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Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Policy and Resources Committee has today agreed that the Council will continue to pay a Living Wage as a supplement to its hourly pay rates. An additional 518 employees will now become eligible for the Scottish Local Government Living Wage minimum rate of £7.50 an hour, making a total of 1,303 […]
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges (AoMRC) has proposed a ten point action plan to combat the UK’s obesity crisis. The British Dietetic Association (BDA) contributed to this work. The BDA is the professional association for registered dieticians in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It is the nation’s largest organisation of food and nutrition professionals. The […]
South of Scotland MSP Joan McAlpine has welcomed Ofcom proposals to improve ITV services in the Border TV area. Following her Parliamentary debate on South of Scotland TV, Ms McAlpine met with ITV bosses to discuss the inadequate coverage of news and current affairs in the region. The SNP MSP challenged ITV to come up […]
A year after Dumfries was declared a Fair Trade Town, South of Scotland MSP Joan McAlpine has welcomed the news that Scotland has become one of the world’s first Fair Trade Nations,. The news comes on the first day of Fairtrade Fortnight 2013 and follows a nationwide campaign led by the Scottish Fair Trade […]
The Take the Test Roadshow aimed at raising awareness of bowel cancer and highlighting the benefits of screening to people in Dumfries and Galloway will visit Morrisons Supermarket on London Road, Stranraer on Tuesday 5 March and Loreburn Shopping Centre, Dumfries on Wednesday 6 March from 9am to 5pm. The nation-wide, 34-stop tour will roll […]
Dumfries and Galloway Council has continued to be in close communication with all our food suppliers with regard to the authenticity of meat used in school meals. We can confirm that all products used within Dumfries and Galloway school meals are not known to be affected by the current crisis. Dumfries and Galloway Council does […]
Art lover and collector Dorothie Hewlett – known as Dickie – died in October 2011 and it was her wish that her remarkable art collection return to her Scottish childhood home. This new exhibition at Gracefield Gallery 1 in Dumfries will show the complete bequest to Gracefield’s Permanent Art Collection for the first time and features […]
The British Dietetic Association (BDA) is supporting a new report from Sustain – the alliance for better food and farming – calling for better hospital food with the introduction of hospital food standards in England. The BDA, founded in 1936, is the professional association for registered dieticians in the UK. It is the nation’s largest […]
Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue Service have once again recently donated a surplus Fire Appliance to the International Fire and Rescue Association (IFRA) charity. Acting Deputy Chief Fire Officer Hamish McGhie and Councillor Stephen Thompson handed over a Fire and Rescue Appliance to a local representative of the IFRA, retired Fire Officer, Ian ‘Jake’ […]
Councillors on the Social Work Services Committee on February 21 heard that the latest forecast shows an estimated £760,000 budget pressure on Social Work Services for the current financial year. This is 0.9% of the overall budget for 2012/13. The Committee also examined the external report on the arrangements that had been in place to […]
