A wind farm in southern Scotland has been given the go-ahead despite claims it will "unacceptably diminish" the hillwalking experience in Galloway. Mountaineering Scotland (MS) objected to the ...

Rescue teams were called out twice on the same day to help trace walkers who had got lost in the Galloway hills. Both incidents happened in the Glentrool area on Thursday. In the first, an 82-year-old ...

The Galloway hills will be filled with the sound of opera at an outdoor gala concert next month. Blackbird Opera is returning to Barwhillanty Estate near Parton on Saturday, June 7 as part of the ...

Councillors have agreed to oppose a wind farm in the Galloway Hills - triggering a public inquiry into the plans. Opponents of the 14-turbine Blair Hill project near Newton Stewart gathered outside ...

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Firefighters battled a serious moorland wildfire in the Galloway hills. The blaze broke out near Loch Grannoch off the A712 New Galloway-Newton Stewart road around 3.30pm on Tuesday. The fire burned ...

A shepherd is appealing for a helping hand to get her back to the hills of home. Lennie Bateman started herding ewes at Knockgray near Carsphairn more than 40 years ago. She had hoped to have returned ...

A Galloway church is set to hold its first wedding in a decade this weekend. Jennifer Faux and Ewan Moses will tie the knot at All Saints Church at Challoch, with the Galloway Hills providing a ...