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ONE of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatest musicals comes to the Old Well Theatre on the March 18.Read

Sleeping Beauty comes to DG One

DG ONE leisure centre in Dumfries continues its programme of quality entertainment this weekend with classical ballet and Scotland’s best-selling female recording artist.Read

Mobile art gallery to visit region’s schools

SCHOOLS across the region are to enjoy a visit from a mobile art gallery next week.Read

Wanlockhead road to be fixed after big freeze damage

A REMOTE road which turns into an ice slick during freezing weather is to be repaired.Read

Eastyriggs mark’s Commonweath Day

EASTRIGGS residents celebrated Commonwealth Day on Monday with a tour of their “Commonwealth village”.Read

Queens sportsman dinner

QUEENS will be holding a sportsman’s dinner next weekend.Read

Sport Relief event on the way

THE COUNTDOWN has begun to the Dumfries Sport Relief Mile on Sunday, March 21.Read

You Tube tribute made to Danny McQueen

A STRIKING internet tribute has been set up in memory of a Dumfries teenager who was killed in a road accident.Read

Drug search at college

A DRUG search of 300 students was carried out by police at Dumfries and Galloway College.Read

Charges for services to disabled people put on hold

CONTROVERSIAL council plans to make savings from disabled people have been put on hold.Read

Talks over Dumfries and Galloway Council wages dispute

UNION leaders are to meet with council chiefs today to try and end a dispute over wages.Read

Speeding offences fall by a fifth in two years

SPEEDING offences in the region fell by 20 per cent last year.Read

Chapelcross sheds 39 jobs

THIRTY nine staff from the former Chapelcross Nuclear Power Plant will have left under a voluntary severance programme by the end of the month.Read

Petition launched to combat cuts

A PETITION has been launched in opposition to council plans to cut teacher numbers.Read

Dumfries and Galloway Standard in the running for a Scottish Press Award

THE DUMFRIES and Galloway Standard has been shortlisted for a prize at the Scottish Press Awards.Read

Rugby star cycles into Dumfries

RUGBY giant Lawrence Dallaglio cycled into Dumfries on Wednesday on his Sport Relief Cycle Slam from Rome to Edinburgh.Read

Sheriff urged not to blame doctors for death of young woman

A SHERIFF has been urged to conclude that doctors weren’t to blame for misdiagnosing an illness which killed a young woman.Read

Builder offers £1,000 award to find person behind sex smear campaign

A LOCHARBRIGGS builder has put up a £1,000 reward to find the person behind a four-year hate campaign against him.Read

Council stays tight-lipped over Honorary Freeman bid

PREPARATIONS are underway to make a Langholm entrepreneur an Honorary Freeman of Dumfries and Galloway.Read

School bus cuts hit pupils

HEATHHALL and Locharbriggs school kids will soon be without a bus service.Read

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