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Police report that the Fire and Rescue Service are currently dealing with a fire at the rear of the premises of SD Tool Hire on the Barnkirk Industrial Estate in Newton Stewart. An exclusion zone has been set up around the premises due to the presence of gas cylinders and as a result traffic is […]
The interent craze of planking has taken its toll on Dumfries with shocking pictures circulating the web. Social networking site Facebook has featured the pictures including these below. The risk in planking is incredibly high, and everyone is trying to outdo each other with better places to plank. Let’s just hope no-one gets […]
Last year the British Museum ran a hugely popular exhibition called ‘A History of the World in 100 Objects’. Not to be outdone – and always quick to spot a good idea – Stranraer Museum now gives you ‘A History of Wigtownshire in 100 Objects’. The museum has selected one hundred unique local items. The […]
The winner of our competition for a family pass to the Galloway Country Fair was Nicola Spiers of Dumfries the winning entry was drawn live on the Sheila Notman Drive Time show yesterday Well done to Nicola and we hope she enjoys the show for more information on the Galloway Country Fair go to www.gallowaycountryfair.co.uk
Nestlé staff from the company’s Girvan site will zoom past Loch Doon, through Dumfries and across the border to Carlisle on Friday, July 1 as they ride the first leg of a 500 mile cycle relay for Alzheimer Scotland and Alzheimer’s Society. The nine cyclists are one of eight teams to take on the Nestlé […]
This week on The Late Show: Thursday 30th June 2011: Stacey Dooley will be joining Michael Greaves Mackintosh on The Late Show. Fashion conscious Stacey Dooley’s life took an unexpected turn when she travelled to India in 2007 for the BBC3 series Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts to live and work alongside the people in the […]
Organisers of Youth Beatz today announced that Swedish superstar BASSHUNTER will perform at the event this year. Thousands of young people are expected to flock to Dock Park, Dumfries on August 13th to attend what could be Scotland’s largest free youth music event. Best known for his massive hit singles “Now You’re Gone” and “All […]
Police say several dozen pigeons were found dead near Holywood station sometime before Tuesday 21 June. As yet no explanation has been found for this mysterious phenomenon.
Dinosaur hunters flock to Annan Museum The magnificent bones of the largest animals to have ever walked the Earth, can be found at Annan Museum this summer. The exhibition “The Age of the Dinosaur” opened on 25th June and school groups were the first to see it.
More help for households to cut fuel costs A new £2.5 million boiler scrappage scheme opens today. Funds have been made available by the Scottish Government for over 6,000 households in Scotland to receive £400 towards the cost of a new boiler. Households with poor performing boilers which convert less than 70 per cent of […]
