65 Sessile Oak Acorns from the famed Loch Trool Oak Trees were planted in pots earlier this month as part of ‘Acorn day’ at Springholm Primary. These should germinate through coming months and start to sprout in the new year. This was one of a few events undertaken by the Dumfries & Galloway Woodlands Initiative

Police officers in the Scottish Borders have recovered cannabis plants with an estimated street value of around £1.2 million following an operation in Selkirk. On the morning of Tuesday, 21 November, 2023, officers executed a drugs search warrant at disused premises in the Dunsdale Road area of the town No one was arrested and enquiries

A man who died in a car crash at Palmerston on Lochfield Road in Dumfries, where a number of people were injured at the weekend has been named. He was 76-year-old James Maxwell Johnstone. The crash happened around 5.50pm on Saturday, 25 November, 2023. Mr Johnstone was pronounced dead at the scene. Police Sergeant Wayne Carnochan

Dumfries and Galloway Council were delighted to hear that Councillor Katie Hagmann, who has been the Elected Member for Mid Galloway and Wigtown West since 2017, has won the prestigious Best Councillor in Scotland Award for 2023 at The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year Awards. The Herald Scottish Politician of The Year Awards are

South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth recently visited Powfoot to learn more about the newly launched Species on the Edge project.   The project is a partnership programme of NatureScot and seven conservation charities, all dedicated to improving the fortunes of 37 priority species found along Scotland’s coast and islands.   With over £6 million of