Seven Scottish towns and one council area are in the running to be awarded city status as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Dumfries, Dunfermline, Elgin, Greenock, Livingston, Oban, St Andrews and the whole region of South Ayrshire have been put forward.
They are competing with 21 towns from England, three from Northern Ireland, two from the Isle of Man and one from Wales.