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A 48-year-old woman has died following a road crash on a slip road from the A74, near to Gretna services on Sunday 2 August 2015. Around 1900 hours on Sunday 2 August, a female driver of a silver-coloured Volkswagen Touran vehicle travelling north-bound on the A74 appeared to lose control of the vehicle and proceeded […]
Channel 4 are making a new TV show about couples who are getting married in Gretna . If you are interested they would love to hear from you Contact Mike , weddings@firecrackerfilms.com
Ross Wylie cannot wait for the next races in the British GT Championship later this month after suffering abysmal luck in the latest event at Brands Hatch yesterday (2 Aug). The 23-year-old McLaren GT “Young Driver” from Thornhill near Dumfries, sharing his Von Ryan Racing McLaren 650S GT3 car with Northern Ireland’s Andrew Watson, […]
ANNAN ATHLETIC 3 QUEEN OF THE SOUTH 4 HT 0-1 Annan – S Osadolor 58 min, P Weatherson 62 and 71 min . Queen of the South – R Conroy 40 min, D Lyle 65 and 100min, D Hilson 90+4 min. Annan was holding on by the scruff of the neck for what looked […]
CLEAR up operation and investigation is going on into a train crash near Cumnock, north of the Dumfries and Galloway boundary. Two trains which were carrying ballast were involved in a collision yesterday as engineering work was going on at a line near Cumnock, southAyrshire. It is believed that a number of wagons were […]
The MenACWY vaccine is now being offered to students under the age of 21 along with a catch up programme for all 14-18 year olds. Earlier this year it was announced that in response to a rise in the number of cases of meningitis W, and based on advice from the Joint Committee […]
Detectives in Dumfries are continuing enquiries and appealing for information after a 44 year-old man was seriously injured following an incident in Dumfries town centre on Saturday 1 August 2015. Around 0115 hours on Saturday morning, police were called to a report of a man having been seriously assaulted following a disturbance […]
THOUSANDS are expected at the Dumfries and Lockerbie Agricultural Show at Park Farm, Dumfries today. The action starts first thing in the morning and continues throughout the day. Organisers are hoping that there will be no repeat of last year when the parade had to be cancelled because of the heavy rain. Judging […]
Dumfries Agricultural Show is taking place tomorrow at Park Farm, New Abbey Road, Dumfries between 10am and 4pm, as such there will be an increase in vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Delays should be expected especially from 3.30pm onwards so avoid the area if possible. The town becomes congested very quickly, which is why we […]
There’s beautiful dramatic scenery to discover at the head of the Lowther Hills and there are the Queensberry Marbles, an elaborate early 18th century Carrara marble memorial built in honour of the Second Duke of Queensberry and his wife Mary. Moreover, on Sunday the annual Kirkbride Conventicle takes place high up in the old […]
