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  VANDALS have struck again for the second time in the last few days in Dumfries. Police Scotland  officers sayd they are investigating another spate of vandalism in the town. This time five vehicles which were parked in College Street in the town were vandalised. It is thought that the damage was caused sometime around […]

    Joan McAlpine MSP has praised a unique epilepsy service which has helped  1,200 in Dumfries and Galloway get help from a specialist nurse near their home. The SNP MSP attended a showcase of the service in the Scottish Parliament where the D & G project was praised by Scottish Health Minister Jamie Hepburn […]

Provost of Dumfries Ted Thompson joined the Easter Bunny on Friday 11 March to promote this year’s Easter Eggstravaganza event.   Held on Sunday 27 March (Easter Sunday) and organised by Dumfries and Galloway Council, the fun day promises to be as action packed as previous years.  There’s fairground rides, a bouncy castle, games and […]

A string of Sunday and evening bus services in Dumfries and Galloway could be scrapped in a bid to save more than £300,000. The South West of Scotland Transport Partnership (SWestrans) is to meet to discuss the move on Friday. It is being asked to remove all Sunday buses and services after 6pm on Monday […]

    Police Scotland want to trace the following described man who was seen exiting a garage at a house in Hardthorn Crescent in Dumfries at around 2100 hours on Wednesday 9 March 2016.  The man was disturbed by the householder on returning home.  He is described as being about 5’7″/5’8″ tall, slim build, in […]

  The Greystone Rovers Foundation from Dumfries as part of Fairtrade fortnight this week announced that their Youth Football Club will now train and play with Fairtrade footballs as part of raising awareness of Fairtrade. The local Charity spokesperson for Greystone Alisa Anderson said: Greystone Rovers with its large youth membership obviously purchase a large […]

Local MSP Joan McAlpine last week joined modern apprentices and employers at Minerva People to celebrate the sixth annual Modern Apprenticeship week.   Under the SNP Government the number of people undertaking Modern Apprenticeships (MAs) across Scotland has increased by 59.7% since 2007-08, with 25,000 places being offered annually. In 2006-07, there were 415 MA […]

  Dumfriesshire MSP Elaine Murray has criticised the Scottish Government for doing “too little, too late” to deliver vital financial support to struggling farmers in the region, after they announced this week that any farmers who have not received a basic payment by the end of March will receive a government payment in April.   […]

  Joan McAlpine MSP has welcomed the news that a controversial underground coal gasification (UCG) proposal is unlikely to go ahead in the Solway.  The Buccleuch-backed company Five Quarter, which was behind the proposals, has gone out of business.   Ms McAlpine has, however, said she is concerned to hear that liquidators could sell on […]

Members of The Royal Regiment of Scotland travelled down from Edinburgh this week to meet up with Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Armed Forces Champion, Councillor Archie Dryburgh. Councillor Dryburgh met with Lance Corporal Stephen Wishart from the Regiment in order to place a banner promoting recruitment to the Regiment on the front of the Mid […]