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  A decision is expected next week on a revised bid for a wind farm about two miles north of Sanquhar. The 14-turbine Spango scheme has been described as “unacceptable” by the RSPB and Dumfries and Galloway Council’s landscape architect.

Dumfriesshire MSP Elaine Murray has thrown her weight behind Jeremy Corbyn’s bid to become UK leader of the Labour party. n a post on Facebook, she said: “I am supporting Jeremy Corbyn for UK leader. I know many of my friends in the Scottish Labour Party will strongly disagree with me, and I respect their […]

Livingston 0 Queens 1 Lewis Kidd’s second-half free-kick was enough to give Queen of the South a victory away to Livingston. Myles Hippolyte missed an early opportunity for the hosts, firing over the bar before Derek Lyle’s shot was saved well by Livi’s Darren Jamieson. Jamieson also denied Ryan Conroy before being beaten by Kidd’s […]

UK farming unions have issued jointly a challenge to all retailers to get behind the Red Tractor brand across their whole dairy category. The call comes ahead of an important meeting next week when NFU Scotland will join with other UK farming Unions in meeting Defra Secretary of State Liz Truss and other UK farming […]

    A NEW exhibition about the history of women’s football will open soon at Annan Museum and the Dumfries and Galloway Council Museum Service would love to hear from anyone with information about local women’s teams. Councillor Tom McAughtrie is supporting the Museum Service in collecting information after spotting a photograph of the “Troqueer […]

    A OUT-HOUSE in Terregles Road in Dumfries has been broken into and goods worth more than £1,300 stolen. Police Scotland said today that the raid took place sometime between Saturday and Wednesday at an out-house at a house in Terregles Road in Dumfries. They said it was broken into and a set of Ping […]

  PRINCESS Anne will attend three events in Scotland, two of them in Dumfriesshire on Thursday September 10. The Princess Royal, who is Patron to the International Sheep Dog Society, will attend the International Sheep Dog Trials at Meikleholm Farm, Courance, Lockerbie. The same day she will be at the new £10 million Annandale Distillery […]

    WORK to clear the Dumfries – Kilmarnock rail line which has been closed for the past two weeks has been completed. The ScotRail Alliance said last night that the line will be re-opened in time for services to operate this morning (MON). Work has been going on the clear the line after a […]

Queen of the South have signed striker Paul Heffernan and midfielder Kyle Hutton on short-term contracts. Former Kilmarnock and Hibernian forward Heffernan and ex-Rangers player Hutton agreed deals until January 2016. Hutton, 24, made 10 appearances for Rangers in the Championship last season and previously had spells on loan at Dunfermline and Partick Thistle. Heffernan, […]