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    THE number of new homes built in Dumfries and Galloway has gone up by more than 50 per cent. New figures show an increase in the number of new homes built in Dumfries & Galloway.with 597 completed across the private and social sector in 2014/15 – an increase of 59% on the previous year. […]

      Scottish Women’s Rural Institutes member are set for a bumpy annual conference in Edinburgh this weekend .  The membership is seething over changes made to to the organisation name and logo just prior to the organisation celebrating a landmark anniversary of 100 years . Members of the organisation are up in arms […]

    A Border Terrier has been found outside McConechy’s Tyre Centre, 1 Commerce Road, Stranraer. The dog was wearing a red harness with red paw prints on it. If this dog belongs to you or you know who has lost it, please contact Stranraer Police Station on 101

  PROBLEMS facing Police Scotland’s Call Handling have been highlighted in an interim report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland. Dumfriesshire MSP and Shadow Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs, Elaine Murray, and chairman of Dumfries and Galloway Council Police, Fire and Rescue Sub Committee, Councillor John Syme fear “the worst is yet to come” […]

  THE controversial Whitesands flood project is to be aired again next week as the debate rolls on. Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Economy , Environment and Infrastructure Committee (Tuesday 15 September) will consider a report on the next steps for the Whitesands Project. The report follows the most recent round of public consultation earlier this […]

  THE majority of Scotland’s 32 councils have already indicated a willingness to accommodate refugees affected by the current humanitarian crisis, Europe Minister Humza Yousaf was speaking at the close of the first meeting of a new task force set up by the First Minister to coordinate Scotland’s response to the crisis in southern Europe. The […]

    THE International Sheepdog Trials which start on Thursday will have a royal visitor on the opening day – Princess Anne The International Sheep Dog Trials 2015 begins on Thursday 10th September at Meikleholm, Courance near Moffat where the most highly skilled sheep dogs in the world will compete over three days for the title […]

NFU Scotland met with high-level Scottish politicians at Westminster yesterday(Monday 7 September) seeking support for measures to address the recent downturn in prices across all agricultural commodities. Over recent months, many farmers across Scotland and the UK have been put under immense financial pressure due to extreme volatility in key markets. Paired with the adverse […]

  RECORDED crime in Scotland has reached a record 41 year low, according to official statistics published today but sex crimes have soared by 11 per cent. During Police Scotland’s second year of operation, crimes went down by 5 per cent to 256,350 in 2014-15 compared to 270,397 in the previous year and are at […]

  A TEENAGER from Sanquhar has been crowned Under-16 B-boy World Champion at the 10th UDO World Street Dance Championships at Glasgow’s SECC. Robert McColl (15) fought off international competition to reach the finals on Saturday 28 August, before clinching victory in a battle. The accolade tops off a winning six months during which Robert […]