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Police in Dumfries and Galloway are seeking the help of the public to try and trace any known relatives of an 81 year old lady called Angela Boyce who died on Tuesday 22 February 2011 at her home at Banks Farm, Glencaple, Dumfries. It is believed that she had lived there for about 3 x […]
Police are investigating a beak-in to Galloway Hire Tools at the Heathhall Industrial Estate, Heathhall, Dumfries. Sometime between 0300 hours and 0330 hours on Saturday 26 February 2011 the premises were broken into and over £10000 of tools, including 10 x Stihl chainsaws, 2 x stone saws, 3 x Hedge trimmers, 3 x Husquarvana chainsaws […]
Dumfries and Galloway Council has agreed to an additional day of leave for all Council staff to mark the wedding of Prince William and Miss Kate Middleton on Friday 29 April 2011. The day will not, however, be classified by the Council as a public holiday. Any Council staff required to work on the day […]
Police have named the man who was found in the River Nith in Dumfries on Monday 28 February 2011 as 99 year old Thomas Thomson who resided at the nearby Abbeyfield House, Dock Park in Dumfries. A report has been submitted to the Procurator Fiscal and there would appear to be no suspicious circumstances surrounding […]
Sometime between 0930 hours and 1030 hours on Wednesday 23 February 2011, two black faced sheep were struck and seriously injured by a vehicle which failed to stop after the crash. The crash happened on the roadway between Arkland Cottage and Knockelly Cottage, Penpont. As a result of this crash both sheep were so badly […]
Diesel with a value of about £100 has been stolen from a lorry parked at Hamilton and Hall, Station Yard, Closeburn, Thornhill, sometime overnight Thursday 24.Friday 25 February 2011.
Troqueer Cemetery in Dumfries has been the subject of vandalism overnight Thursday 24/ Friday 25 February 2011. Damage has been caused to a handrail and lifebelts appear to have been set on fire.
Castle Douglas Art Gallery begins its 2011 programme of art and craft exhibitions on with an exhibition of paintings by Philippa Sinclair of Rockcliffe, following her highly successful show there towards the end of last year. Entitled “Watercolour Spring Show”, Philippa comments about her exhibition as follows: “My Spring show coincides with a groundbreaking exhibition […]
To celebrate World Book Night 2011, The Ewart Library will be taking part in the largest book give-away ever attempted by hosting a World Book Night Party. Councillor Graham Nicol, Chair of Resources Committee, said, “This is a dynamic and unprecedented celebration of adult books and reading and I am pleased to see our library […]
Dumfries & Galloway Council launched Creative Learning Networks at the CatStrand in New Galloway on Thursday 17th February 2011. Through national funding from Children in Scotland and the new Creative Scotland, the Creative Learning Network (CLN) in Dumfries and Galloway was made live to all schools across the region through the use of GLOW (National […]
