A motorcyclist has died following a crash on the A76 Dumfries to Kilmarnock road near Mennock that happened around 6.50pm on Monday, 18 August. The 55-year-old man was taken by air ambulance to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow where… Dumfries & Galloway News …

Plans to link two Cumbrian heritage railways could be sunk unless objectors convince a local council to reject a planning application to make the infilling of a Victorian bridge permanent. For 27 years, the Eden Valley and Stainmore railways have been working towards the relaying of five miles of track between Warcop and Kirkby Stephen. […] Dumfries & Galloway News …