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Many roads through out Dumfries and Galloway have been badly effected. The A75 at Auchenlarie Holiday Park, Gatehouse of Fleet, was closed but has now reopened one lane only. A number of smaller roads in the region are still closed.
This video shows an inspection of the condition of Lockerbie Town Hall’s tower, which has been recently examined by surveyors from Dumfries and Galloway Council. They discover major alarming deficiencies. Here’s the video report (in 2 parts):
Police are keen to trace a boy who was seen to be taking mail from a post box on Suffolkhill Avenue, Dumfries at around 16.50hrs on Friday 22 October. The boy was on a bike and was wearing a green sweatshirt. He was last seen on the Dalbeattie Road. Anyone who saw this incident is […]
Some of Dumfries and Galloway’s top food producers are in the spotlight this weekend at Scotland’s ultimate foodies extravaganza the BBC good food show held at the SECC. Visitors to the show travel from all over Scotland and the north of England for the highlight of the food lovers year. In conjunction with savour the […]
The Royal Caledonian Curling Club’s third Indoor Grand Match will take place this Saturday, 23rd October 2010, where over 2000 curlers will throw almost 24,000 stones during the battle of North of Scotland versus South of Scotland. During the day, the fifteen participating ice rinks will run different number of sessions to accommodate all the […]
Police have now released a still photograph taken from a CCTV system in Dumfries on Monday 6 September 2010, the night that a 60 year old man was struck and knocked down by a vehicle which failed to stop after the crash. Extensive police enquiries have been ongoing into this crash and police are now […]
The Rev. Alfredo Cooper was interviewed by BBC Five Live’s Peter Allen, as the miners were being raised to the surface last Wednesday. He spoke of the way in which each of the miners commented that, “There weren’t 33 people down there, but 34; Jesus was with us”. Rev Cooper also spoke of the way […]
Police are investigating a number of incidents whereby telephone cables have been cut in the areas of Dalswinton Avenue, Rankine Avenue and Carrick Road in the Lochside area of the town. The cables supply blocks of flats and houses in these areas and it is thought that they may have been cut around 2300 hours […]
A film from David Slater about the recent visit of a Continental Market that visited Dumfries over a three day period. The Market really brought Dumfries town centre to life.
With winter fast approaching there’s never been a better time to get active as exercise helps generate a feel- good factor that’ll keep those blues at bay. With a varied programme, the fitness team are sure that there’s a class to suit everyone and here’s what they had to say: As the nights grow darker […]
