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NHS Dumfries and Galloway are delighted to announce High Wood Health as the preferred bidder who will build the new district general hospital for our region. High Wood Health will start construction of the new facility in Spring 2015. Jeff Ace, Chief Executive for NHS Dumfries and Galloway said: “This is the major milestone that […]
South of Scotland MSP Joan McAlpine has welcomed a new Bank of Scotland report showing expected growth in the food and drink sector. The report shows that the sector is set to create 10,000 new jobs over the next five years with 66% of companies surveyed expecting to increase their workforce. Mr Lochhead also highlighted […]
Police Scotland can confirm that the man killed in the two vehicle road crash on the B7076 at Johnstonebridge, Lockerbie, earlier this morning was 44 year old Stephen Crawford from Dinwoodie Lodge, Lockerbie. The crash involved two vehicles, a blue coloured Fiat car and a 7.1/2 ton rigid lorry. Anyone who may have witnessed this […]
The A701 South of Kirkland farm is the latest area to benefit from over a £1.5M summer investment in Dumfries and Galloway. Scotland TranServ, on behalf of Transport Scotland will carry out £350k of upgrading work and replace 900m of worn out surfacing, upgrading and improving the quality of drive for the motoring public […]
Dumfriesshire MSP Elaine Murray has pledged to support Prostate Cancer UK in its drive to eradicate the injustices faced by men with, and at risk of, prostate cancer in Scotland. Despite being the most common male cancer, men continue to face a number of injustices surrounding awareness, treatments and support, geography, age, and ethnicity. Prostate […]
The Scottish countryside will receive extra protection from hilltracks through new planning controls, Local Government and Planning Minister Derek Mackay has announced. Through the introduction of a prior notification and approval process, planning authorities will be able to consider how proposed tracks will impact on the environment and intervene to ensure that design, siting and […]
Police are investigating a report of damage to two gravestones in the Troqueer Cemetery in Dumfries. Sometime on Saturday 16/Sunday 17 August 2014, two gravestones have been pushed over in the graveyard. Constable Gary Adair of the Community Policing Unit said “the matter was reported to us by a member of the public who was […]
Young people from Langholm Academy and Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk Community Council, supported by Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Community Learning and Development Service, were successful in applying to D&G Youthbank to help fund their Candlelit Memorial Service on 4 August and ongoing activities to commemorate World War One. The funding was used to promote the […]
The Electoral Commission has launched its voter information campaign for the referendum by sending an impartial guide to voting at the referendum to every household in Scotland. The voting guide, being sent to over 68 thousand households, contains factual information on how to register to vote and the different ways of casting a referendum vote. […]
South of Scotland MSP Joan McAlpine has welcomed assurances from Scottish Health Secretary Alex Neill MSP that cross – border arrangements between hospitals in Scotland and England will continue irrespective of the result of the referendum. In answer to a question in the Scottish parliament yesterday (Tuesday) Mr Neill condemned the scare stories of […]
