Politician calls for help to transform derelict spaces in Dumfries and Galloway

Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterA small rural village in Dumfries and Galloway is stepping up efforts to support its elderly residents and rebuild community spirit post-lockdown.Balmaclellan’s community council, Hall Trust and Community Trust members were concerned about the impact the lockdown restrictions were having on local residents, particularly elderly people who were isolated at home.They met at Balmaclellan Store in recent months to

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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

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe temperature in the legal battle between Disney and Scarlett Johansson over her compensation for “Black Widow” has not cooled in the week since Johansson’s lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.Longtime Disney attorney Daniel Petrocelli told Variety that the demands in Johansson’s litigation are far out of the bounds of the actor’s contract with the studio.

“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.”

Perthshire politician has slammed trolls who this week targeted the chief executive of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM).Gill Walton was the subject of online abuse after she encouraged pregnant women to get the COVID-19 vaccine.Perthshire South and Kinross-shire MSP Jim Fairlie has now backed the advice from the RCM and offered his support to Ms Walton.He said: “Once again we have seen the trolls who inhabit the dark recesses of Twitter launching disgusting and frightening attacks on a woman

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.

John Oliver continued to take shots at Biden’s failed promises on this week’s episode of Last Week Tonight.

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

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“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.

Ever since Britney Spears opened up about her heartbreaking experiences within her controversial conservatorship in court, she has received a ton of love and support from millions of people. And most recently, her longtime friend and agent Cade Hudson has finally spoken out in defense of the pop princess and called for the end of the 13-year control over Britney.

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"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.