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Castle Douglas Art Gallery begins its 2011 programme of art and craft exhibitions on with an exhibition of paintings by Philippa Sinclair of Rockcliffe, following her highly successful show there towards the end of last year. Entitled “Watercolour Spring Show”, Philippa comments about her exhibition as follows: “My Spring show coincides with a groundbreaking exhibition […]
To celebrate World Book Night 2011, The Ewart Library will be taking part in the largest book give-away ever attempted by hosting a World Book Night Party. Councillor Graham Nicol, Chair of Resources Committee, said, “This is a dynamic and unprecedented celebration of adult books and reading and I am pleased to see our library […]
Dumfries & Galloway Council launched Creative Learning Networks at the CatStrand in New Galloway on Thursday 17th February 2011. Through national funding from Children in Scotland and the new Creative Scotland, the Creative Learning Network (CLN) in Dumfries and Galloway was made live to all schools across the region through the use of GLOW (National […]
The body of an elderly man has been pulled from a river in Dumfries. Dumfries and Galloway Police said the man’s body was found in the River Nith following reports that someone had fallen into the water. It is understood the body was discovered in the Dock Park area following a search by officers. The […]
Here’s a short film showing the plight of the Loreburn Hall in Dumfries; how it has been allowed to fall into disrepair over recent years. The date over the door is 1890. The hall was initially used to train soldiers hence the local name, “Drill Hall”. Over the years it has held many events from […]
We’re getting reports of heavy snow on the A74(M) in Dumfries & Galloway and hearing of a number of accidents on the southbound carriageway near junction 16 Johnstonebridge and Annandale Water Services. Hazardous driving conditions – drive with care. .
Seven sheep were discovered missing from a farm field near Tundergarth, Lockerbie, sometime between 08.00 on Sunday 6 and 08.00 on Monday 7 February. Please contact the police if you know anything about these missing sheep.
Loreburn Housing association proposes to demolish half of St Mary’s Street in Dumfries, SW Scotland – a group of Victorian sandstone buildings, in an “Outstanding Conservation Area”. They have plans to replace the old buildings with a new residential development. The Nithsdale Area Regulatory Committee recommended these proposals for Approval on 12 January. There were […]
Do you recognise this person from this forensic reconstruction? He’s being dubbed “Cannonbieman”. Dumfries and Galloway Police are investigating the discovery of the body of a deceased male which was discovered on 20 December 2010 at Burnside Plantation, Canonbie, Dumfries and Galloway. The male, who is as yet unidentified is described as being: * 40 […]
A 17 year old girl received bruising to her toes by the wheel of a silver coloured vehicle, which may have been a jeep type vehicle, as she crossed the road at Buccleuch Street Bridge in Dumfries around 1650 hours on Saturday 5 February 2011. The vehicle which ran over the girls toes did not […]
