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Scotland’s Biggest Little Festival is back ! . Now in its 4th Year Thornhill Music Festival will once again have the ducal village rocking over the May Holiday Weekend (29th April to May 1st) As always the festival will be held in local venues BUCCLEUCH AND QUEENSBERRY ARMS HOTEL , FARMERS ARMS , THORNHILL INN , THOMAS TOSH […]

If you’ve ever had a hankering to run your own festival, Dumfries and Galloway might be the place to do it. It has been trying for some time to develop a reputation as an “event-friendly” region. Now the council has produced a “toolkit” with a step-by-step guide on how to stage your own festivities. So […]

Consultation has closed on plans to cut a string of Sunday and evening bus services in Dumfries and Galloway. The move is being considered in a bid to save more than £300,000. The South West of Scotland Transport Partnership (SWestrans) deferred a decision on the issue to allow the public to submit their views. The […]

A LARGE sum of money has been stolen after an ATM machine was broken into at Dumfries and Galloway College on the outskirts of Dumfries. Police Scotland is appealing for witnesses after the ATM cash machine in the Dumfries and Galloway College on the Bankend Road in Dumfries was broken into overnight Tuesday 22/Wednesday 23 March.  […]

Conservators have released images of the contents of a pot of Viking treasure more than 1,000 years after it was buried in a field in Galloway. Items inside include six silver Anglo-Saxon disc brooches, a gold ingot and Byzantium silk. The pictures give the public a chance to see the items for the first time […]

Local MP Richard Arkless this week hosted a very special event alongside actress and Alive 107.3 patron Joanna Lumley at Westminster for the local charity, The Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust.  The event – which brought together politicians, celebrities and business leaders  – was organised by the MP to help raise the profile of the […]

  POLICE Scotland officers in Annan are making enquiries into the theft of nearly £1200 worth of alcohol from the Tesco store in the town. At around 1pm on Sunday March 20 two men were seen in the store in the alcohol aisle, and then later leaving the store with a trolley, heading out past the petrol […]

Police are investigating after a “deliberate” fire ripped through a tennis and sports pavilion. Fire crews were called to the building on Seaforth Avenue in Annan at about 20:50 on Tuesday. Flames had spread to the roof but four firefighters using breathing apparatus were able to bring the incident under control. Police said a group […]

Building Craftsmen Dumfries-sponsored Solway Sharks will contest the end of season playoffs next month after securing the all important points with a 7-1 win on Saturday against Telford Tigers at the Ice Bowl. Sunday saw the Sharks fall to only their third loss of 2016 when Blackburn Hawks sealed the league title with a 7-0 […]