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A carefully selected Christmas tree has been chopped down in Kielder - ready for a long journey to London.

Ross went to join the in the festive felling:

Carlisle is set to be one of the first cities in the country to build an electric vehicle charging hub.

Storm Callum may have passed, but Cumbria and the South of Scotland may have had a lucky escape

Credit: SEPA

An amber flood alert has been issued for the Dumfries and Galloway coast.

High tides will affect the area on Monday evening through to Tuesday morning.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency is warning that low lying coastal land and roads may experience some minor flooding and wave overtopping.

Strikes will go ahead tomorrow causing more disruption to passengers after weeks of delays and cancellations earlier this year.

Three golden eagle chicks have been released in the south of Scotland. This is part of a £1.3 million project.

The blue green algae has been found in Windermere, Ullswater, Coniston and Killington Lake.

A scheme to tackle the numbers of seagulls in Dumfries has seen numbers drop in the town centre, but rise in the surrounding areas.

The council have asked for help from the military to make an emergency air drop of food and groceries, coal and logs and baby supplies.

Sandyhills, Dumfries & Galloway Credit: Brenda Faulds

Credit: Brenda Faulds

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