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The Galloway Gazette covers all news and sport for South West Scotland in UK.
Articles: 106
18 Mar 2020, 10:53
Soccer
Big-hearted Stranraer star Ryan Stevenson is playing his part in trying to help the club through their financial crisis - by handing back his wages.
17 Mar 2020, 22:33
Health
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16 Mar 2020, 16:25
News
A Scottish Government announcement that it will "wait and see" over creating a Galloway National Park has infuriated local campaigners for the project.
13 Mar 2020, 14:44
Life
Simple tricks and clever design can prove that small is beautiful
13 Mar 2020, 13:00
Scottish football's Joint Response Group has confirmed the decision of the Scottish FA Board to suspend ALL domestic professional and grassroots football under the jurisdiction of the Scottish FA until furthernotice.
12 Mar 2020, 11:21
Stranraer hopes of beating the drop from League Two were dealt a double blow by Montrose this week.
28 Feb 2020, 13:30
We certainly should have been sitting pretty on our ski trip to Zell am See.
26 Feb 2020, 17:00
Stranraer boss Stevie Farrell admitted his side got exactly what they deserved in Saturday's4-2 defeat at East Fife.
26 Feb 2020, 11:20
Stranraer suffered their first defeat since before Christmas as they went down to promotion chasers East Fife on Saturday.
12 Feb 2020, 16:57
Police believe the body of a man was found in Stranraer Harbour this morning (Wednesday) could be missing teenager Evan Stewart.
12 Feb 2020, 13:00
Two Galloway area MSPs were at loggerheads this week with claims and counter-claims about their parties' use of private/public finance to fund public building projects.
11 Feb 2020, 13:00
South Scotland Labour MSP Colin Smyth has slammed plans by Police Scotland to axe a police surveillance unit based in Dumfries and Galloway, and move the posts to the central belt.
11 Feb 2020, 10:21
Crime
Police in Stranraer are appealing for information which could help trace teenager Evan Stewart who has been reported missing from his home in the town.
10 Feb 2020, 13:00
Galloway, like much of rural Scotland, had its network of local stations devastated during the notorious Beeching cuts of the 1960s.
09 Feb 2020, 13:00
A helping hand has been offered from Galloway "across the border" to Ayrshire to help complete a network of tourist attractions at sites important to the whole region's history.
08 Feb 2020, 13:00
Education
Dumfries and Galloway Council has appointed Dr Gillian Brydson as its new director of skills, education and learning.
07 Feb 2020, 13:00
Hopes are high that the two-and-a-half year-old mystery of a woman who was washed up dead on a Galloway beach will finally be solved.
01 Feb 2020, 21:39
Lee Miller and Stevie Farrell discuss Falkirk's draw in Stranraer.
31 Jan 2020, 11:35
Sport
Dalbeattie's Ryan Powell is part of a team from Dumfries & Galloway Disability Sport which is taking part in the 2020 Special Olympics GB National Alpine Skiing Championships.
24 Jan 2020, 12:37
Business
A serious accident on board a Cairnryan ferry could have easily become a tragedy because of lorry drivers' illegal habit of staying in their cabs during crossings between the port and Northern Ireland.
24 Jan 2020, 12:19
Politics
Galloway's SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament has criticised her own party's government, stating that its investment record on local roads such as the A75 and A77 has been "woefully inadequate".
23 Jan 2020, 16:07
Seven years after suffering a career-ending nervous breakdown, an award-winning journalist-turned-author has published his tenth paperback book.
23 Jan 2020, 10:57
A Galloway MSP has claimed her constituents are being kept in the dark about a near-miss between a Cairnryan ferry and a nuclear submarine over two years ago.
22 Jan 2020, 17:06
Be it as a member of a bomber crew, a jazz musician, businessman or charity organiser, Drew Learmonth has lived a long and highly useful life.
22 Jan 2020, 13:34
A vision has been launched with the aim of making Dumfries and Galloway a "great place to volunteer".
18 Jan 2020, 10:04
There's invariably a contrast in the moods of football managers when they emerge from a dressing room post-match to attend to their respective media duties.
18 Jan 2020, 06:30
Leaving your beloved pooch behind is never easy for dog owners when travelling abroad, with that sorrowful look melting your heart as they watch you pack the suitcases.
17 Jan 2020, 12:37
Stranraer gave a fine account of themselves as they took on Steven Gerrard's Rangers in the fourth round of the Scottish Cup.
17 Jan 2020, 12:06
The Scottish SPCA is warning of the dangers of social media following several posts which have tied up valuable resources for the charity.
17 Jan 2020, 07:26
Stranraer keeper Max Currie admits most observers have already written off the Blues' chances of causing a cup upset at Ibrox tonight (Friday).
16 Jan 2020, 16:42
Stranraer will play Rangers for only the ninth time in their history when they travel to Ibrox for Friday night's Scottish Cup fourth round tie.