Construction will start soon on the artwork Cecil Balmond won a competition to design in 2011.
What do residents of south-west Scotland think of the expanding 20mph zones across the area?
The defendants are accused of mis-selling salmon products to supermarket chain Aldi.
Volunteer-led teams from Stranraer to Eyemouth draw up ideas to help create new jobs in their area.
The company says the number 80 town service in Annan and 579 school service from Gretna to Annan will end on 5 January.
It is hoped the Star of Caledonia will attract more than 200,000 visitors a year once it opens in 2027.
Costica Balan, 63, was Romanian and had lived in the UK for the past 16 years.
A man in his 60s dies in a crash which shut the A74(M) and M6 linking Scotland and England near Gretna.
Residents scrutinise long-awaited plans to bypass two villages on the busy A75 in southern Scotland.