News

ALMOST £18million funding is being made available to accelerate high speed broadband roll-out for Scotland’s rural communities. The early benefit comes from the success of the Scottish Government-backed £410million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) programme, which has now reached over 365,000 homes and businesses from the Shetland Isles to Dumfries and Galloway. The announcement comes […]

A 46-year-old woman has been accused in court at Dumfries of repeatedly striking her partner on the body with a knife at Barnbarroch, near Dalbeattie. Christine Milligan, of Whitelaw Court, Castle Douglas, pleaded not guilty to committing the offence at Craigview last week. She also denied behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and making […]

Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) crews from Dalbeattie and Dumfries responded to a fire at a home in Kirkgunzeon on Sunday night (9 August). Operations Control received a 999 call reporting the incident shortly after 11pm and the crews reached the scene around 10 minutes later to find smoke issuing from the roof of […]

  A prowler was disturbed in the garden of a house in Barnett Road in Heathhall, Dumfries at around 0330 hours on Friday 7 August 2015. The householder saw the following described man looking around the garden of his home and only made off when a light was put on. Constable Lawrence Nelson of Police […]

  THE Scottish Government’s decision to ban the growing of GM crops with a general discussion has been slammed by the National Farmers Union of Scotland. Scott Walker, NFU Scotland Chief Executive commented: “We are disappointed that the Scottish Government has decided that no GM crops should ever be grown in Scotland. “Other countries are […]

  A NUMBER of challenges facing social enterprises have been highlighted in a report which has been discussed by the Crichton Institute (CI). The Crichton Institute (CI) recognises that social enterprises have an increasingly important role to play in the development of the economy and community in the South of Scotland. A recent report by […]

Almost one million consultations with around 900,000 patients were carried out by GP out of hours services last year, new figures published show. These statistics, published for the first time by ISD Scotland, will help inform the National Review of GP Out of Hours services led by Professor Sir Lewis Ritchie. Commenting on the statistics, […]

    POLICE are hunting a man who was seen taking photographs near the Chapelcross Nuclear Plant at Annan. They are also looking for a prowler disturbed in the garden of a house at Dumfries In the first, police want to trace the driver of a silver coloured Skoda Roomster car who was seen near […]

POLICE are on the hunt for the drivers of three vehicles after three separate hit and run accidents in Stranraer and the Stewartry. Around 2.10pm on Saturday 8 August a road crash happened on Harbour Street in Stranraer, near to the bus stop, when a 33 year old woman from Kirkcolm was in collision with […]

  MORE THAN £4,000 worth of jewellery and silver has been stolen from a house in Dumfries and a 50 inch television was taken from a house in Kirkconnel. The first a house on Bankend Road in Dumfries took place sometime between Friday 31 July and Thursday 6 August 2015 while the owners were on holiday. […]