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  There are still far too many people in Dumfries & Galloway earning less than the Living Wage. That’s the message from Dumfriesshire MSP Elaine Murray. New figures from the Office of National Statistics found that 16,000 people in Dumfries & Galloway earn less than the Living Wage. The current UK Living Wage is £7.85 […]

More than 800 people attended events across the region during Dumfries and Galloway Business Week 2015. Running from 5 to 10 October, Business Week featured seminars, workshops, networking events, highlighting the range of support, advice and initiatives available to local business from the private and public sectors. Events also gave entrepreneurs the chance to hear […]

Hundreds of pounds worth of cosmetics have been stolen from a shop in Thornhill. Google L’Oreal and Olay products worth more than £300 were taken from Boots in East Morton Street on three separate days over the last six weeks. PC Hayley Mckerlie said moisturisers, serums and anti-aging products were stolen on 4 September, 24 […]

    It was intended that a meeting of Dumfries and Galloway Council on Monday 19 October 2015 would consider a report on DGOne. However, representatives of the Council and Keir Construction are currently involved in a mediation process. The meeting has, therefore, been postponed until November when there will be more information to report […]

  The Solway Sharks went down 5-1 away to Moralee Conference leaders Blackburn Hawks last night. The Dumfries side sit second bottom of the table with just one win in their opening six games. The Sharks will have a quick fire chance for revenge as the entertain the Blackburn Hawks this weekend at the Ice […]

Police in Stranraer have appealed for witnesses to an alleged act of threatening behaviour between two women dog walkers. Billy McCrorie The incident allegedly happened at about 22:00 on Friday at the King George V Park, which is known as The Boag. PC Gary McCutcheon said: “We are keen to hear from anyone who saw […]

A six-week mass participation “game” to get a whole community to take more exercise comes to an end in Dalbeattie and Annan tonight. BBC The Dumfriesshire towns are the first in Scotland to play “Beat the Street”.Organisers say it has been a success with more than a third of the Annan’s 10,000 population actively involved. […]

  A solicitor from Kirkcudbright has been appointed to join the Law Society of Scotland’s rural affairs committee. As a member of the group, David Hall will play an influential role on informing the Scottish government’s land reform bill.

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  ELAINE Murray has been pushing Scottish Power Energy Networks (SPEN) to pursue plans for the Dumfries and Galloway Strategic Reinforcement Project which are “more in line with the views of local people.” Elaine met with representatives from SPEN on Monday 5th October to discuss the possibility of undersea and underground cabling for the project, a […]