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Police in Dumfries and Galloway have begun a wildlife crime enquiry in relation to a suspected shooting of a golden eagle in the Leadhills/Wanlockhead area of the region. On 6 October 2012 a walker came across an injured eagle which was in poor condition, on the hillside in the Leadhills/Wanlockhead area. The bird, a […]
Police report that a number of substantial drug seizures have been made over the weekend Friday5/Sunday 7 October 2012 in the region. Approximately £300,000 worth of cannabis resin was seized from a vehicle on the A74(M) and as a result a male and a female have been arrested and will appear at Dumfries Sheriff […]
An estimated compensation bill for part-time firefighters in Dumfries and Galloway has risen to £225,000. The awards are being made to retained staff following a legal ruling on their salary conditions. It follows a court challenge by the Fire Brigades Union that part-time staff were receiving less favourable terms than their full-time colleagues. Dumfries and […]
Top-of-the-table Queen of the South continued their unbeaten start to the season with a 2-0 win over bottom club Stranraer at Stair Park. It was drama from the start as the Stair Park men squandered a penalty in 6 mins when Chris Higgins clobbered Sean Winter in the penalty box but Stranraer’s Aitken smashed the resultant kick […]
Dumfries & Galloway Police personnel are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding a crash between a train and a car at a level crossing at Little Genoch, Dunragit, Stranraer which occurred at about 13:45 on Sunday 7 October 2012. The crash involved a Mitsubishi Shogun 4 x 4 and a two carriage train which was […]
The Scottish First Minister, Alex Salmond, at the Crichton Campus, Dumfries, on Friday 5th October 2012:
The Domestic Abuse and Violence against Women Partnership has just launched it’s Young Song-writing Competition 2012 where you can win £200 plus a recording session and scoop coveted airplay on Alive 107.3fm! Plus you get the opportunity to play your song to a massive audience at Youth Beatz 2013 The competition is free and available to under […]
First Minister Alex Salmond has paid a site visit to the Crichton campus in Dumfries, to visit the location of a proposed new school and described the site as going “from strength to strength”. The school, which is intended for young people aged 15 and over, could be built as part of a package of […]
Home owners in Dumfries and Galloway have been urged to check their smoke alarms. The warning came after it emerged the region had the highest rate of fire-damaged homes in Scotland where smoke alarms failed to go off. Figures for the past 12 months showed the detectors did not work in 32 of the 106 […]
More than 130 JJB Sports stores have closed resulting in 2,200 redundancies, the company’s administrators KPMG have said. One of the stores that has closed is the Dumfries branch, located at the Peel Centre which employed 17 staff. KPMG confirmed Sports Direct bought just 20 of the troubled retailer’s stores, its brand and website for […]
