Community Submitted News
Page: 53
The Council is organising ‘Try Curling’ sessions in Dumfries and Stranraer. The free sessions are open to anyone aged 8 – 80+ and cater for all levels of abilities. The sessions take approximately an hour. Our qualified coaches will welcome you along, teach you the basics of the game and show you how to deliver […]
Lockerbie Town Hall has had to be closed to the public due to a structural problem. Steeplejacks carried out an inspection yesterday and, having seen their report, the Council’s structural engineer has had to close the building on public safety grounds. The area around the town hall has been cordoned off. The Lockerbie Jazz Festival […]
A film, from David Slater, about the recent open day at Moat Brae house Dumfries. This is the house and garden that inspired the writer J M Barrie who when a child played in the garden of the house. In later years inspired him to write the famous childrens story Peter Pan; about a boy […]
Could you be a listening ear or a smiling face for homeless and vulnerable people? Do you have a couple of hours free? That’s all it would take per month to make a difference in the lives of people who are struggling with life’s issues and circumstances. CCH are looking for volunteers for the joint […]
Dumfries Civic Pride, local volunteers and Barony Agriculatural College students recently worked to clean up the river Nith at the Whitesands, Dumfries. Well done to everyone who helped make our riverside a nuch better place! Thanks to David Slater too for his film of the action.
A substantial amount of cash was stolen from a house in Janefield Avenue last Thursday. A 96 year old occupant allowed a smartly dressed man into the house to check the water supply and as a consequence the teft took place. There is no real description of the thief other than he was smartly dressed. […]
Police have now named the man who died at the scene of a road crash on Friday 24 September 2010 on the A710 Dumfries to Dalbeattie road near to the road leading to Kippford Holiday Park, Dalbeattie, as 61 year old John Robertson of Screel Drive in Dalbeattie. Investigations are still ongoing into the crash […]
Police are in attendance at a fatal road traffic crash on the A710 Dumfries to Dalbeattie road just east of Kippford village. One vehicle has been involved and the driver has died at the scene. It is anticipated the roadway will be closed for several hours. Diversions are being arranged and motorists are asked to […]
David Slater filmed this goup from Peru last Satruday afternoon, by the Fountain in Dumfries High Street.
Police are investigating an incident in Glasgow Street near to the junction with Sunderries Avenue in Dumfries around 2105 hours on Wednesday 22 September. The driver of a taxi had a green coloured laser type light shone into his eyes from the vehicle in front while he was driving. The victim, a 30 year old […]
