Local Healthcare Crisis Reaching Point of No Return Tuesday, 2 December, 2025 Local families are now facing a serious healthcare crisis that is worsening by the day, local constituency MSP Finlay Carson has warned. He fears the “greatest threat” to rural healthcare is not distance but the chronic failure to recruit and retain the workforce needed to deliver care. And the Galloway and West Dumfries MSP insists that this failure lies squarely at the door of the SNP Government... Local News
Dogs Should Not be Treated as a Possession. 8th October 2025 Dogs should not be treated as a commodity or possession, according to a key Scottish P arli ament committee. At the s ame time gre ater import ance must also be... Local News
Demand for Temporary Moratorium on Wind Energy 8th October 2025 A call has been made for a temporary moratorium on further wind turbine c onsents amid growing c oncerns over the scale and distributi on of windenergy... Local News
Wear it Pink...And Make Them Think! 8th October 2025 You wear it well…..although in some instances that could perhaps be rather debatable!! The char ity, Breast Cancer Now, provided the glorious opportun ity for... Local News
Scotland Needs a Wildfire Response Unit 30th September 2025 Rural Scottish Conservative representatives used a debate in Holyrood to demand that SNP ministers urgently outline what new measures they are taking to help... Local News
Seagull Summit Sparks Almighty Flap 30th September 2025 It is a topic that has caused an almighty flap – in more than one instance! The growing menace or urban gulls across Scotland was originally scheduled to be the... Local News
Finlay Carson MSP Champions Forestry Investment at National Policy Event 30th September 2025 Finlay Carson MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries and Convener of the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs, Islands Committee, joined leading voices from across... Local News
High Street Banks Accused of Highway Robbery by Carson 30th September 2025 Major High Street banks have been accused of “highway robbery” over plans to axe more branches – including a local one. Local constituency MSP Finlay Carson... Local News
Fighting For Local Mothers: Finlay Carson MSP and Emma Harper MSP 30th September 2025 Finlay Carson MSP and Emma Harper MSP - both long-standing campaigners for improved birthing services in Stranraer will meet with the Galloway Community... Local News
Celebrating Rural Excellence at the Stranraer Agricultural Show 2025 31st July 2025 Celebrating Rural Excellence at the Stranraer Agricultural Show 2025 On a bright and bustling Wednesday, the Stranraer Agricultural Show once again proved why... Local News
