The MV Glen Sannox is to make its first scheduled passenger voyage between Troon and Arran early on Monday.

MV Glen Sannox has started carrying passengers between the Scottish mainland and the island of Arran.

The long-delayed Glen Sannox ferry has completed its first official return journey.

One transport expert tells the BBC it might be better to run the new CalMac ferry on diesel.

High winds are followed by rain and flood warnings for parts of Scotland.

Thomas Taylor was convicted of assaulting a pupil and stamping on another boy's head six months later in South Ayrshire.

Trials of the Isle of Man ship Ben-My-Chree found it could not berth safely on the Arran route.

MV Hebridean Isles will join the busy service, but redeployments will have a knock-on effect on South Uist.