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FINAL preparations are being made for vital overnight work on the A75 Gretna – Stranraer Euro-route with the road closed for ten hours on Monday and Tuesday nights. Scotland TranServ, working on behalf of Transport Scotland are involved in carrying out a programme of works on the A75 at New Ramhill Bridge located three miles east of […]

  At today’s meeting of Dumfries and Galloway Council (29 February), Councillors agreed a budget for 2016/17. Four budgets were tabled at the meeting from different political groups. Following discussion about the proposals put forward by the various groups, the various budgets were voted on.  During this process and following a stalemate between the SNP […]

Join the Council in celebrating exceptional architectural design throughout the region. Dumfries and Galloway Council is using the Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design to launch its first Design Awards for the best designed buildings in the region. The awards aim to recognise, promote and celebrate examples of exceptional design quality within both the urban […]

  Joan McAlpine has welcomed an above inflation rise in the budget of NHS Dumfries and Galloway this year, along with an additional £7.6 million for health and social care which aims to end “delayed discharge” from hospital.   The rise was revealed in figures obtained by the MSP from Scottish Government. They show the […]

Award-winning and internationally successful children’s author David Walliams has teamed up with  Alive 107.3 patron  Joanna Lumley to support her charity – The Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust – in a special event for families at Cadogan Hall, London on Saturday 19thMarch, 10.30am. The two stars in conversation promise a hilarious, interactive morning of tall […]

  Scotland is set to host Stage One of the Tour of Britain for the fifth time when British Cycling’s premier road cycling event pushes off from Glasgow city centre on Sunday 4 September, with an opening stage to Castle Douglas.   Having last welcomed the Tour of Britain in 2008, Glasgow will host the […]

  The organisers of Galloway’s own international roots music festival have made the first announcement for the events line-up in 2016, featuring live and dance music from across the world. Organiser Liz Holmes said ‘we feel it’s a really special experience to listen to live bands, often who have travelled from quite far flung parts of […]

    Joan McAlpine MSP has welcomed the announcement that Scottish Power Energy Networks are rethinking their pylon scheme across Dumfries and Galloway.   Ms McAlpine who has been supporting constituents affected by the scheme, said SPEN’s decision to carry out more work with The National Grid to determine whether to the transmission upgrade was […]

THE Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre in association with the Dumfries and Galloway Autism Network will host guest speaker Mark McGowan who will recount the first successful ascent of the Eiger by a group of British Para-Climbers. The lecture will take place in Dumfries on Wednesday 6 April at 6pm. This special event is to help […]

    LABOUR’S council leader Ronnie Nicholson has issued a stark warning about the SNP Scottish Government’s plans for a local income tax. He said the Scottish Government has attempted to revive their previously discredited plans for a local income tax, following an announcement from the First Minister of their intention to begin funding local authorities via […]