THE Scottish government has axed plans to establish a new national park in Galloway following local opposition. The plans for Scotland’s third national park formed part of the 2021 SNP-Green coalition ...

The Scottish government has decided not to proceed with plans to designate a new national park in Galloway, following ...

The Scottish Government has abandoned plans to create Scotland’s third national park in Galloway. Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon accepted the decision would be “disappointing” for those who ...

Plans for the Galloway National Park which would have included parts of South and East Ayrshire have been dropped by the ...

Plans for the scheme - mostly in Dumfries and Galloway but also extending into parts of South and East Ayrshire - proved ...

Galloway won’t become Scotland’s third national park as ministers cite lack of clarity and local support after divided public consultation.

Local communities have welcomed a Scottish Government decision to abandon its plans to create a National Park in Dumfries and Galloway. Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon conceded there was too ...

And a lawsuit filed this year in Toronto in connection with the food poisoning-related deaths in 2023 of 8-year-old Stephen Gougeon and his mother, April, alleges, among other things, that the ...

Stephen Flynn and fellow current MPs Dave Doogan ... It comes as Rural Affairs Secretary Mairi Gougeon yesterday became the third member of John Swinney’s Cabinet to announce they will not ...