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Grass roots organisation ‘Communities for Yes’ will host a public meeting in Dumfries this Friday during which panel members will answer questions about Scottish Independence.   Members of the public with unanswered questions are urged to come along and hear why panellists believe that a Yes vote will be the best choice for Scotland on […]

Local Yes Scotland campaigners have condemned David Mundell – Scotland’s only Tory MP – for distributing a misleading No campaign paper.   An article in the paper entitled ‘Putting Family First – Why we’re Voting No’ describes the couple featured, Keith and Michelle, as ordinary voters – but neglects to mention that Keith is an […]

Shadow Foreign Secretary, Douglas Alexander MP will be the guest speaker at a referendum public meeting and question and answer session in Dumfries this Thursday (21 August 2014).   The meeting, which will take place in the Minerva Hall at Dumfries Academy at 6.30 pm is open to the public and media.   Douglas will join […]

The Community and Customer Services Committee agreed earlier this week, Tuesday 19 August that the Ewart Library will be the site for the Council’s new Archive Centre. The Ewart, in Catherine Street in Dumfries was selected ahead of 3 other sites on the shortlist for the new Centre. The new site will Increase public access […]

South of Scotland MSP Joan McAlpine was so shocked after helping to distribute food parcels for a Dumfries charity that she has protested to the UK minister responsible for welfare cuts. After helping volunteers at the First Base charity Ms McAlpine wrote to Iain Duncan Smith telling him of her experience and asking that he […]

Local Generation Yes campaigners will take their positive vision for Scotland’s future to the country’s largest free music festival this weekend.   Young activists from across Dumfriesshire will host an information stall at Youth Beatz on Saturday and are inviting all of those attending who will be able to vote on the 18th of September […]

ITV Border chose Stranraer as the venue for the first in a series of three Referendum debates. A fully crewed outside broadcast unit transformed part of the North West Castle Hotel into a studio for the event. The audience had been hand-picked from the local area to give a good cross-section of people and to […]

Joan McAlpine MSP  has this week visited the First Base Agency in Dumfries to help volunteers and see first-hand the lifeline of support the organisation provides to the local community.   Joan was on hand to serve food parcels and meet with those involved in emergency food provision in Dumfries.   Ms McAlpine commented: “One of […]

The region’s premier performing arts festival brings its successful 35-year run into 2015 with a change of leadership. Arts education consultant and writer Ken Gouge brings a wealth of experience and expertise in the performing arts to the helm of Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival. He takes over from Pam Pumphrey who completed her two-year […]