Improvements across Dumfries are delayed again due to asphalt taking longer to cool than planned.
The supermarket giant overcame a planning condition and opposition from its rivals to open in Dumfries.
Dumfries and Galloway Council will carry out a survey to help plan a strategy for managing the gull population.
The attraction in Moffat's Station Park has been losing water for years - with no solution in sight.
Provost Tracey Little urges people in Dumfries not to believe the town's best days are behind it.
The main road through Sanquhar has been shut for six weeks with a 50-mile diversion route for HGVs.
Dalry Secondary in a rural corner of south-west Scotland is due to have just eight pupils by August.
The local authority starts the process to shut Dalry Secondary - due to have eight pupils by August.
The festival - which is ticketed but free to attend - is held on farmland in Dumfries.
