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Dumfries and Galloway is open for visitors this Easter weekend following a big community effort to open the roads after the snow. Paula McDonald, Regional Director of VisitScotland said, “The snow has now been cleared from all major and most minor roads and we are really looking forward to welcoming Easter visitors this weekend whom […]
Farmers have been urged to remain vigilant after the first evidence emerged that Schmallenberg Virus (SBV) was circulating in Scotland in 2012. Eight cows in a dairy herd at the Barony campus of Scotland’s Rural College in Dumfries and Galloway have tested positive for SBV antibodies, indicating exposure to the virus in 2012, although at a […]
Easter is on the doorstep, birds are nesting, some have already laid eggs, and the national campaign to protect them is now underway. A new element to this year’s operation will target those who take the eggs or chicks of birds of prey, to sell to illegal falconries. Operation Easter will, for the first time, be […]
New figures show that fewer young people are claiming unemployment benefit in the south of Scotland compared to the same time last year. The claimant count for February 2013 across Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders fell by 230, 11 per cent, compared to the same time last year. The figures follow considerable investment […]
Emergency engineers and road clearing crews across Kintyre, Arran, and Dumfries and Galloway are continuing to work flat out to help individuals and communities affected by the weekend’s severe weather, Transport Minster Keith Brown said today. He visited the Isle of Arran to see first-hand efforts to reconnect power to thousands of island residents and […]
The Scottish Government is continuing to co-ordinate efforts in response to the impact of the severe weather across Scotland. Transport Minister Keith Brown has chaired an additional Scottish Government Resilience (SGoR) meeting this evening and has received updates on infrastructure, transport and local responses. With heavy snow having caused disruption across the UK, energy companies […]
Dumfries and Galloway Council social workers celebrated outstanding success at the Scottish Association of Social Workers Awards in Edinburgh on Tuesday 19 March 2013. The awards were presented by Minister for Children and Young People, Aileen Campbell MSP. Three out of 18 finalists at the event were social workers from Dumfries and Galloway. Two of […]
Scotland’s referendum will be held on 18 September next year, First Minister Alex Salmond announced in the Scottish Parliament today. The date is contained in the Scottish Independence Referendum Bill, introduced to the Parliament and published today, which also confirms that voters will be asked the question “Should Scotland be an independent country?” The legislation […]
It will soon be Easter, but it’s still full-on winter in Scotland’s mountains. That’s the message behind a joint statement from the Mountaineering Council of Scotland (MCofS) and the British Mountaineering Council (BMC). The MCofS and BMC advise that climbers and hill walkers need to be realistic about the seriousness of the Scottish mountains at this popular […]
Friday 8 March 2013 marked the 20th Anniversary of the official opening of Georgetown Library. To mark the occasion library staff organised an all-day tea-party to which local schools and members of the community were invited. Young piper, Euan Davies piped in local Councillors Jack Groom and Alastair Witts to start off the celebrations, and […]
