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Building Craftsmen Dumfries-sponsored Solway Sharks picked up another two League points on Saturday against one of their main rivals for the fourth and final playoff spot – a 4-2 win over Billingham Stars at the Ice Bowl. Sharks have been on a good run of form since resuming League play in January and are closing […]

ROSS Wylie will race an Aston Martin in this year’s British GT Championship for the Motorbase Performance team with his sights firmly set on securing the Pro-Am title. The year 2016 marks the third consecutive year the 24-year-old from Thornhill near Dumfries has contested the prestigious nine-race series having won the GT4 “crown” in 2014 […]

Join Iain Renicks on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 pm  Playing the  oldies from the sixties and seventies and eighties  Its where you want to be  With Iain Renicks on Alive 107.3 Tonight dear friends , we reach the letter ” T ” in our A to Z of Oldies and in tonight’s Sixties Selection we […]

  FARMERS in Dumfries and Galloway have just a few days left to apply for a grant to repair flood banks damaged in recent storms. Farmers whose floodbanks were damaged in the winter 2015/16 storms, and who lie within one of nine eligible local authorities, are being urged to apply for a grant from the […]

  Around 70 people packed Locharbriggs Village Hall to express concerns about the future of the Barony College campus. The open meeting was organised by members of the ‘Save The Barony Campus’ Facebook page who were delighted with the turnout. South Scotland MSP Joan McAlpine spoke about the work she has done to scrutinise the SRUC’s plans […]

Alive 107.3 are always looking for ways to raise funds. Today we launch a new initiative to aid our fundraising . In conjunction with Just Giving and Vodaphone we can now raise funds via text , this is a free service to us and gift aid is claimed at source as well .

    MSP Elaine Murray says that NHS Dumfries and Galloway and local social care providers must act to make sure people with Parkinson’s get their medication on time. The Dumfriesshire MSP said: “There are about 300 people with Parkinson’s in Dumfries and Galloway and they are at risk of becoming seriously unwell if they […]

  DUMFRIES and Galloway’s firefighters have urged residents to consider if their homes are adequately protected by working smoke alarms. While most householders understand the life-saving devices buy vital time for people to escape a fire, many don’t realise that at least one alarm is needed on each level of a home. The area’s Scottish […]

One man has died and one is seriously injured as a result of a road traffic collision on the A701 near Beattock. A Police Scotland said they could now confirm that a man has died at the scene of the two car crash on the Beattock bypass. They said the victim of the accident, who […]

A laser light was shone into the windows of houses in Dovecroft, Kirkcudbright at around 8.30pm last night. Later on a laser light was shone into a police car while on patrol in Castledykes Road in the town. The consequences of this reckless act could have been catastrophic. Luckily the officers were not injured. Anyone […]