Finishing line nears in race for statue

It Is a two-horse race in the battle to find a winning design fora memorial to one of Scotland's greatest heroes.

Councillors will tomorrow finally pick which monument will standin Aberdeen in memory of Robert the Bruce.

It has taken two public votes to get the contest to this stage.

Now councillors will chose between a design from Benjamin Victorfrom Aberdeen, South Dakota, and Alan Herriot from Midlothian.

The result of the original poll, which also featured a designfrom Fife artists David Annand, was called into question when it wasalleged to have been hijacked by voters living in the US.

Council chiefs re-ran the poll, intended for Aberdeen …