An RAF veteran from Yorkshire has become the first non-native mayor of Pitcairn, the Mutiny on the Bounty island and remote British possession in the South Pacific
AdvertisementMr Young is the first person not born on Pitcairn to ever serve as its mayor. He will represent a group of four islands, only one of which is inhabited.
Mr Young first visited Pitcairn in 1992 after 10 years with the RAF, having applied for permission from the island council. He travelled there on a container ship from New Zealand, a journey that took nine days. He returned in 2000 with his wife, Shirley.
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