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An exhibition celebrating Scotland’s relationship with the Commonwealth Games opens at Dumfries Museum on Saturday 31 October. The exhibition will be launched on Friday the 30 October when Commonwealth Games Scotland officials will visit the museum with the Queen’s baton which travelled over 100,000 miles through 70 nations and territories over 288 days before opening […]

    At around 0744 yesterday morning (Thursday 22 October 2015) emergency services were called to a house fire in Dalswinton Avenue in Dumfries. 65 year old Michael Farry who lived alone in the first floor flat was removed by Fire and Rescue Service fire-fighters however he was declared dead at the scene. The fire […]

The controversial pylons plans for Dumfries and Galloway may be put out to tender – despite Scottish Power Energy Networks starting a consultation on the project. The revelation came in a letter from Kersti Berge, Head of the energy regulator Ofgem in Scotland to MSP Joan McAlpine, who has been supporting constituents affected by the […]

    DUMFRIESSHIRE MSP Elaine Murray has welcomed funding of £59,936 to benefit vulnerable children and families in her constituency. The money will be used by Aberlour to continue to support the Family Outreach service and has been awarded by Lloyds TSB Foundation for Scotland’s Partnership Drugs Initiative. The service will be able to continue […]

  Police in Castle Douglas are investigating the theft of a green coloured Claas tractor ( Like the one Pictured) from Gordon’s Yard, Castle Douglas, between Friday 16 October 2015 and the morning of Sunday 18 October 2015. The tractor has been recovered, although it is likely to have been driven around the town during […]

During Challenge Poverty Week (17–23 October), and for as long as is needed, Dumfries and Galloway Council will continue to address the need to get people in the region into employment, raising their skillset, and addressing Anti-Poverty issues resulting from low income employment. The Council’s Community Learning and Development (CLD) team in Nithsdale is working […]

  Dumfries and Galloway Council is improving our services to the public by bringing together the Customer Service Centre, Library and Registration office in Moffat. In order to enable us to do this we require to complete some substantial improvement works to refurbish the existing library facility and allow it to become fit for purpose. Moffat Library […]

Building Craftsmen Dumfries-sponsored Solway Sharks are in action once again at the Ice Bowl this Saturday as Whitley Warriors travel from north east England to south west Scotland for the NIHL North clash (faceoff 7pm). The Sharks are still struggling for consistency in this season’s league competition, having lost on Saturday at home to Blackburn […]