The sister of a man who lost his life on the River Clyde has said that a “massive weight” has been lifted from her shoulders as the remainder of six life saving telephones have been installed along the banks of the River Clyde.

The Glasgow Times told last month how Glasgow City Council promised the Think Again Campaign they would install six lifeline telephones along the Clydeside by October last year.

The council said last month that the campaign group were promised the installation of only five lifeline telephones.

In an email seen by the Glasgow Times, the body’s director of operations confirmed that six have now been installed and that the delay was “outwith the council’s control”.

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Jeanmarie Ferrier, who lost her brother Thomas Kay in 2014, has now said that pressure from the Glasgow Times has helped to push their promise.

She said: “I think from last month’s article it definitely pushed the pressure to install these phones.

“What’s important now is that they’re here and will hopefully save lives. I’m so happy the phones are now where they need to be and I feel like a massive weight has been lifted from my shoulders.”

Jeanmarie had been campaigning for the emergency lifeline telephones alongside the Think Again Campaign for over two and a half years.

She added: “I’m just so glad this battle is now over. I’m sad that we had to fight for nearly three years - and fight we did.

“The weight off our shoulders is unbelievable and the support we have received has been amazing.”

Stef Shaw, who also spearheaded the campaign has said that he is “delighted” the remaining lifeline phones are finally installed.

He said: “All involved in the Think Again Campaign and Lighthouse Family are absolutely delighted to see the completion of our campaign proposals and emergency lifeline telephones being installed in Glasgow.

“We hope that people who are crying out for help will use these lifesaving telephones to call Samaritans directly.

“These volunteers will listen to what you have to say, regardless of how serious your problems may be.

“The Think Again campaign and the Think Again Lighthouse Group have battled hard in our lifesaving campaign for safer and better waterways in Glasgow for around two and a half years.”

Jeanmarie previously told the Glasgow Times she thinks that if her brother Thomas had been given the option to use a lifeline phone had they been in place at the time of his passing, he would have taken it.

The six phones are to be trialled over the next 12 months with the council monitoring their performance.

Jeanmarie added: “I didn’t want to be reminded that these phones are on trial, but I am confident that they will help those in need and will last longer than the coming 12 months.”