John Swinney visits Crocketford - a village where there has been long-running calls for a bypass.

Ross Wood, 32, died at the scene of the two-vehicle collision near the village of Springholm.

Police have appealed for witnesses to the crash that happened near Springholm in Dumfries and Galloway.

The Scottish and UK governments are urged to help make the A75 and A77 "safer, greener and better".

Among the key areas to be examined are bypasses for the villages of Crocketford and Springholm.

Some of the birds killed by Barry Nicolle ended up in the grounds of a nearby primary school.