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Stewartry opera fans are in for a special festive treat next month. Blackbird Opera will be performing Christmas Carols at Barwhillanty House, Parton near Castle Douglas, on Saturday, December 21.…

Perthshire residents are up in arms over plans to build an intrusive electrical plant on the site of the 1644 Battle of Tippermuir. An application was lodged in May to…

Scotland’s first ultra-low energy swimming pool and recreation centre will open to the public early next year. Perth and Kinross councillors have been told progress on the £36 million replacement…

The family of a missing man have spoken of their delight and relief after he was found alive following 18 months of frantic searching. Shane Barnett disappeared after he was…

Kathryn Hill, interim executive director of the Midsteeple Project was the latest speaker at Dumfries Rotary Club. She began by saying how pleased she was to finally meet club president…

A stricken mum was left believing she would only have one more Christmas after a devastating pancreatic cancer diagnosis. But brave Bryony Thomas is ready to welcome another festive season…

An RAF officer has told of the terrifying moment his plane engine failed moments after takeoff causing him to crash on an airfield. Iain Bright, 58, had just five seconds…

Gatehouse SWI members met for the November meeting and AGM. President Margaret welcomed everyone and then introduced Elaine Milven, a member of the Quilters of Shambellie House and Machars Quilters.…

The latest group of student nurses graduated from Stirling University last week – and the local health board has been quick to snap up much of the new talent. Around…

A woman driving drunk on Long Island slammed into a boat at a Suffolk County marina, starting a fire that spread to three other boats, cops said. Lorrie Ibe, 54,…