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School pupils from across southern Scotland are telling the government what makes them feel healthy, safe and respected. Entries to the Scottish Government’s Wellbeing competition have been coming in since March from young people between 11 and 15-years-old. The competition asks entrants to use creative writing or drawing to demonstrate what wellbeing means to them. […]
Residents of mobile home parks are to have improved rights, announced Housing Minister Margaret Burgess today. Changes include allowing owners of mobile homes to sell their properties through estate agents and solicitors, as well as making it compulsory for park owners to show residents any shared bills on request. The Housing Minister highlighted the legislation […]
Police in Dumfries are investigating the theft of diamond earrings from a jewellers shop in Bank Street in town at around 1010 hours on Friday 30 August 2013. The earrings have a value of about £14,000. Police want to trace the following described men who were in the shop at the time. The first is […]
Children from across Dumfries and Galloway will converge on Dumfries on Saturday, 7 September, for the Active Games Finals. 510 children, in 16 teams representing countries in the Commonwealth Games, will compete in 8 sports across 3 of the town’s sporting venues. The event is now one of our Council’s main Games Legacy initiatives and is part […]
An East Ayrshire business was fined a total of £2,250 at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court last week (29 August 2013) after dumping waste on farmland, east of Thorntoun Bridge, Springside. The firm of H&M Craig, was fined £750 after pleading guilty to depositing controlled waste on the site. Mr John Craig, a partner of the firm, […]
Greta Sherry and Stephen Rogerson from the Listen2Us project painted a vivid picture of life growing up in care as they made a presentation about the project to councillors at the start of the Social Work Committee on Thursday 22 August. The Listen2Us project was set up to listen to the views of young people […]
A film about the zip wire across the River Nith Dumfries. Large crowds gathered to enjoy the journey across the river and raised funds for Maggie’s cancer charity. Thanks go to the organisers and all the people who zipped across the river. Film courtesy of David Slater.
At the meeting of the Policy and Resources Committee held today (3 September 2013), Councillors agreed to a temporary swimming pool being erected in Dumfries in order to help to minimise the impact of the closure of DG One for remedial works. The Council gave its commitment to local communities that it would continue to […]
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has issued a notice of revocation to Scotgen (Dumfries) Limited, the operators of the Dargavel energy from waste plant, to remove their permit. The revocation notice was issued to the company on Friday 23 August 2013 for the following reasons: Persistent non-compliance with the requirements of the permit. Failure […]
The Tour of Britain kicks off its 2013 schedule in Scotland and will put Dumfries and Galloway firmly in the international sporting spotlight. Day One of the 2013 Tour is the annual Scottish Stage, on Sunday 15 September, which takes place between Peebles and Drumlanrig. The route will take in magnificent Borders scenery and conclude […]
