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    A Dumfries school is exhibiting its pupils’ work at Gardening Scotland after winning a national competition. Noblehill Primary School is a winner in the Keep Scotland Beautiful’s competition Design a One Planet Pocket Garden. Eco-schools across Scotland were invited to design a colourful and exciting pallet-sized garden using plants that can be eaten, […]

  Three  months on from their national TV debuts, the council’s community safety team continue to deliver a wide range of services across the region. The officers are out every day, patrolling our region in high visibility clothing. Their fleet of cars are fully liveried cars are out and about on our roads. And yet, […]

  Joan McAlpine MSP has described as ‘totally unsatisfactory’ the Post Office’s handling of flood damage at a branch in Dumfries. The Whitesands Post Office in Dumfries was closed for several weeks after flood damage this winter. The South of Scotland list MSP wrote to Post Office executives seeking answers about the extended closure after she […]

Dumfries and Galloway Blood Bikes volunteer rider Scott Anderson got more than he bargained for on a recent call out , he was sent to Coventry . Scott had been tasked to take urgent  samples to Coventry from DGRI. The trip which was a 500 mile round trip took 10 hours to complete , once […]

  Is Burnswark Hill the site of a bloody conflict between invading Romans and he Iron Age people of southern Scotland? The 2015 Burnswark Project, coordinated by The Trimontium Trust and funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, set out to answer this question. “The Offensive Romans” exhibition opens at Annan Museum on 4 June 2016. […]

  FIVE more vehicles have been found to be damaged in Dumfries as the crime spree against vehicles continues in the town. Police Scotland said today that further to the report of a spate of vandalism to vehicles in Dumfries over the weekend , a further five reports have been received of damage caused to […]

A criminal investigation has begun after the disappearance of two female peregrine falcons in Dumfries and Galloway. Police said the birds both abandoned nests with eggs in them. The nests were in a remote area around Dalveen near Sanquhar, and were being monitored by the Dumfries and Galloway Raptor Study Group. Members reported their concerns […]

A 21-year-old woman found unconscious in a house in the village of Thornhill has died in hospital. Police were called out to a property in St Cuthbert’s Walk at about 07:00 on Thursday. The woman was taken to hospital but was later pronounced dead. A report into the incident will be sent to the procurator […]

A NEW play is to mark the vision of a Free Church of Scotland minister who is credited with founding the savings bank movement will be performed tonight. In 1810, major banks required £10 to open up an account  which was out of reach of most people. So the Rev Henry Duncan established Ruthwell Parish Bank, […]

  CROWDS are moving into a remote Galloway glen as the Knockengorroch World Ceilidh gets underway north of Carsphairn today . Tonight on the Fraoch Cabaret Stage in the Fraoch Bar tent will be The Mindsweepers, Heid (bringing a ceilidh sound that is modern, fun and kickass), Andy Paterson (Scottish singer songwriter playing his original folk […]