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Police are seeking witnesses to a dog attack on an 80 year old woman as she walked out of the car park at Barn Raws in Dumfries at around 1550 hours on Friday 23 December 2011. At that time the following described two boys were with a Jack Russell type dog when it attacked the […]
Twenty nine primary 5 pupils at St Michael’s School in Dumfries and their teacher Ciara Crilly donated an amazing 113 coats for Age Scotland this week! That’s a fantastic achievement. The Donate A Coat Appeal is in partnership between Age Scotland and Age UK. The funds raised from the donations of coats go towards providing […]
Police are warning of a scam which appears to have happened a few times now in Dumfries and Galloway, the latest one involving the purchase of a cat through an internet site. The victim started off by agreeing the price of £250, however charges for insurance and shipping costs then inflated the price to nearly […]
The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for snow throughout Dumfries and Galloway. Outbreaks of 2 – 5 cm are expected with up to 10 cm in places. As a consequence road conditions will be affected and those who need to travel are asked to carefully consider the necessity of the journey, and […]
The Met Office issued (at 1214hrs) an Amber Warning of Snow for SW Scotland and Lothian/Borders: Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, West Lothian, Edinburgh, and Midlothian council areas. This warning is valid from 0300hrs (3am) Tue 13 Dec to 1000hrs (10am) Wed 14 Dec. Heavy showers will fall as snow over ground above about 100 […]
Ferrocious winds in our region took their toll on one of the most prominent Dumfries High Street premises this afternoon. New Look suffered the event, when one of the huge first floor plate glass windows broke, crashing on the street below. No one was injured in the smash, but it could have been fatal had someone […]
Mark Robertson – Operations Director Lockerbie Creamery Mark has over 30 years’ experience in the dairy / food industry. He has held a number of management posts at the Lockerbie creamery both under Grand Met and Glanbia. He developed the Glanbia Foodservice business to a position where it was fit for sale. He became General Manager […]
Police are investigating a high value break-in to a house in Glencaple sometime between 1100 hours and 2200 hours on Thursday 8 December 2011. A substantial amount of cash, a quantity of jewellery and a number of football medals were taken in the raid. Police are keen to hear from anyone who was in the […]
Police making enquiries into bogus workmen type thefts in the force area arrested three men at the weekend. The men, all from the Falkirk area will appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court on Monday 12 December 2011. Police reiterate their warning to the public in relation to allowing people into their homes without first of all […]
Police in Dumfries are making enquiries into the theft of a large quantity of drums of cable from the British Telecom premises at Greystone Crescent in Dumfries, sometime between 1700 hours on Thursday 8 and 0700 hours on Friday 9 December 2011. The cable is valued at over £18,000 and would have involved the use […]
