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The chief constable of Police Scotland is to stand down from his post. Sir Stephen House has been under severe pressure over the three days it took his officers to respond to a fatal crash on the M9. He has also been criticised over armed officers being put on routine patrol and his force’s policies […]

THERE’S good news for the 70 staff at the Longtown and Dumfries markets after a month of waiting for news. All 70 full and part-time jobs have been saved after Cumberland and Dumfriesshire Farmers Mart was sold to newly established company C & D Auction Marts Ltd and one of Scotland’s oldest auction firms, Thomson, Roddick & […]

  Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil has announced £1.7 million of funding to help revitalise and regenerate town centres across Scotland. The Town Centre Communities Capital Fund is open to community organisations to support capital projects which will make real and lasting improvements to town centres. Mr Neil made the funding announcement while on a […]

  Officers from Police Scotland’s Road Policing Division are urging motorcyclists to take extra care this weekend, following the deaths of four bikers in the last week on Scotland’s roads. Chief Superintendent Iain Murray, an enthusiastic and experienced biker himself, said: “I want everyone to enjoy our scenic routes safely, no matter what mode of […]

    DUMFRIES and Galloway Council’s Social Work Services is forecasting an underspend of £4,000 against its agreed budget for 2015/16. Social Work Services delivers lifeline services that address the key priorities or the Council and the needs-led nature of the services it delivers can lead to significant shifts in spending. As a result, budgets […]

Queens 0 Greenock Morton 1 Greenock Morton knocked fellow Championship side Queen of the South out of the Scottish League Cup at the second round stage. Morton’s Denny Johnstone turned home Romario Sabajo’s cross from close range but was flagged offside. Queens’ Derek Lyle struck the crossbar shortly before the break. Ross Forbes gave the […]

A timber firm has been fined £7000 following an accident at a sawmill plant in Lockerbie in which a workman was severely injured and permanently scarred and impaired. Scott Gordon was dragged into the machinery by the hand at the plant at Steven’s Croft in March last year. And at Dumfries Sheriff Court, Forest Sawmills […]

  A COURT has heard that a 62-year-old woman from Thornhill, who received life-threatening injuries in a road accident at Friars’ Carse at the weekend, is improving in hospital But the woman is still in the high dependency unit following the accident which took place on Saturday afternoon on the A76 trunk road. In the court […]

    A £1 million investment from the £15 million Mental Health Innovation Fund will deliver a three year NHS Education for Scotland programme to further support the mental health workforce. Existing child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) staff will receive further training in areas identified by NHS health boards as priorities for the […]

DUMFRIES and Galloway Council’s Trading Standards Service is warning consumers to be aware of small soft toy dogs which operate by battery power They say that some may have been purchased over the summer period, particularly at agricultural shows. The toys have soft covering to a firm structure and a battery section on the underside of […]