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  DUMFRIES and Galloway Council’s Library Service is hosting local author Kriss Nichol as she introduces her new novel Monsoons and Marigolds at Libraries across the region. This tour will provide our communities with the opportunity to hear a local author introduce their books.  Councillor Tom McAughtrie, chairman of the Communities Committee said: “It is great […]

Dumfries & Galloway through a Lens , a group of like minded photographers  was set up  to focus of on the visual beauty of the region and capture it photographs . The group was set up on Facebook proved so successful they decided to produce a booklet of some of the fine work that had […]

A DRAMATIC fall in income from Nith Fishings is being blamed on the SNP Scottish Government’s catch and release policy Dumfriesshire MSP Oliver Mundell says the Scottish Government need to take urgent action to support fishing in the area following a dramatic fall in income on the Nith. Between 2015 and 2016, income on the […]

    SNP Councillor Jim McClung has challenged Council Leader Ronnie Nicholson to “stop being economical with the truth” following claims the Labour administration’s flagship anti-poverty strategy is seriously underspent. Councillor McClung first raised the issue at the Council’s Policy & Resources Committee and today he said: “The Council Leader has been listing in the press […]

Drivers are being warned not to use their mobile phones at the wheel ahead of a new law coming into force which will double the penalties for the offence. Drivers who are stopped while using a mobile phone are currently issued with three penalty points and a £100 fine. Under the new legislation, which comes […]

A bid by fans for a seat on the board of Queen of the South has been rejected at the club’s annual general meeting. Supporters group the Queens Trust secured the backing of Dumfries and Galloway Council in order to get the issue discussed. About 100 shareholders attended the meeting and the outcome was about […]

AN MSP has written to the Council and Swstrans to request the removal of planters which recently appeared on Queen Street. Joan McAlpine also raised concerns about the lack of community engagement on the issue. The MSP was approached by constituents who are very unhappy with the large planters that have been installed. The SNP […]

£3 million is being made available to train an extra 371 teachers in Scotland next year. This increase in places at Scotland’s teacher education universities will bring the total intake in 2017/18 to 3,861, a rise for the sixth consecutive year. It comes less than a week after the launch of the Scottish Government’s new […]

  The impact in Dumfries and Galloway of the Scottish Government’s recent decision to increase Council Tax by adjusting the level of Council Tax for “high band” properties has been revealed. The Scottish Government recently introduced legislation to change the Council Tax which will mean properties in Bands E to H will pay higher Council […]

GALLOWAY and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson has joined a rally outside the Scottish Parliament today to encourage fathers to talk more about their love for their children. The rally, organised by campaign group Fathers4Justice, aimed to break the wall of silence surrounding the suicides of separated fathers in Scotland, after the group found themselves […]