The Latest Breaking News from Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway community groups share nearly £450,000

Thirty-three groups have benefitted from the second round of the Scottish Government’s Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund

Daily Record · Apr 13, 2023

Dumfries and Galloway leads the way in campaign to remove rubbish from the environment

Hundreds of volunteers have signed up to fill mountains of bin bags with waste from the streets and countryside

Daily Record · Apr 13, 2023

Scots teen with Down’s Syndrome has college hopes dashed after course axed

Dakota Jardine had hoped to attend a course at Dumfries and Galloway College but it has been discontinued because enrolment numbers were too low.

Daily Record · Apr 13, 2023

Dumfries pothole-riddled roads an "accident waiting to happen"

Airds Drive, as well as Georgetown, Barnton, Gillbrae and Craigs roads are driving motorists up the wall

Daily Record · Apr 10, 2023

Dumfries and Galloway judo fighter heading to Special Olympics World Games

Sean Allan will be the only British athlete in the judo competition in Berlin, with coach Luke Struthers also making the trip

Daily Record · Apr 10, 2023

Dumfries and Galloway councillor shocked at racist message after speech on Afghan refugees

Dougie Campbell, a former volunteer with the Scottish Refugee Council, helped secure a commitment 18 months ago for Dumfries and Galloway to resettle 20 families who were fleeing the Taliban in Afghanistan

Daily Record · Apr 10, 2023

Unions urge Dumfries and Galloway council staff to reject pay deal

Unison and GMB want workers to refuse the five per cent offer on the table from the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

Daily Record · Apr 10, 2023

Dumfries and Galloway Recovery Together group plans sponsored walk in Dalbeattie Forest

Members of DGRT will be trying to find the Heart Stane hidden in Dalbeattie Forest on April 29

Daily Record · Apr 7, 2023

Dumfries and Galloway Council's housing service at "crisis point" due to record homeless numbers

The number of homeless presentations has jumped by nearly a third and there has been a 91.5 per cent increase in open cases compared to pre-pandemic levels in 2019/20

Daily Record · Apr 7, 2023

Campaign to reinstate Dumfries to Stranraer railway line relaunched for 60th anniversary of Beeching Report

Campaigners believe reopening the line is more beneficial than plans to duel a major arterial road through the region and be better for the environment

Daily Record · Apr 7, 2023