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Warm weather holds for day two of Wickerman as crowds look forward to The View, Texas…and fiery finale! The Wickerman Festival crowd charmed the sunshine for a second day running, as they continued to enjoy a feast of music and entertainment in the festival’s beautiful farmland setting in Dumfries and Galloway. Last night saw the […]
If Scots have been waiting for the start of summer, the sun picked a perfect moment to finally shine…in time to cast a warm sunny glow across the first day of this year’s Wickerman Festival. By mid afternoon on Friday (20th July), the expected fifteen thousand-strong festival crowd was winding its way to the picturesque […]
Angela Lawrence is an artist who has made her home in Galloway, which features in her paintings for this solo exhibition at the Tolbooth Art Centre, Kirkcudbright from 25 July to 6 August. Angela likes to portray particular places with which people can feel a connection, although her locations are often transformed by memory. On […]
Kings is proud to host local 14 year old rising star, Zoë Bestel as the third artist in the Kings Acoustic summer series of seven events through July, August and September. Saturday 28th July is Zoë’s night in Kings. She’s bringing her own support act. The event opens at 7.30pm, with music throughout the evening. […]
Thousands of festival goers have begun flocking to one of the UK’s most loved music and art events, the Wickerman Festival, as one of the best music parties of the summer gets underway. Gates to the campsite opened at noon today, welcoming a queue of eager campers, ready to be the first to pitch their […]
The first patches of grass were being lifted at Dumfries High School yesterday. This marks the start of the works on the new 3G pitch for Nithsdale. Council leader, Ivor Hyslop, took the spade to the old turf on the pitch during a sod cutting ceremony. He was joined by fellow ward Councillor Ted Thompson […]
Young people from Dumfries and Galloway’s schools and colleges will be among 160,000 students in Scotland who will get their exam results on Tuesday, August 7. Whether they are thinking about university or college, training, getting a job or need another option, help is at hand with a free call to the Skills Development Scotland […]
Thousands of people descended upon Drumlanrig Castle to take part in Tough Mudder, which was designed by British special forces to test fitness, stamina, mental strength . For the first time ,a 12-mile obstacle course which sees participants run through flames and ice cold water has been held in Scotland.With more than 5,000 “mudders” taking part throughout […]
The summer programme is in full swing at Hillview and the FUN Pool in Upper Nithsdale. Monday: Gymnastics: pre- school, P1 to P2, 4pm to 4.45pm Gymnastics: P3 to P7, 5pm to 5.45pm Tuesdays / Thursdays: Activator Camps for children 5 to 12years This gives children the opportunity to try various sports in a fun […]
This summer libraries in Dumfries and Galloway are getting in to the Olympic spirit by running a Reading Relay. Between 16th July and 20th August readers are being encouraged to pass the book baton and recommend summer reads. Each library in the region will have a display of specially selected books chosen by staff and […]
