A BAND with a worldwide following following have expressed their support for the Galloway National Park plan.
The Bookshop Band from Wigtown have urged the public to take part in the final days of the public consultation, which ends on Friday.
Ben Please, one half of the folk duo alongside his wife Beth Porter, said: “As parents with a young family, we think a National Park would be a huge benefit.
“Many young people are forced to leave the area to find good career opportunities, but a National Park could help reverse this.
“This is a really special part of the world, we were drawn here both by the natural environment and also by the wonderful communities of people who live here.
“There’s a huge number of artists, crafts people and musicians in this area.
“A National Park could play a valuable role in ensuring that there’s the economic activity we need to help their careers prosper; to build audiences for art and music, so that we have more opportunities to work together to promote the region and its culture, old and new.”
