Buccleuch

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A new nature reserve in the uplands of Dumfries and Galloway has doubled in size with the legal completion of the South of Scotland’s largest community buyout, in what organisers say is a "moment of history and hope" for nature, climate and people. The landmark agreement of £2.2 million

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The South of Scotland’s largest community buyout is set to double in size having “achieved the impossible” for a second time in two years, following one of the most ambitious community fundraising campaigns ever seen.

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The South of Scotland’s largest community buyout is set to go ahead following one of the most ambitious community fundraising campaigns ever seen – with the community of Langholm in Dumfries and Galloway successfully raising the final funds needed. A landmark community buyout agreement o

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Newcastleton and District Community Trust (NDCT) have taken over 750 acres of land at Holm Hill from the Buccleuch's Borders Estate as the community land buyout deal is completed. Benny Higgins, Buccleuch executive chairman, said that the Trust's "passion and commitment" to the buyout had been "trem

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One of the largest landowners in Scotland has agreed a historic transfer of land to a community trust in the Borders. The land, which has been gifted by Buccleuch’s Borders Estate to Newcastleton & District Community Trust encompasses a range of amenity sites in the village.

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