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Ballot papers for postal voters for the European Parliamentary election have started arriving on doormats .  The European Parliamentary election will take place on Thursday 22 May. Over 22,000 postal voting packs will be sent out to homes across Dumfries and Galloway. Voters receiving these packs can decide who they are voting for now and […]

Dumfries and Galloway MP Russell Brown has praised the work of volunteers who run local Food Banks, following a recent visit to the Rhins Churches Basics Bank in Stranraer- and has urged residents to support local Food Banks by donating items.   The MPs visit to the Rhins Churches Bascis Bank in Stranraer, followed on from a […]

Inspectors praise school for commitment to caring and supporting young people Young people across the school have been praised for being supportive and respectful of each other and their teachers in an Education Scotland’s inspection report for Stranraer Academy. In the recent inspection of the school carried out in March, inspectors noted as a key […]

When fire strikes everyone should get out, stay out and call us out – that’s the message from firefighters who attended an incident at a house in Dumfries on Wednesday morning (30 April). Two crews from Dumfries Community Fire Station reached the Cresswell Avenue property within five minutes of a 999 call made around 9:40am. […]

Ice Hockey UK are launching a bid to host the IIHF Women’s World Championship (Division 2A) in 2015 in the UK. GB Women will be in a group with relegated Kazakhstan, promoted Croatia and this year’s opponents Korea, Poland and New Zealand. IHUK have held four tournaments in the UK in the last three years, […]

HM Inspectors of Education (HMIE) published details of their findings following a visit to Elmbank Special School in Dumfries. HMIE originally inspected the school in April 2013. They recently visited the school again to see what progress had been made. Inspectors looked at particular areas that had been identified in the original inspection and also […]

The careless disposal of smoking materials is suspected to have caused at a farm building in Dumfries and Galloway on Wednesday afternoon (23 April). A 999 call made to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) Operations Control in Dumfries reported the incident at a site in Whithorn around 2:15pm. With the fire located within […]

Local Labour politicians have called for the living wage to be extended to more workers in Dumfries and Galloway after shocking new figures showed that over a quarter of people employed in the region are in low paid jobs.   Figures from the Office of National Statistics indicate that 14,404 people in Dumfries and Galloway […]

A RESPITE unit in Dumfries and Galloway has been praised by Scotland’s social care watchdog after it received top grades at two consecutive inspections. Station Brae Respite Unit in Newton Stewart received grades of ‘6 – excellent’ across the board after an unannounced inspection completed in March. A spokesman for the Care Inspectorate said: “This […]

Dumfries and Galloway MP Russell Brown and Chair of Nithsdale Area Committee Ted Thompson have welcomed the news that local organisations are to receive funding from Big Lottery Fund Scotland to help celebrate the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Dumfries and Galloway Council are to receive funding for a project that will be part of […]