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Dumfries ultra runner Marcus Scotney has been selected to represent Great Britain in an exceptionally tough endurance running event in Gibraltar this weekend. On Sunday 7th November, Marcus will take on some of the world’s top ultra-endurance runners in the gruelling 100km World Championships. The event has attracted around 270 competitors from some 28 countries, […]
Members of the Dumfriesshire Federation of the Scottish Womens Rural Institute converge on DG One in Dumfries on Friday and Saturday for their federation show. The showcase event includes competitions from photography to home baking, floral art to crocheting. The show is open to the public and the ladies of the SWRI are hoping to […]
The Dumfries Fairtrade group is looking forward to the Fairer World Fair to be held at St George’s Church Hall, George St., Dumfries on Saturday 6th November. The Fairer World Fair will feature at least 9 stalls from local fair-traders, selling a range of products from chocolate to jewellery, and from rice to bags. All […]
Many roads through out Dumfries and Galloway have been badly effected. The A75 at Auchenlarie Holiday Park, Gatehouse of Fleet, was closed but has now reopened one lane only. A number of smaller roads in the region are still closed.
This video shows an inspection of the condition of Lockerbie Town Hall’s tower, which has been recently examined by surveyors from Dumfries and Galloway Council. They discover major alarming deficiencies. Here’s the video report (in 2 parts):
Police are keen to trace a boy who was seen to be taking mail from a post box on Suffolkhill Avenue, Dumfries at around 16.50hrs on Friday 22 October. The boy was on a bike and was wearing a green sweatshirt. He was last seen on the Dalbeattie Road. Anyone who saw this incident is […]
Some of Dumfries and Galloway’s top food producers are in the spotlight this weekend at Scotland’s ultimate foodies extravaganza the BBC good food show held at the SECC. Visitors to the show travel from all over Scotland and the north of England for the highlight of the food lovers year. In conjunction with savour the […]
The Royal Caledonian Curling Club’s third Indoor Grand Match will take place this Saturday, 23rd October 2010, where over 2000 curlers will throw almost 24,000 stones during the battle of North of Scotland versus South of Scotland. During the day, the fifteen participating ice rinks will run different number of sessions to accommodate all the […]
Police have now released a still photograph taken from a CCTV system in Dumfries on Monday 6 September 2010, the night that a 60 year old man was struck and knocked down by a vehicle which failed to stop after the crash. Extensive police enquiries have been ongoing into this crash and police are now […]
The Rev. Alfredo Cooper was interviewed by BBC Five Live’s Peter Allen, as the miners were being raised to the surface last Wednesday. He spoke of the way in which each of the miners commented that, “There weren’t 33 people down there, but 34; Jesus was with us”. Rev Cooper also spoke of the way […]
