Author: admin
Page: 19
People in Dumfries and Galloway are being urged to seek assistance to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, helping to reduce household energy bills. Housing and Welfare Minister, Margaret Burgess, outlined on 2 April that households can apply for financial assistance from the Scottish Government of up to £1,200 to pay for energy improvement […]
A free, confidential phone line for NHS staff who wish to raise any concerns about practices in NHS-Scotland will go live on 2 April 2013. The number is 0800 008 6112. The National Confidential Alert Line for NHS employees will be piloted for one year, providing an additional level of support for staff. The line […]
Title Personnel Date Recorded Panama Rag Kid Ory & Jimmy Noone 1944 Harlem Speaks Duke Ellington c1934 Liza Teddy Wilson 1977 Fife Alan Barnes 2008 You’re My Everything Miles Davis 1956 Happy Go Lucky Local Jimmy Hamilton 1985 The Thrill Is Gone B.B. King 1983 Mood Indigo John Etheridge 2001 Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting Charles […]
Hoping you all enjoyed the LES FEST special on the 29th March. It is shaping up to be an amazing Festival here in Scotland and only in it’s second year. Tickets will sell out so be quick to get your festival tickets at only £35 for the 3 days or £45 to include camping. Full […]
Dumfries and Galloway is open for visitors this Easter weekend following a big community effort to open the roads after the snow. Paula McDonald, Regional Director of VisitScotland said, “The snow has now been cleared from all major and most minor roads and we are really looking forward to welcoming Easter visitors this weekend whom […]
Farmers have been urged to remain vigilant after the first evidence emerged that Schmallenberg Virus (SBV) was circulating in Scotland in 2012. Eight cows in a dairy herd at the Barony campus of Scotland’s Rural College in Dumfries and Galloway have tested positive for SBV antibodies, indicating exposure to the virus in 2012, although at a […]
Easter is on the doorstep, birds are nesting, some have already laid eggs, and the national campaign to protect them is now underway. A new element to this year’s operation will target those who take the eggs or chicks of birds of prey, to sell to illegal falconries. Operation Easter will, for the first time, be […]
New figures show that fewer young people are claiming unemployment benefit in the south of Scotland compared to the same time last year. The claimant count for February 2013 across Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders fell by 230, 11 per cent, compared to the same time last year. The figures follow considerable investment […]
Emergency engineers and road clearing crews across Kintyre, Arran, and Dumfries and Galloway are continuing to work flat out to help individuals and communities affected by the weekend’s severe weather, Transport Minster Keith Brown said today. He visited the Isle of Arran to see first-hand efforts to reconnect power to thousands of island residents and […]
