The small town of Castle Douglas in the south of Scotland has been at the centre of a budget supermarket battle. It already has a Tesco and a Co-op but now Aldi wants to open a store. The proposals ...

Castle Douglas could be in line for a new £900,000 sports facility. Threave Rovers is working on proposals for a new 3G, full size all-weather surface beside its existing football ground at Meadow ...

A Paralympic gold medallist opened Castle Douglas’ new Aldi supermarket on Thursday. Jack Smith, part of Team GB’s successful wheelchair rugby side at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, was joined by pupils ...

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Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland’s fertile southwest corner, has historically attracted only a tiny proportion of the visitors who push north to Edinburgh and the Highlands — but those who do stick ...

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Joined-up thinking isn’t always connected with consuming a few pints of a local craft beer – but it is in Castle Douglas. It has always boasted a good stock of suppliers of ingredients and produce ...