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  Ward 16 remains closed to new admissions, transfers and routine visiting due to a number of  patients experiencing symptoms of diarrhoea and nausea, clinically consistent with Norovirus infection.   Elaine Ross, Infection Control Manager, said: “We can confirm that norovirus is circulating in the community. This particular strain of the virus appears to have […]

  Joan McAlpine MSP has hailed as a great victory news that Annan’s haaf netters will be allowed to fish in the Solway despite new wild salmon conservation rules which will come into effect next month.   Following lobbying from Ms McAlpine, who put down a parliamentary motion to save the haaf netters, Richard Lochhead, […]

Dumfriesshire MSP Elaine Murray has called on the Scottish Government to properly fund the new Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary to protect local staff and patients once it has been built. On a visit to the new hospital site on Friday 4th, Elaine highlighted the £13million funding cuts facing NHS Dumfries & Galloway in the […]

The current SNP Scottish Government may be preparing to give the green light to coal bed methane extraction in Canonbie if they win the election in May.   At First Minister’s Questions on Thursday 3rd March, Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale challenged the First Minister to back her pledge to ban fracking in Scotland.   […]

    Police Scotland step up the fight against industrial vehicle thieves Mechanics and police officers from across Scotland are being brought up to speed on the CESAR (Construction & Agricultural Equipment Security Register) Marking Scheme to deter the theft of plant, agricultural and construction vehicles. Statistics from the Plant and Agricultural National Intelligence Unit […]

    Queens  start a hectic four games in 11 days with a trip to Raith Rovers tonigh For Queens the next few weeks is vital with the Doonhamers up against many of the teams also fighting for the fourth play-off place. Queens were idle at the weekend because of the Scottish Cup but manager James Fowler […]

    This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight theme is ‘Sit down for Breakfast; Stand Up for Farmers’.   Dumfries and Galloway Councillors have been sampling and enjoying a wide range of products.  Fairtrade tea, coffee and sugar is served in the Council venues where Committee meetings are held, and other work is also on-going (including setting […]

      At the meeting of Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Economy, Environment and Infrastructure (EEI) Committee on 15th March, members will be asked to approve the Dumfries and Galloway Regional Tourism Strategy 2016-20 and agree to this Strategy being the recognised approach to supporting the tourism sector in Dumfries and Galloway. The Strategy recognises […]

  Police Scotland officers are investigating a vandalism to a white coloured Peugeot Bipper van which was parked on the B7076 road between Kirkpatrick Fleming and The Mill Hotel.  The van was extensively vandalised sometime between Sunday 6/Monday 7 March 2016. Constable Paul Kempsell at Gretna said “this appears to have been a sustained attack […]

    Rebecca Coggins, Principal Officer Arts and Museums; Anne Ramsbottom, Museums Curator West; Chair of CCS Committee, Cllr Tom McAughtrie; Vice Chair CCS Committee, Cllr John Martin     At Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Community and Customer Services Committee today (8th March) Members were asked to recognise the success of Dumfries and Galloway Museums […]