Police have revealed that revellers misusing a Galloway hills bothy led to a group of bona fide walkers having to be rescued by the emergency services.
Police Scotland and its partners are aiming to tackle antisocial behaviour across Dumfries and Galloway this summer with a new programme of community engagement.
A specialist police officer described as a trailblazer in investigating dog attacks on livestock has been called south from his Argyll base to help police in Galloway tackle the scourge.
With recent events at a Dumfries secondary school, Galloway and West Dumfries Conservative MP Finlay Carson has called for “zero tolerance” of illegal substances in schools.
Police Scotland is asking for the help of the motoring public in relation to an incident which happened on the southbound carriageway of the A74(M) between junctions 16 (Johnstonebridge) and 19 (Ecclefechan) at around 12.15 pm on Sunday, August 5.
Alarming new figures reveal more than a quarter of teenagers confess to behaving in a way that could endanger their life on the railway – and one in admitted to walking along the railway line.
A Galloway and West Dumfries MSP says the SNP must do more to protect rural communities against rising crime following a three per cent increase over the last year.
