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MSP Joan McAlpine has praised an initiative ensuring donations at local Tesco stores go to the local food bank First Base. Ms McAlpine visited Tesco’s Peel Centre store to thank community champion Robyn Brown for ensuring all the donations made at the Tesco annual drive went to First Base, which has been distributing food parcels […]

  THE search for a missing Crossmichael man has been called off after the discovery of a body yesterday Robert Shaw went missing from his home at Culgruff House Hotel, Crossmichael, late on Friday afternoon. Police, volunteers and mountain rescue teams were involved in the search which started on Saturday morning. The Galloway Mountain Rescue Team […]

      The recent severe weather should be a reminder that we should all take steps to be fully prepared for what winter can throw at us. Dumfries and Galloway Council and Police Scotland ask that everyone takes precautions to ensure each journey is a safe one. Being prepared for travelling in severe weather […]

A group of young people who attend the Peer Project in Dalbeattie were successful in their bid to D&G Youthbank for equipment and resources for their group. The young people, supported by a young volunteer, applied for £673.16 for extra resources, such as arts and crafts, and sporting equipment, for their Wednesday night sessions. The […]

At the meeting of Dumfries and Galloway Council next week (Thursday 17 December), Councillors will be provided with an update on the Council’s Financial Strategy, with a stark warning to prepare to make savings of over £20 m during the forthcoming financial year. The Scottish Government will be announcing details of its budget for financial […]

  Here is a photo of the missing man Dennis Brough. It is an old photo, and he now has the goatee beard and wears glasses. Please call us on 101 if you can assist us in tracing him.

      THERE are yellow be aware warnings in force for Scotland and North West England for later today. Heavy rain and gales have already swept across the South West this morning and the forecase is for more of the same. The second band is expected this afternoon and evening with a spell of […]

“There have been no further cases of the suspected norovirus which has affected Ward 16 at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary. The total number of patients remains 6. Ward 16 remains closed to admissions, transfers and routine visiting. All infection control measures are in place and the outbreak control team will meet again tomorrow to […]

  MP for Dumfries and Galloway Richard Arkless has today called on the council to review its plans following flooding in the Whitesands area of Dumfries over the weekend. A major emergency was declared across Dumfries and Galloway on Saturday 5th December when the river Nith became one of several in the region to burst […]

AS the big cleanup goes on the full extent of the damage caused by storm ‘DESMOND’ is being assessed on both sides of the border. The cost will tun into tens of millions of pounds with Cumbria bearing the brunt of the damage with towns devastated and Carlisle one of the worst hit. The Nith […]