Environment

The body of a red kite found in the Durham Hill Lane area of Kirkpatrick Durham was poisoned according to a post mortem.

MSP Colin Smyth had previously criticised SNP and Tory councillors at Dumfries and Galloway Council for failing to underwrite a loan to help save Rosefield Mill.

The Dumfries and Galloway region will benefit from Scottish Government funding to the tune of £2.063 million.

Councillors have been told told that communities are continuing to take ownership of local facilities right across the region.

The region’s local environmental records centre was flying high as it celebrated gathering a million records of local plants and animals this week.

Dumfries and Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP) has signed a contract worth up to £8 million to invest in properties across the region.

Scottish Labour has called for a full fox hunting ban ahead of a rally at Holyrood today.

Rural Economy Secretary, Fergus Ewing, announced a £5 million funding boost for projects that minimise the impacts on communities and the environment caused by timber lorries on the rural road network.

A National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling in Dumfries will receive £615,000 grant from the Scottish Government.

Hillwalkers and people pursuing outdoor activities in the mountains are ebing warned by Police Scotland of the dangers that inclement weather and the terrain can present.

Felling operations will take place at two local forests over the next two months to tackle the spread of a disease deadly to trees in the area.

A major project to care for the historic landscape of the Galloway Glens has won £2.73million of funding from the National Lottery.

The Rhins of Galloway was particularly hit by torrential rain last Saturday afternoon, forcing Logan Gardens to close to the public after paths and roads disappeared under the deluge.

A Tunnock’s Teacake that was launched into space came back to earth by landing on a tree in the Galloway Forest Park.

Galloway MSP Finlay Carson, is leading efforts to launch a roadside litter campaign in the region.

Following Storm Ophelia, the Met Office this morning confirmed a new weather system heading towards Britain will go through an “explosive” development as it passes over ocean waters.

Galloway was hit last night with 70 mile and hour gusts as ex-hurricane Ophelia passed over the region.