Today it was announced that Scots actor Ncuti Gatwa will be the next Doctor Who and the news was welcomed by many.
19.04.2022 - 06:57 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Cummertrees woman has spoken of her family’s six-year legal battle to evict a man who set up home on their land.
Grace Hyslop told the Standard of their relief at the end of a “hellish” ordeal.
Tenant Malcolm Priestley was originally given permission to stay in a caravan on a site at Newfield Plantation at Cocklicks Farm for six months.
But at the end of that period he decided to remain and the land owners started legal action to evict him.
Ms Hyslop and her partner Edward Marshall finally managed to remove him from the site after a lenghty and costly court fight.
She said: “This has been an absolute nightmare believe me. It’s been so horrible to deal with, it’s been hellish.
“There’s not just a financial cost there’s a mental one as well. It’s been exhausting mentally and physically.”
Mr Priestley, a dog breeder, set up kennels on the land and that sparked complaints from neighbours and Ruthwell Community Council.
At one point, the land owners were threatened with legal action by the council for an unauthorised change of use of the site, the erection of dog kennels and the siting of a residential caravan.
Ruthwell Community Council complained to the local authority about the situation and expressed concern about the “large number of dogs running about the site with warning signs ‘they bite’ on the gate”.
And it suggested that the area at Newfield became a no-go zone for people looking to enjoy a walk or cycle due to the animals running loose around the woodlands.
At one point there may have been as many as 53 dogs at the site.
Ms Hylsop, 64, said: “People stopped going by because they weren’t sure what they’d be met with. Sometimes the dogs were just let out so people just avoided the area.
“I used to go there and sit by the
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A plane bound for Scotland from Spain was diverted this afternoon after an emergency in the sky led to the Jet2 carrier being diverted to France.
Six people have been rushed to hospital after a two car crash on a major Scots road.
A Scots paedophile drove 400 miles to Derbyshire with a balaclava, a knife and Viagra-style tablets to meet a 13-year-old girl he had groomed online.
Police have launched an appeal to track down a Scots man described by Angus locals as looking "all black and blue".
The 48 women abused by sex attack doctor Krishna Singh are the “tip of the iceberg” police have revealed – with four more women coming forward claiming he abused them.
The family of a young mum who took her own life after allegedly being sexually assaulted by two men have said she is “just a statistic” to police following a decision not to prosecute one of the pair.
The detective who spearheaded the investigation against serial sexual predator Dr Krishna Singh described the case as “complex and horrific”.
The tormented family of a missing Glasgow man have pleaded to the public for fresh information 20 years on from his disappearance.
Scots pensioners who carry on working after retirement age are set to be an average of £2,300 worse off over the next two years because of three broken Tory promises, Labour has claimed.
A family shattered by the loss of their beautiful baby boy at just six months old are fundraising for the charity which helped them through their heartache.
Snuggled up on the sofa with his inspirational fiancée and their two miracle children, Tommy Smith feels like the luckiest man on the planet.
Amber Heard's sister has spoken out about her early fears over her sister's marriage to Johnny Depp, saying the pair were rowing from early on.
A man and woman have been rushed to hospital following fears of a gas leak.
Scots drug dealers are brazenly selling crystal meth, cocaine and cannabis on classified ads site Craigslist - by listing drugs under the guise of power tools and crockery.
A man who was raped and sexually abused as a child by his evil foster carer has been awarded a record-breaking £1.75m in compensation.
A Scots motorcyclist who tragically died in a crash near Loch Lomond has been named by police. Phillip Alan Buchan, known as Phil, died in the crash on the A82 between Tarbet and Inveruglas.
A crime clan member turned supergrass who was vital in the conviction of Christopher Hughes also helped snare another killer.