Dougie Campbell: Last News

Parents want to enrol as many as eight kids at a mothballed school.

Asbestos is behind the delay to upgrading a school’s technical department.

Council officials are confident that a £16.3million affordable housing development in Kirkcudbright won’t overwhelm the town’s infrastructure.

Ally McCoist was forced to apologise for sounding too Scottish while commentating on the Qatar World Cup. The Rangers legend went full-blown Glaswegian while reporting on Brazil's 4-1 win over South Korea for ITV on Monday night.

The Kirkin’ of the Deacon Convener of the Haill Six Incorporated Trades of Kirkcudbright took place on Sunday.

Gatehouse will have to wait a bit longer for more social housing to address the critical shortage of homes for rent, it has emerged.

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Get the latest parenting news sent straight to your inbox with our weekly newsletterAfghan refugees fleeing the Taliban have been promised shelter and support in Dumfries and Galloway after the council made a public pledge last week.Councillors from various political backgrounds put on a united front in offering a safe haven for families fleeing the crisis-torn country.Dee and Glenkens Councillor Dougie Campbell is a former director of the Scottish Refugee Council and mentor to refugees.At last week’s full council meeting, he said: “Through that experience I made very good friends with a refugee family who witnessed their entire family being slaughtered by Islamists terrorists, and they managed to escape to the UK.“At that time when they

Council environment champion Dougie Campbell said: “It’s only right that whilst protecting the pensions of fund members, that we take any action we can to respond to climate change both globally and locally.“So I welcome the news that the council’s pension fund plan is to join the Climate 100+ Initiative which I hope will ensure that we have sustainability and ethics at the heart of investment decisions.”