Folder An icon of a paper folder. Breaking An icon of an exclamation mark on a circular background. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Caret An icon of a caret arrow. Clock An icon of a clock face. Close An icon of the an X shape. Close Icon An icon used to represent where to interact to collapse or dismiss a component Comment An icon of a speech bubble. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Comments An icon of a speech bubble, denoting user comments. Ellipsis An icon of 3 horizontal dots. Envelope An icon of a paper envelope. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Camera An icon of a digital camera. Home An icon of a house. Instagram An icon of the Instagram logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. Magnifying Glass An icon of a magnifying glass. Search Icon A magnifying glass icon that is used to represent the function of searching. Menu An icon of 3 horizontal lines. Hamburger Menu Icon An icon used to represent a collapsed menu. Next An icon of an arrow pointing to the right. Notice An explanation mark centred inside a circle. Previous An icon of an arrow pointing to the left. Rating An icon of a star. Tag An icon of a tag. Twitter An icon of the Twitter logo. Video Camera An icon of a video camera shape. Speech Bubble Icon A icon displaying a speech bubble WhatsApp An icon of the WhatsApp logo. Information An icon of an information logo. Plus A mathematical 'plus' symbol. Duration An icon indicating Time. Success Tick An icon of a green tick. Success Tick Timeout An icon of a greyed out success tick. Loading Spinner An icon of a loading spinner. Facebook Messenger An icon of the facebook messenger app logo. Facebook An icon of a facebook f logo. Facebook Messenger An icon of the Twitter app logo. LinkedIn An icon of the LinkedIn logo. WhatsApp Messenger An icon of the Whatsapp messenger app logo. Email An icon of an mail envelope. Copy link A decentered black square over a white square.

Funerals next week for two Inverness friends found dead within day of each other

Michael Williamson
Michael Williamson

The funerals of two young friends who died within days of each other will take place next week.

Martin Shaw, 23, was found dead at his home in the South Kessock area of the city on Saturday evening.

Then just two days later, best friend Michael Williamson died at his home in Drynie Avenue in Hilton.

Now friends and family of the two men will gather on consecutive days at the same funeral home to say their final farewells.

The service to Mr Shaw, who was known as Porky, will take place at the funeral home of William T. Fraser and Son in Culduthel Road on Wednesday October 14 at 2pm.

Mr Williamson’s funeral will be at the home the following day, also at 2pm.

His family has requested no flowers and that mourners do not wear black.

Any donations given at the service will go Help for Heroes.

Meanwhile a fund set up by friends of the tragic pair has raised more than £5,300 towards its £6,000 target.

The funds will be split between the two men, with a memorial bench planned for Mr Shaw while the family of Mr Williamson have requested that their share is donated to the Help for Heroes charity.

Mr Williamson’s family described him as a “people person” who was “cheery and always happy”.

A two-minute silence will be held before every match in the Innes Bar Highland District Amateur Football League this weekend.

Police have said that there were no suspicious circumstances to either death.

The Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123, a free number which does not appear on phone bills, by e-mailing jo@samaritans.org, or by visiting www.samaritans.org