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Hidden gem cabin with private loch and Highland Coos hailed 'most beautiful stay in Scotland'
Guests have hailed the Airbnb as one of the 'most beautiful stays in Scotland' and it's just £80pp.
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Multi-agency search of Scots bay after car found stood down
Searches were conducted on Saturday after a car was found in the West Tarbet Bay area of Stranraer.
Dumfries family given 20-year pet ban after 29 cats found in waist-high clutter
Victoria, John and Steven Carmichael were issued with a warrant after failing to follow a notice to reduce the number of cats in their care
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Supermarket opens first Dumfries branch after objections from Tesco and Morrisons
The massive £17 million investment into the new store faced opposition from major rivals
Jimmy Savile's sinister Scots links and Prince Charles invite to Highland lair
Jimmy Savile regularly holidayed in the Scottish Highlands and for 34 years was a Highland Games chieftain.
Two remarkable Scottish trees shortlisted for UK's Tree of the Year award
It comes after an ash tree on Glasgow's Argyle Street won last year
Trees in Scotland that survived lightning strikes shortlisted for Tree of the Year award
An Earlstoun Lightning Oak in Dumfries and Galloway and an ash tree which in Balloch have made the shortlist
Farmer with ‘history of seizures’ died from brain injury after tractor crash in Dumfries and Galloway
Brian McColm died four days after a crash involving a tractor on Awhirk Farm in Ardwell
HMRC make unannounced visits to Scotland’s high street shops amid crackdown
Officers, with support from Trading Standards, Immigration Enforcement and police, visited 11 shops in Dumfries, Glasgow, Inverness, Paisley, and Troon
British Heart Foundation to close four Scottish shops as part of downsizing plan
The charity has blamed rising costs and changing customer habits as reasons for the closures.
West Lothian-based social enterprise boosted by four-figure donation
The Ootsider, which makes all weather coats, will see 25 of the garments donated to Glasgow’s homeless community.
Van driver killed in single-vehicle crash in Dumfries and Galloway named by police
William Laurie, 66, was pronounced dead at the scene on the B7020
Van driver dies after crash on quiet Scots road
The road was closed for around six hours while investigations were carried out.
Care home worker convicted of assault after pinning vulnerable resident to bed struck off
Donna Stewart was convicted at Dumfries Sheriff Court of assaulting the vulnerable woman at Briery Park care home
Man ‘possessed by Aleister Crowley’ stabbed step-mum’s ex 22 times and torched home
Gabriel Brown chopped off Joseph Johnston's finger and ate it before setting his home on fire
Man and dog rescued after medical emergency on grounded boat
Lifeboat crews were initially called to help a boat that had run aground in low tide
Woman rushed to hospital after being hit by trailer in Dumfries
Police cordoned off part of a road in Dumfries following the horror incident around 10.55am.
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"Coming face to face with mum's killer was hardest moment" Son of murdered mum speaks as family leave Greece
"This is not the ending we hoped for. We received a conviction. We received vindication. But justice has still not been fully served."
"She's finally free" Jean Hanlon's son speaks out after murderer's conviction 17 years on
Jean, from Dumfries, was found in the water off Crete’s Heraklion on March 13, 2009, and her family have been fighting for justice ever since.