Stranraer & Wigtownshire Free Press column - April 2024 Thursday, 25 April, 2024 Wigtownshire travellers deserve rail discounts It was disappointing to learn that rail services linking Stranraer with the rest of the UK rail network are unlikely to return to normal before June. As I stated in a recent column, I fully understand the essential safety work to a fire-damaged hotel near the track at Ayr has to be completed for safety reasons and I appreciated the timely update... Local News
Stranraer & Wigtownshire Free Press column - July 2023 27th July 2023 UK-wide approach best way to cut drug deaths Tragic consequences from drugs misuse are a concern in Wigtownshire and across much of the world. Despite our rural... Local News
Dumfries Courier column - July 2023 21st July 2023 Lost lives Tragic consequences from drugs misuse are a concern in Dumfries and Galloway and across much of the world. Too many of our local communities have... Local News
Dumfries and Galloway MP praises everyone involved with the annual Relay for Life 6th July 2023 Dumfries and Galloway MP and Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has praised everyone involved with the annual Relay for Life. He said: "It is a fact that most... Local News
Stranraer & Wigtownshire Free Press column - June 2023 29th June 2023 Showing best of rural Scotland and much more It was great to get out and about at the Royal Highland Show at Ingliston last Thursday and to meet many members of... Local News
Dumfries Courier column - June 2023 16th June 2023 Rail boost I’ve been impressed over a number of years by the care and attention put in, often by volunteers, to keep Dumfries railway station looking at its... Local News
Galloway yoghurts' fame spreads from ‘Rowan Glen’ to Whitehall 14th June 2023 Tasty yoghurts made from finest Dumfries and Galloway milk were a recent topic of conversation at 10 Downing Street. Alan Baxter, managing director of Rowan... Local News
Stranraer & Wigtownshire Free Press column - May 2023 25th May 2023 Fight on to save cottage hospital One of the most enduring issues of recent times in Dumfries and Galloway constituency has been the loss of normal cottage... Local News
MP praises UK support for Palmerston project 20th May 2023 Local MP Alister Jack has welcomed the latest injection of UK Government funding into his Dumfries and Galloway constituency. The £190,000 grant from the... Local News
Dumfries Courier column - May 2023 19th May 2023 Clean fuel for future It may have seemed an unlikely venue for an international motorsport event in the past but Upper Nithsdale proved an ideal setting at the... Local News