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  One of the regions major trunk route will be closed this weekend resurfacing works will take place on the A76, Elliock Wood between the picnic area/car park at Glenairlie Bridge and the 2+1 overtaking section south of Mennock. This will see the A76 trunk road closed to traffic from 7pm on Friday 2 October […]

    POLICE in Castle Douglas are keen to trace KRISTIAN LEE WILSON (41), who lives in the Corsock area. He was last seen in the Edinburgh area on Tuesday 22 September by a family member. However, Police say there has been no contact with him in either the Edbinburgh or Dumfries and Galloway area since […]

  INVESTIGATIONS are going on into a coach crash in France in which a teacher and pupils from Dalbeattie High School have been injured. The coach left Dalbeattie on Sunday night on its way to Normandy and the pupils arrived in France on Monday morning before starting the journey to their base which is believed […]

  Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Education Services is currently conducting a service review so that it can improve services. The aim is to have services that: • Help all children and young people to achieve the best possible outcomes • Are high quality • Are within budget and sustainable for the future The review is […]

  FARMERS at Langholm Show on Saturday were horrified at the comments of Jeremy Corbyn’s environment and farming spokesperson Kerry McCarthy, who said the public shouldn’t eat meat. After speaking to local farmers at Castleholm, Joan McAlpine, the SNP MSP for South Scotland, has called on Scottish Labour to distance itself from comments by their […]

  THE Scottish Government has launched a campaign to encourage more teachers to enter the profession, the Education Secretary has announced. The recruitment campaign will particularly focus on attracting teachers to STEM subjects – science, technology, engineering and maths. Angela Constance will also announce funding for projects to boost resources for schools in disadvantaged areas […]

  TEACHING children about the contribution travel choices make to air pollution is the best way to change attitudes and behaviours for the future. That’s the message behind a new online air quality teaching package, which is being made freely available to all schools in Scotland and was launched today (24 September 2015) to teaching […]

  THE results of a pilot scheme to provide enhanced out of hours mental health care to people who come into contact with the police have been so impressive the project is to continue. In the pilot, police officers were given out-of-hours telephone access to Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNs) who provided professional support to people […]

A FOOTBALL fan, caught with a firework during a cup tie at Palmerston Park in Dumfries, has been banned from attending matches for four months. The 16-year-old,  from Perthshire, who cannot be named because of reporting restrictions, was also fined £100 after  admitting committing the offence at a Scottish cup-tie between Queen of the South […]

Falkirk 0 Queens 0 Falkirk recovered from Tuesday’s 7-0 League Cup mauling by Ross County to earn a point in a dismal Championship match against Queen of the South. The Bairns move a point closer to leaders Rangers but there was precious little for the fans to cheer. A drab first half passed without a […]