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Dumfries and Galloway MP Richard Arkless has said that there are 660 local people currently receiving disability benefits who will see their income drop by £30 each week because of changes to the benefits system.   Mr Arkless has asked those people who will be affected to contact his office to add their voice to […]

  Urgent medical and blood supplies can be transferred across the region and beyond thanks to an injection of funds from NHS Dumfries and Galloway. The Endowment Committee granted life-saving charity, Dumfries and Galloway Blood Bikes, £22, 250 which was used to buy new motorbikes. Consultant Clinical Biochemist, Dr Kim Heathcote said: “Our Laboratory Services […]

Joan McAlpine MSP has congratulated Greggs bakery for responding in record time to her appeal that their new Dumfries shop be recognised as a key site in Scottish history. Ms McAlpine wrote to Greggs chief executive after the Robert the Bruce Trust told her the new restaurant and shop would open above the alter of […]

  Joan McAlpine has said that rail users in Dumfriesshire will be ‘extremely disappointed’ about the continued unwillingness of Virgin Trains to stop any of their services at Dumfries to mitigate the chaos for local commuters caused by the extended closure of Lamington Viaduct. Ms McAlpine wrote to Virgin Trains when the extended viaduct closure […]

Dumfriesshire MSP Elaine Murray has welcomed news from ScotRail that they are looking to re-classify the new 7.58am service from Annan to Carlisle as an off-peak service. Following the timetable change last month, the service now calls at Annan at 7.58am rather than 8am, resulting in the original £5.10 price of a day return ticket […]

  Joan McAlpine has written to the Director of Transmission Programmes at Scottish Power demanding community site visits and urgent reassurance about the siting of an electric substation following a meeting with concerned residents in Racks last week. The upgrading of the electricity transmission network, “Dumfries and Galloway Strategic Reinforcement”, has recently been going through […]

A team of workers from Dumfries and Galloway Councils Stewartry branch, worked quickly and tirelessly today to clear tons of gravel that had been washed from a drain onto both lanes of the A75 trunk  road near to the village of Ringford, during this mornings downpour which brought flooding misery to many of the regions […]

Following a visit to Newfield Farm, Dalry, along with the President of the National Farmers Union of Scotland, to witness the devastation caused to flood banks by the late December floods, Cllr Finlay Carson has called on Scottish Power to attend a public meeting to answer the questions relating to its role in flood mitigation […]

    A flood warning has been issued for Newton Stewart. Anyone who has a car parked on Riverside Car Park and Riverside Road are asked to remove them ASAP. The A701 has now been cleared of flooding at Moffat and the road is open. Caerlaverock Primary is being closed due to flooding.