Life of Ryan's

Movie hunk Ryan Gosling has propelled a Dumfries man to internet stardom - with a little help from a spoonful of cereal.Read

Lorna's battle against litter

A woman is on a mission to highlight the litter problem blighting the countryside.Read

Baby Millie pops dad's big question to mum

Peter Nelson had a little help when he popped the question to girlfriend Hannah Wemyss on Valentine’s Day.Read

Static tax questions

A HOLIDAY park business owner has called for clarification on the static caravan VAT U-turn.Read

Everyone needs a guid nychburr

THE REIGNING Guid Nychburris award winner is calling for friends and family to nominate their very own “good neighbour”.Read

Everyone needs a guid nychburr

THE REIGNING Guid Nychburris award winner is calling for friends and family to nominate their very own “good neighbour”.Read

Low-flying fright

A TERRIFIED taxi driver claims an RAF Hercules plane narrowly missed his car on the M74 motorway on Monday.Read

dumfries sheriff court

What price justice?

CONTROVERSIAL court cost-cutting plans could see jury trials moved from Dumfries and Galloway to Ayr.Read

Harry Cairney scoops manager award ahead of Wee Rovers clash

ANNAN boss Harry Cairney has been named the Irn Bru Third Division Manager of the Month ahead of a crunch tie against Albion Rovers.Read

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Bogus Callers Beware

WELCOME to the launch of the Dumfries and Galloway’s fight-back against bogus callers.Read

2010 Locharbriggs Five a Sides

PREPARATIONS are well under way for the 2010 Locharbriggs five-a-sides, known locally as the Caskie Cup.Read

Brewers Cup competition cut

THE pre-season Brewers Cup tournament has been scrapped after Partick Thistle pulled out.Read

Maili takes reins of Olympic dream

AN AE teenager is being tipped as an Olympic star of the future.Read

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Councillor David McKie

Needles found in children's playpark

A Dumfries woman was shocked to find discarded syringes in a popular park in the town.Read

'Left to rot'

The council has been accused of “sitting back and letting the Loreburn Hall rot”.Members of the policy and resources committee will receive a report next Tuesday on the pending closure of DG One for repairs.But Nith ward councillor Colin Smyth claims proposals to use the Loreburn Hall as an alternative venue have been “dismissed out of hand”.He said: “It is pretty clear the council didn’t even look at this option seriously.They are determined to sit back and let the hall rot away.“The Loreburn Hall is literally round the corner from DG One yet the public will be forced to travel miles in some cases to use other facilities.“It is ridiculous that the council will be paying other organisations to use facilities when the council own empty buildings they could use.”All full-time, contracted staff at DG One are to be re-deployed whilst the facility is closed with almost half returning after five months when the dry-side and fitness suite re-opens.Councillors will hear at next week’s meeting that officers have been successful in finding alternative locations for groups that currently use DG One.Council Leader Ivor Hyslop said: “Our council has been meeting with our user groups well in advance of any closure.This has allowed us to work together to get contingency plans for all our groups at least seven months before the end of this year.“This means that we give the clubs the reassurance that we have found alternative locations for them during the closure period.”Councillor John Martin,who also wants the Loreburn Hall to be re-opened, added: “I am pleased that the council has met with local clubs who have block bookings on a regular basis and are working out alternative arrangements and they have also guaranteed that staff will be re-deployed.“However, these plans simply do not go far enough and don’t begin to meet the needs of the majority of users.Thousands of members of the public who aren’t members of local clubs are going to lose out because their use isn’t being catered for.”Read

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