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    Members of the newly renamed Scottish Women’s Institute converge on Dumfries for there Federation Show , which takes place in Dumfries High School Friday evening and Saturday . The federation show brings together all the facets of the organisation in competition whether it is floral art to photography , baking to team based […]

    Dumfries and Galloway ‘grass roots spirit’ hailed Push for fairer Scotland. People in Dumfries and Galloway will have their voices heard in a national discussion about how to make Scotland a fairer and more equal country. The autumn phase of the Fairer Scotland discussion rolls into Dumfries on October 20 with an event […]

  Young people in the region are to being invited to participate in two new projects being rolled out across Dumfries. The first, the Red Door Project, is a new project developed at the Oasis Youth Centre to offer young people aged 16+ a safe space to access support on a range of topics including […]

This weekend the 75th Anniversary of the long standing friendship between Dumfries and Norway which began during World War 2 will be marked. The Mayor of Larvick, Mr Rune Hoiseth and the Provost of Dumfries Mr Ted Thompson raised the Norwegian flag at the Midsteeple this morning (Friday 16 October) On Sunday 18 October, Mr […]

  Some residents of Charnwood Lodge recently paid a visit to Palmerston. Commercial manager Jim Thomson took time out to give them a tour of the stadium and the facilities we have within the Arena. They appeared to enjoy their time with us and finished off their visit with coffee and cake at the cafe. […]

  MSP Joan McAlpine has urged the local Council to get behind the new Scottish National Resilience Centre for Dumfries and Galloway. Ms McAlpine said the showcase project would make the region a centre of excellence for resilience planning and was already attracting attention from the rest of the UK and Europe. During a visit […]

    Dumfriesshire MSP Elaine Murray and Mid and Upper Nithsdale Councillors Jim Dempster and John Syme are increasing pressure on the Scottish Government and Transport Scotland to give higher priority to continuing roadwork’s on a landslip prone area of the A76. Roadwork’s have been ongoing on the A76 at Enterkinfoot, between Sanquhar and Carronbridge, […]

As part of Dumfries and Galloway Council’s ongoing Anti-Poverty work, and to tie in with Challenge Poverty Week (17th – 23rd October), Carla McCormack from the Poverty Alliance recently travelled down from Edinburgh to pay a visit to the Council Headquarters in Dumfries so that the Council could sign up to the Alliance’s Pledges and […]

  Local MSP has been shortlisted in the prestigious “Politician of the Year” awards for her campaign against gas extraction in Canonbie. Joan McAlpine MSP impressed the judges who nominated her for the ‘Community MSP of the Year’ award for fighting plans by  to extract coal bed methane around the Eskdale village. However Ms McAlpine […]

Dumfries & Galloway Blood Bikes, a Charity set up to transport life saving samples and medical supplies between hospitals in the region, has been nominated for a Community Award of £25,000. The Charity, which provides a free out of hours service to the NHS are making a difference to the care and wellbeing of patients […]