News

  Moffat has struck gold with the news that the 2017 are to be held in the town. The British Gold Panning Association has won the rights to hold the global event and will bring it to Moffat in August 2017. Thousands of competitors and visitors will descend upon the town when the World Championships […]

  A MAN has been found dead in a car which was ablaze at Halleaths, near Lochmaben last night. Police and Fire experts have been probing the fire in a joint investigation and trying to find out how the fire started. Emergency services were called to the fire in a car at the caravan site at Hallheaths […]

Stagecoach apologise to there passengers as  services running late due to roadworks in Dumfries town centre combined with heavy traffic congestion. Please allow extra time if you are travelling in Dumfries .

MSP Joan McAlpine yesterday praised Barony Country Foods for its part in making Scotland “the land of food and drink” after visiting their new premises in Lochmaben. The company, which has its own traditional smokehouse and offers salmon, venison and a wide variety of poultry and game, recently moved to the town from their original […]

  Margaret Ferrier, MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West, visited the Globe Inn on the High Street on Saturday to hear some historical information about Robert Burns and his visits to the Globe Inn. Ms Ferrier, who is a member of Alloway Burns club, was was met by Jane Brown, manageress of the Globe Inn […]

  Murray Farmcare has donated £500 to support Chris Woodness and Dean Goddard’s charity climb of Kilimanjaro in October. The Dumfries duo have set themselves a target of raising £10,000 for their chosen charities, Aberlour Family Outreach and Dumfries YMCA, and are running a series of fund raising activities before the trip. Murray Farmcare’s Marketing […]

  POLICE have issued a warning over a ‘ringing the changes’ type scam after a Moffat Incident in which £160 was stolen Police Scotland said today that they want to trace a man in relation to a ‘ringing the changes’ type scam which took place at the shop premises of The Edinburgh Woolen Mill in Ladyknowe […]

THE third round of the Community Safety Fund is open for applications from organisations, community groups and agencies across Dumfries and Galloway. Funding is available to support small scale projects and initiatives that aim to make people feel safer in their neighbourhoods and/or aim to reduce the number of people who are victims of crime […]

A TIP off to police landed a 49-year-old motorist in front of a Sheriff on a charge of driving with more than three times the permitted drink level on his breath. Ronald Mathieson  of McArdle Place, Dalbeattie, was traced at Cargenbridge on the outskirts of Dumfries and stopped by the police. And in the dock […]

THE hunt for a missing teenager from Staffordshire has spread to Gretna. Police are seeking the assistance of the public in tracing Alexandra Evans who has been reported as missing from the Staffordshire area. Alexandra is believed to be in the Gretna area and is described as 16 years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall, […]