Dumfries and Galloway Council engineer looking for support to win international competition

Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterA one-tonne wicker Beltie bull which earned international stardom at Edinburgh’s Royal Highland Showcase is to go on a homecoming tour across the region.Created in Auchencairn by renowned willow artist, Trevor Leat, the three metres tall work of art is named Kelton and shot to fame worldwide in June when featured on a live streamed video from The Royal Highland Showground at Ingliston in June and also featured

“They’ll be filled up by local businesses run by local people for their local community – as opposed to the idea of getting big national companies in.“Those days are pretty much gone, so it’s down to the communities to fill that gap now.”

Yesterday, prosecutor Dan Byrne said the Crown had established that McCulloch had made £409,613 during his time as a criminal.However, the Crown can only recover £246,194.40 from McCulloch at this time.

The workshop has also earned praise from museum manager, Judith Hewitt, who said: “We are so pleased to have been able to put Desray’s great idea into action.

Initial inspections have found the fountain is structurally sound but needs “deep maintenance and repairs to the water circulation and detailed decoration”.To become fully functional it will also need a new water pumping and filtration system to meet current regulations.

most. “The news there has already been 25 suspected deaths in the first six months of 2021 is frightening.“We cannot sit back and simply hope that it is going to improve – we need action and more resources to tackle terrifying menace.“We are talking about actual lives, deaths that more often or not destroy families – it is not a time for party politics but stern action.

Galway-born composer Amie Doherty has achieved an incredible milestone by becoming the first-ever woman to score a film for DreamWorks Animation Studio.

Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterFears are growing of a mass extinction of fish in local rivers reduced to a trickle by weeks of hot dry weather.Many small watercourses have already dried up in the drought while reservoirs have been closed to anglers.Cooler conditions and light showers have failed to ease the situation which fishing interests describe as “critical”.Galloway has climbed SEPA’s water scarcity charts in recent weeks and is now on

Joel Kinnaman is enjoying a morning outing with his fiancee!

“The fund will support the creation of new green infrastructure, delivering regeneration and inclusive growth, and promoting the wellbeing and resilience of communities as we transition towards our ambitious net zero target.“This complements the new Place-Based Investment Programme which is being backed with £325 over the next five years in support of accelerating our ambitions.”

“I suspect we won’t see a huge amount around the patient feedback stuff around the summer holiday season.“But it’s absolutely a focus for the team to get as many people through training.

"I am sure it will be a wonderful feeling for drivers and navigators to get into their cars and drive, and for volunteer marshals to get into the forests and support the rally.“The rally will be very different this year, as it is to take place without spectators, many of whom will have followed this and other rallies for many years.

“There will maybe be some tears but I hope overall it’s a positive message.

A new report published last week claimed it would cost more than £40 billion to build a bridge between Dumfries and Galloway and Northern Ireland.The British Ports Association, which commissioned the study, branded the idea as “a redundant and irresponsible use of public money”.

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The anti-fraud and anti-corruption review comes after the fiasco where the council lost around £4.2 million in a botched roads maintenance contract involving its arms-length organisation DGFirst and Transerv.While an investigation into the huge loss found no evidence of fraud or corruption, pressure has been on the local authority to tighten up its operations.

Scott Thomas wowed fans by surprising beloved mum Gail Waring with a lavish Ibiza break, with the pair hitting up numerous hotspots during their trip.The TV star and PR Director, 32, jetted out to the Balearic island on July 5 and has been sharing snaps of the getaway on social media, explaining he’d promised his mum an unforgettable trip. Calling 68-year-old mum Gail a “character of a woman”, Scott shared a post last night of them enjoying a meal to celebrate their last night in the sun.