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The Latest Breaking News from Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival to feature packed programme of storytelling and theatre in May 2023

Highlights include an immersive music, food and drink event in Castle Douglas and Pop-Up Opera in Sanquhar and Moniaive

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Dumfries drag queen steps up to ensure town bingo sessions live on

Tatty Von Haggis is offering up Loreburn Hall ahead of the expected closure of Buzz Bingo

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Dumfries and Galloway charities and community groups offered free training

Third Sector Dufmries and Galloway has arranged nearly 50 online events, which will start next month

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Rail strikes affecting Dumfries and Galloway train passengers called off

Members of the RMT union have suspended their proposed industrial action following discussions with the Rail Delivery Group

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Dumfries and District Music Festival makes triumphant return after three year absence

After the 2022 edition was held online everyone has enjoyed the return of face-to-face musical competition for the annual event

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International NHS Dumfries and Galloway staff to be welcomed with song and dance

Nursing and social care staff from India, the Philippines and Africa will be welcomed to the region with a night to celebrate the “rich” cultural diversity in the workforce

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Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum to reopen for 2023 season

The site has been shut over the summer but is now ready to welcome back visitors with a series of events planned throughout the year

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Dumfries charity champion meets Easter fundraising target - and starts new challenge

Lee Vann-Wakelin plans to continue fundraising so he can help 50 Ukrainian families living in hotel hubs

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Fatal accident inquiry held into death of killer who butchered Dumfries mum

Michael McArthur was found dead by prison guards at HMP Dumfries last year, having been found guilty of murdering and dismembering Amy Anderson in 2002

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Evil Scots killer who brutally murdered teen mum Amy Anderson died of 'natural causes', FAI hears

Michael McArthur died in Dumfries Infirmary on April 11 last year days after guards at HMP Dumfries found him slumped over the bed in his cell.

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Proposed changes to Dumfries and Galloway school catchment areas set to be welcomed

Councillors are now being asked to rubber stamp the plans to change the catchment area of Dunscore Primary, Holywood Primary, Wallace Hall Academy and North West Community Campus

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Musical family to play traditional Scottish music at Dumfries fundraiser

The Shand Family Show concert on April 8 will raise funds for the cancer support group, Prostate Buddies D&G

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Kirkcudbright Hospital could reopen as part of efforts to create more care beds in Dumfries and Galloway communities

A proposal to introduce a "flexible" bed model for care home and cottage hospital beds includes an option to "retain and repurpose Kirkcudbright Hospital"

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Dumfries and Galloway councillors fear loss of biosphere status would be a "travesty"

The Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere has submitted a periodic review, with a decision due in the summer

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New 250-mile cycling route to be named after famous Dumfries and Galloway son

The Kirkpatrick C2C, which will take riders from Stranraer to Eyemouth, has been named in honour of Kirkpatrick Macmillan

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Dumfries and Galloway businesses moved to new category for Thistle Awards

Firms from Dumfries and Galloway will be moved from the west region to a new section with the Scottish Borders

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New map offers tour of the many bridges of Dumfries

Dumfries Bridges Civil Engineering Trail offers people a walk around the seven crossings over the River Nith

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Calvin Harris almost gave up on music dreams to work in Marks & Spencer

The Dumfries-born DJ, who is now the highest paid disk-jockey in the world, almost lost all hope.

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Dumfries Loreburn Hall lease extension to generate £2,000

The Electric Theatre Workshop Ltd looks set to be granted a six-month extension

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Plans for new multi-screen Dumfries cinema being taken forward

The council is looking for a firm to investigate potential site options and test the market for the idea

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An arty weekend in … Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway

A haven for artists since the 19th century, the harbour town of Kirkcudbright offers art walks, trails and a resident Rembrandt

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New shopfronts in store for Dumfries town centre businesses

Traders in Friars Vennel and the bottom of Bank Street can benefit from grants to revamp the front of their shops

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Family and friends unite in celebration of Dumfries man David Hill

Teams from the Scottish and Irish parliaments faced each other in the first annual David Hill Memorial Quaich at Peffermill in Edinburgh

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Dumfries man wants one final push in campaign to provide Easter Sunday meal for struggling families

Lee Vann-Wakelin needs to raise £2,000 - and if he hits the target a mystery benefactor will treble the amount

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Dumfries and Galloway suspected drugs deaths remain at near record levels

New figures show that 43 people are believed to have lost their lives to drugs in 2022 – one less than the previous year

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