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Three teams of national and international artists have created colourful murals on a series of buildings in Dumfries and Galloway Spring Fling Rural Mural (SFRM) brings public artworks into “new and unusual places” The murals look striking against the rural landscape of the region and place strategically on the spring fling routes . The murals, […]

Scotland’s National Centre for Resilience to help improve the response to weather-related emergencies is being officially opened in Dumfries. The unit is based at the University of Glasgow’s campus on the Crichton Estate in Dumfries. It will draw together expertise from a variety of fields to enhance emergency planning. Environment Minister Aileen McLeod is to […]

This week is SHARK WEEK on the station watch out for lots of Solway Sharks related items on our shows this week.

  Building Craftsmen Dumfries-sponsored Solway Sharks return to home ice this Saturday knowing two home wins in the next two weekends will secure a place at the end of season playoff weekend for Martin Grubb’s side. The Sharks are now in the fourth and final playoff place after taking three points out of four last […]

Dumfries and Galloway Council hopes to save more than £2m-a-year with an overhaul of its management structure. Work started in December 2014 which has seen departments cut from six to four and the number of heads of service reduced to 14 from 18. The council said that had delivered more than £500,000-a-year in savings. Another […]

A 68-year-old woman in south west Scotland has been conned out of £20,000 in a telephone scam. Police have issued a warning to the public after the incident in Castle Douglas on Thursday. The woman was contacted by someone claiming to be from the Visa Fraud Unit over suspicious account activity. She was asked to […]

IT’S been a big week for the Annandale Canine Society which has been awarded the Top Open Dog Show in the UK. The Society which was established in 1979, was presented with the prestigious award at a posh reception and award ceremony in Birmingham. The announcement was made on the eve of the world famous […]

A series of images has captured the progress being made on a multi-million pound new hospital development in Dumfries. The complex, once completed, will house 350 beds, a heli-pad and 980 parking spaces. Work officially started on the project with a sod-cutting ceremony in June last year. Justine Laurie, who works with the new hospital […]

  POLICE Scotland is investigating a case of vandalism and fireraising in the area of the underpass under the A75 slip road at Gretna. They say a grass fire which was discovered on the banking of the A75 slip road around 10.45pm last night(MON) could have led to tragic circumstances. The Fire and Rescue Service were […]

A LIFE-changing grant to train young people in Dumfries and Galloway has been given to the Usual Place Community Cafe in Dumfries. The Usual Place community cafe were looking for funds from the Scottish Government’s “The Keys to Life” programme aimed at helping people with learning disabilities. Officials visited the Social Enterprise to see its […]