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  THE Scottish Government will provide £10.1 million to councils to raise kinship care allowances to the same level foster care families receive, The Children’s Minister confirmed the funding following the First Minister’s pledge last week to ensure that children looked after by relatives are entitled to the same support as those placed with foster care […]

  Thornhill’s Ross Wylie brought the curtain down on his 2015 British GT Championship season when the Dumfries driver placed tenth at Donington Park yesterday. The out-going British GT4 champion, along with Northern Ireland co-driver Andrew Watson, brought their Von Ryan Racing McLaren 650S GT3 sportscar home to their sixth top-10 result of the season […]

  AUTUMN might be approaching but Dumfries Museum has lots of events to fill the longer evenings and provide fun indoor activities for families. On Thursday 24th September, archaeologist John Pickin will deliver a talk as part of DigIt2015 and Archaeology Month. He will take us through the grisly history of the Dumfries and Galloway bog […]

  POLICE are looking for the woman driver of a car which smashed into the new metal barriers at the former Co-operative Superstore at Butts Street in Annan. It happened this morning (FRI) at 10am at the entrance to the complex. The new barrier gates had only been erected four days earlier by supermarket company […]

IT was a big day for the Annandale Distillery complex when Princess Anne arrived to perform the official opening of the new £10.5 million facility.. On Thursday 10th September 2015, HRH The Princess Royal visited Annandale Distillery and Visitor Centre. The historic distillery was established in 1836 and reborn in 2014 following an extensive £10.5million […]

  Queens travel to Kirkaldy tomorrow to try and get there campaign back on track after defeat last week by St Mirren , Derek Lyle will be part of the squad after his red card against Rangers was rescinded. In League One, Stranraer travel to face Stenhousemuir knowing that victory would see them move above […]

    A Dumfriesshire man who was trying to cycle around the world in fewer than 100 days has abandoned his world record attempt. According to a post on the Lap the Planet Facebook page, Peter Smith, 51, was forced to quit the challenge after suffering an equipment failure in China. His wife, Nicola, wrote: […]

  Second-placed Dumfries Saints will be targeting their third win on the trot when they travel to East Kilbride in National League Division Three this weekend. In the regional leagues, Newton Stewart kick off their campaign in West Division One away to Allan Glen’s, while there’s a home derby in Division Two when Annan play […]

    Upper Nithsdale’s community arts centre continues its monthly programme of entertainment with a touring exhibition and a concert by one of the biggest names in Scots trad music today. The beautiful stitch work of the Dumfries and District Embroiderers Guild is showcased in a special exhibition at A’ the Airts from now until […]

        MORE than 100 investors have come forward to give plans for a community buy-out of Portpatrick Harbour a huge boost. The Portpatrick Harbour Community Benefit Society has had an amazing pick up in its newly launched community share offer over its first weekend, as over 100 investors came forward. Portpatrick is […]