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Police continue to investigate a serious sexual assault which took place on the outskirts of Dumfries in the early hours on Sunday 9 September 2012. A team of detectives and uniformed officers are currently engaged in enquiries into this crime and are still appealing to the public for assistance. Detective Chief Inspector Stevie Carr said […]
Dumfries Museum’s latest special exhibition tells the story of Dumfries Dock and asks local people to get involved in recording the recent history of the Dock Park. ‘The Dock Delineated’ exhibition traces different aspects of the Dock through paintings, drawings, photographs, maps and plans. This small, but highly significant, piece of land has a longer […]
A new exhibition of landscape and wildlife paintings by Kirkcudbright artist, Jim Campbell will be on display from 12 to 30 September in the Tolbooth Art Centre, Kirkcudbright. Jim trained at Edinburgh College of Art and has a studio in the WASPS building in Kirkcudbright High Street Jim’s work includes the figurative and the abstract, […]
A new exhibition opens in the café gallery at Gracefield on Tuesday 11 September by Gatehouse-based artist Andrew McKean. This exhibition features water thinned acrylic paintings of the beautiful Galloway landscape, with particular emphasis on the artist’s recent exploration of woodland and coastal scenes, alongside some earlier architectural subjects. Andrew McKean was born in London […]
Police report that Amanda Jane Lindsay from Akers Avenue in Locharbriggs has been traced safe and well.
Police and family are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a 36 year old Locharbriggs woman. Amanda Jane Lindsay from Akers Avenue in Locharbriggs hasn’t been seen since 1030 hours this morning (Wednesday 5 September 2012). Amanda is described as being 5’9” tall, large build, black hair cut short to one side, fresh complexion […]
On Saturday 8 September, for the very first time, every library in Dumfries and Galloway will be opening their doors and hosting a children’s event. Libraries are taking part in REDISCOVER a celebration of literacy which takes place over the weekend of Saturday 8 September and Sunday 9 September 2012. Coordinated by Dumfries and Galloway […]
Dumfries and Galloway Council is turning its attention to the forthcoming 2014 Commonwealth Games as inspiration for the October school holiday Sports Academy. The Sports Academy in Annandale and Eskdale will feature fifteen of the seventeen Commonwealth Games sports. Sports on offer include badminton, athletics with London 2012 Paralympic sprinter Libby Clegg, boxing, fencing, gymnastics […]
The following Village Halls Improvement Scheme awards for 2012-13 were approved by Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Director of Community and Customer Services under delegated authority: Beeswing Memorial Hall, Dumfries £2756 Priority 1, 2 and 3 – supply and fit one arched window; replace entrance floor, insulate, supply and fit safety flooring; remove timber cladding to […]
£34.4 million has been invested in improving NHS facilities in Dumfries and Galloway. The funding has enabled patients in the Dumfries and Galloway area to benefit from a new £27.2 million acute mental health unit at Midpark Hospital in Dumfries, a £250,000 Satellite Renal Dialysis unit at Kirkcudbright Cottage Hospital, and a £900,000 respite care […]
