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Princess Royal Trust for Carers

THE PRINCESS Royal Trust for Carers helps provide a lifeline to the nation's unpaid carers.Read

Businesses speak four months on from flooding

FOUR months on since torrential rain flooded Dumfries and Galloway and some businesses are only now managing to get their heads above water.Read

Oasis Youth Centre enjoys success

THE OASIS Youth Centre is about to celebrate its first anniversary since undergoing a facelift last year.Read

Chapelcross reactor defuelling completion date under threat

THE NOVEMBER 2011 defuelling completion date for Chaplecross’s four reactors is under threat.Read

Political lookalikes needed in Dumfries and Galloway

DOUBLES SOUGHT: A film-maker is coming to Dumfries to find a number of political lookalikes. With less than two months to go before the general election, Alison Jackson is on the lookout for a Gordon Brown, a Peter Mandelson and Alistair Darling double. She is holding auditions at the Station Hotel on Lovers Walk this Sunday, March 21, from 4pm until 8pm.Read

Students numbers continue to grow

COLLEGES are continuing to see a student boom despite the recession according to new figures.Read

WWF panda in Dumfries to promote Earth Day

THE WORLD Wildlife Fund panda was in Dumfries on Wednesday to share his bright idea.Read

Open Doors Day for The Tide Machine and more strange happenings by the Nith

PASSERS-BY at Kingholm Quay may have noticed a lot of dredging work going on in the river.Read

Lockerbie ROM principals chosen ahead of Gala Queen’s vote

LOCKERBIE has chosen its principals to lead this year’s summer festivities in the Annandale town.Read

Solway sailor heading round the world

A SOLWAY sailor is gearing up for a thrilling round-the-world yacht race.Read

Labour leader believes his party can increase their majority in Dumfries and Galloway

LABOUR believes it can increase its majority in Dumfries and Galloway at the next General Election.Read

Music festival swings into action with country dancing classes

THE DUMFRIES and District Music Festival Association reaches its conclusion this week end with the piping and drumming and the Scottish country dancing sections taking place tomorrow.Read

Dumfries and Galloway Council embarks on personalisation pilot

SOCIAL work chiefs are set to embark on a £1.2million pilot scheme which could radically change the way services are delivered.Read

Terminally ill cancer patients missing out on thousands in benefits

TERMINALLY-ILL cancer patients in the region are missing out on £272,500-a-year of disability benefits, according to a leading charity.Read

MP shows “hypocrisy”

SIR – So, with weeks to go before a British General Election, the Labour MP has launched his petition against “education cuts”.Read

Fire shop staff lose their jobs

DEVASTATED staff of a Dumfries store where a major fire started earlier this month, feel like they’ve been “kicked in the teeth” after being told they no longer have jobs.Read

Recession affects Dumfries and Galloway’s police officer levels

DUMFRIES and Galloway would have had a “significant” increase in police numbers had it not been for the recession.Read

Criffel climb in pants

AN AULDGIRTH comic has completed an eye-watering climb up Criffel in just his pants.Read

Da Vinci Masterpiece court latest

A TOP lawyer ducked out of a back door – so that he could brief colleagues about why police had raided the firm’s offices looking for a valuable stolen painting.Read

Dumfries and Galloway Council’s £46,000 bill for ‘green’ certificates

EUROPEAN “bureaucracy” will cost the council £46,000.Read

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