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Ecclefechan couple celebrate 70 years of marriage

Ecclefechan couple Robert and Janet Harrison yesterday clocked up their platinum anniversary marking 70 years of marriage.Read

Queens title helps cost bookmakers £5 million

Queen of the South helped inflict losses of more than £5 million on bookmakers with their title heroics this season.Read

Dumfries Top Five Peaceful

Dumfries and Galloway has been ranked as the fifth most peaceful place in Scotland in a study by the Institute of Economics and Peace. Read

New Baby Joy For Heartache Couple

Proud parents Suzanne and Eddie Hewson are celebrating the birth of their baby boy Archie. Read

DGRI Gets Go-ahead

Plans for the new £200 million Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary were this week given the green light.Read

Drumlanrig marks 350 years of bridal history

Wedding belles helped ring out a marriage milestone at Drumlanrig Castle at the weekend.Read

Timeline of A75 campaign

1986: Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government in Westminister start discussions on improving the 2.2 mile stretch of the A75 between Hardgrove and Kinmount.Read

Jobs blow as shoe shops close

A Dumfries shoe shop is shutting down.Read

Nominate your 2013 Guid Nychburris

Doonhamers are being urged to put names forward for the 2013 Guid Nychburris award.Read

Lockerbie wreckage back in region

Part of the wrecked Pan Am Flight 103 has been moved to Dumfriesshire.Read

Town pays tribute to DJ Deno

Tributes have been paid to a popular Dumfries DJ who died suddenly at home on Monday night.Read

Gavin's gesture just 'Grand'

Rugby legend Gavin Hastings made one Dumfries woman’s day on Monday when he signed her programme from Scotland’s famous 1990 win over England.Read

Standard wins at press awards

The Dumfries and Galloway Standard fought off stiff competition from national newspapers to win Campaign of the Year at the Scottish Press Awards on Thursday.Read

Police hunt serial flasher

A serial flasher has exposed himself to at least five women in Dumfries.Read

Fake ear fiasco

Cops swooped on a caravan park after reports that a human ear had been found.Read

Jobs blow

Dumfries and Galloway has been hit by a double jobs blow.Read

Calf born with "Schmallenberg birth defects" in region.

Farmers are being urged to monitor their livestock after the first case of Schmallenberg Disease (SBV) was identified on a Dumfriesshire farm.Read

Queens legend Jimmy McGill dies after long battle with dementia

Queens legend Jimmy McGill died at the weekend.Read

Police hunt for serial flasher

A serial flasher has exposed himself to at least five women in Dumfries.Read

VisitScotland Chairman Mike Cantley visits Dumfriesshire

VisitScotland chief Mike Cantlay yesterday raised a dram to an Annan distillery being rebuilt as a whisky-producing tourist attraction.Read

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