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The South West Picture Show Presents: A Shot at Glory On Friday 10 October the RBCFT will be kicking off this year’s South West Picture show with a football blast from the past. Footballer Ally McCoist, Michael ‘Batman’ Keaton, and Oscar winner Robert Duvall, whose obsession the whole project was, lead the cast of this […]

Dumfries and Galloway Council adopted the Local Development Plan on 29 September 2014 following clearance to do so by Scottish ministers. The Local Development Plan provides a positive planning framework aimed at promoting the right development in the right place. It is the key document that will be used to decide planning applications in the […]

SNP MSP for the south of Scotland Joan McAlpine is urging members of the public from across Dumfriesshire to have their say on what further powers should be devolved to the Scottish Parliament.   She has urged them to write to the Smith Commission, which is tasked with bringing more powers to Holyrood in the […]

Dumfriesshire MSP Elaine Murray has shown her support for the nation’s heart charity and donated a bag of unwanted items to her local British Heart Foundation (BHF) Scotland shop in Dumfries as part of a new campaign aimed at funding further research into children born with heart defects.   Marjory Burns, British Heart Foundation (BHF) […]

At the meeting of Dumfries and Galloway Council on Thursday 25 September, Councillors agreed to a new set of Priorities. The four new Council Priorities target the most important areas of council services; on improving the region economically and also ensuring better lives for our children and other vulnerable groups. These priorities will be at the […]

Regeneration projects in Stranraer could benefit from a £493,060 cash injection. Councillors at Thursday’s Economy, Environment and Infrastructure (EEI) committee will be asked to agree that this money can be used to fund regeneration projects in Stranraer. The funding has become available due to savings made on a project to provide a public slipway, on […]

Dumfries and Galloway Council is to make available more than £200,000 of funding for major festivals and events in the region in 2015. The funding forms part of the regional Major Festivals and Events Strategy, 2014-2017, which aims to promote Dumfries and Galloway to international audiences via superb signature events such as Wigtown Book Festival, […]

Dumfries and Galloway Library Service is delighted to announce their success in securing a Reader in Residence post for the library service funded by the Scottish Book Trust.  Local author, poet and storyteller Renita Boyle is the new Reader in Residence and will be working alongside the libraries to stimulate and deliver innovative projects around […]

A group of older leaners made their first steps into the world of information technology thanks to a new community group – Learners Together. With the support of ‘Putting You First’ funding from the NHS and in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway Council the group organised a 10 week course aimed at giving older people […]

Joan McAlpine MSP has demanded assurances from her Labour and Conservative colleagues that they and their parties will stick to promises made on Scottish funding during the referendum campaign.   Ms McAlpine today wrote to MSP for Dumfriesshire Elaine Murray, and Conservative David Mundell MP, seeking confirmation that they will support the continuation of the […]