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The Council’s Education Committee (27 May 2014) is being recommended to agree capital funding to support the Dalbeattie Learning Campus and the Dumfries Learning Town projects. The required funding will be met from capital allocations approved by the Council’s Policy and Resources Committee (18 March 2014). As part of developing the Council’s capital investment strategy, […]

Thirty nine of the regions most talented children in eight Commonwealth sports will this week travel to Northern Ireland to represent Dumfries & Galloway in the Belfast Active Games. The games in Belfast are part of the Support 2nd Team imitative for the Glasgow 2014 Games which linked Dumfries & Galloway with the Northern Ireland […]

The Countess of Wessex visited Moat Brae in Dumfries, the Birthplace of Peter Pan, yesterday where she met children from Loreburn Primary School as well as those involved in creating an international visitor attraction and centre for children’s literature and storytelling. Commenting on the Countess’ visit, Dame Barbara Kelly, Chairman of the Peter Pan Moat […]

Dumfries and Galloway MP Russell Brown is calling for a ”level playing field” for bus fares from Stranraer to help people travelling to work out with the town, after it was revealed that the weekly cost of commuting between Stranraer and Ayr was more than THREE times higher than the cost to travel between Stranraer […]

Scottish Youth Theatre has announced the audition dates for its first ever Summer Festival 2014 performance courses in Dumfries.   Young people from Dumfries and Galloway could become the next Gerard Butler or Karen Gillan by attending the auditions which will be held on Saturday 31st  May and Sunday 1st  June at the Electric Theatre […]

Video game-obsessed Scots children are among the least active in the world, research involving a University of Strathclyde academic has suggested. Out of 15 countries assessed, kids in Scotland came bottom of two league tables – one ranking physical activity, and the other screen-based leisure time, including watching TV and gaming. The findings are being […]

You have seen One Born Every Minute, so why not come along and see what local maternity services have to offer women giving birth in the region? Local midwives are having an “open doors” event to celebrate childbirth at Cresswell Maternity Wing on Saturday 24th May 2014 between 10.00am to 2.00pm. The event will focus […]

BT today announced plans for a major recruitment drive across the UK, with 1600 new engineering jobs being created at Openreach, BT’s local access network business. With the company having passed more than 19 million homes and businesses with fibre – some two thirds of the UK – the new recruits will help to continue […]