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The Council, along with a range of partner agencies, is holding a Flood Resilience Roadshow on Thursday 7 October 2010, from 6pm to 8pm, in the Municipal Chambers, Buccleuch Street, Dumfries. Dumfries and Galloway Council is offering flood resilience products at discounted prices to people whose property is at risk. If your home or business […]
The October Café Gallery exhibition of prints by illustrators Ailsa Black and Val Macadam at Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries is guaranteed to make you smile. Ailsa and Val have lots in common – they live a stone’s throw apart on the Solway coast, both are inspired by their natural surroundings and both express a great […]
The driver of a car on the A75 Dumfries bypass between the Bloomfield and Lockerbie Road roundabouts had a laser light shone into his eyes from the bridge which goes over the road. The driver pulled into a lay-by to recover. This is the second recent case of a driver being temporarily blinded by a […]
The Council is organising ‘Try Curling’ sessions in Dumfries and Stranraer. The free sessions are open to anyone aged 8 – 80+ and cater for all levels of abilities. The sessions take approximately an hour. Our qualified coaches will welcome you along, teach you the basics of the game and show you how to deliver […]
Lockerbie Town Hall has had to be closed to the public due to a structural problem. Steeplejacks carried out an inspection yesterday and, having seen their report, the Council’s structural engineer has had to close the building on public safety grounds. The area around the town hall has been cordoned off. The Lockerbie Jazz Festival […]
A film, from David Slater, about the recent open day at Moat Brae house Dumfries. This is the house and garden that inspired the writer J M Barrie who when a child played in the garden of the house. In later years inspired him to write the famous childrens story Peter Pan; about a boy […]
Could you be a listening ear or a smiling face for homeless and vulnerable people? Do you have a couple of hours free? That’s all it would take per month to make a difference in the lives of people who are struggling with life’s issues and circumstances. CCH are looking for volunteers for the joint […]
Dumfries Civic Pride, local volunteers and Barony Agriculatural College students recently worked to clean up the river Nith at the Whitesands, Dumfries. Well done to everyone who helped make our riverside a nuch better place! Thanks to David Slater too for his film of the action.
A substantial amount of cash was stolen from a house in Janefield Avenue last Thursday. A 96 year old occupant allowed a smartly dressed man into the house to check the water supply and as a consequence the teft took place. There is no real description of the thief other than he was smartly dressed. […]
Police have now named the man who died at the scene of a road crash on Friday 24 September 2010 on the A710 Dumfries to Dalbeattie road near to the road leading to Kippford Holiday Park, Dalbeattie, as 61 year old John Robertson of Screel Drive in Dalbeattie. Investigations are still ongoing into the crash […]
