Environment

The Scottish Government has been asked to get a move on with turning the long-held dream of a Galloway National Park into a reality.

The Scottish SPCA has had to come to the aid of two deer entangled in discarded electric fencing in Wigtownshire.

A Galloway resident has launched a petition calling for the full health implications of wind farms to be investigated before any more are built.

An environnmental group’s study into which areas are best at turning to ultra low-emission vehicles shows our region second from bottom in Scotland’s ‘green transport’ league.

Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson hasn’t much. if anything, in common with President Donald Trump but the two politician do share one bugbear - offshore windfarms.

Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere hosted a recent fact-finding visit to the south-west.

While most folk in Galloway would have welcomed the recent unseasonably warm weather, it has received a cold reception from some, especially at the Logan Botanic Garden.

The people of Galloway were breathing the worst quality air in all of Scotland earlier this week.

The population of red squirrels in southern Scotland remains under threat, bucking the trend across the rest of the country.

Galloway’s farmers must be prepared to dedicate time and resources to meeting health and safety standards to avoid falling foul of government inspections, an agricultural expert has warned.

Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson has called on local residents to be responsible regarding litter dropping across the region.

It’s not so much a case of “to infinity and beyond” as “to Wigtown and the stars” for the third annual Big Bang Festival there next month.

Brookfield Renewables UK of Edinburgh has applied to Dumfries and Galloway Council to vary a condition of the existing planning permission which will extend the date for the implementation of the existing permission to erect eight wind turbines and associated buildings at Larbrax, Leswalt, near Stranraer.

Galloway’s argicultural and horticultural industries face a serious shortage of seasonal workers if the UK government’s post-Brexit immigration policies are imposed on Scotland.

Galloway’s annual Snowdrop Festival visitor attraction is about to get underway soon and it will take place against a backdrop of booming tourist figures in the region.

Plans to create a Galloway National Park have moved a step closer following a recent meeting in Edinburgh.

The first phase of work to tackle health and safety breaches at Stranraer Harbour will get under way next week.

Police Scotland, along with partner agencies in Newton Stewart have just completed a targeted campaign to tackle growing concerns in the community.