Locals in the coastal town of Ardrossan are protesting today, saying the situation is "completely and utterly nuts" after a series of expensive blunders which have plagued the launch of two new ferries to the Isle of Arran.

The new vessels cost quadruple their original price tag, one was delivered seven years late, the other is still being built, and both are too big to fit the main harbour for their daily journeys to and from the Isle of Arran.

But in this latest chapter of the scandal, the unbelievable is very much part of the script. And, as Sky News has been hearing, the consequences are brutal.

And to add insult to injury, both are too big for Ardrossan Harbour’s jetty to cope with and require an £80m upgrade.