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Call to ban taxis from refusing rural journeys

Cabbies could be banned from refusing to take out-of-towners home.Read

Justice secretary visits Dumfries

Justice secretary Kenny MacAskill was in Dumfries on Monday, two weeks before the launch of a single Scottish police force.Read

Pupil contracts deadly disease

A Dumfries High School pupil has been diagnosed with tuberculosis.Read

Teacher's sex tryst with pupil

A steamy sex session between a 26-year-old teacher and a teenage pupil in a car parked in a layby was revealed in a court yesterday.Read

200 pairs of football boots on way to Africa thanks to region's generosity

Twenty youth football teams in Africa are being equipped with boots thanks to the generosity of customers at Carrutherstown’s Hetland Garden Centre.Read

Community buy-out ballot for Mull of Galloway polls 98 per cent in favour

A 30-acre chunk of the region hailed as Scotland’s most southernly point is on the verge of a community buy-out.Read

Drugs top priority for new police force

A continued crackdown on the drugs underworld will top the priority list of the new police set-up.Read

Lockerbie mum embroiled in independence battleground over health

A Lockerbie mum has stepped into a political battleground.Read

Cluster Bids A 'Disgrace'

Parents have slammed a cluster programme that could see head teachers split their time over three schools as “disgraceful”.Read

New Hope For Gallamair Unit

A former sheltered housing complex in Thornhill could be brought back into use if Loreburn Housing ’s bid to buy the building goes through.Read

Scorpion Was Just Inches From Gran

A shocked mum leapt into action – when a scorpion scuttled across the floor.Read

£500k 3G Pitch Plan For Queens

A new £500,000 3G pitch could replace the traditional turf at Palmerston Park.Read

Tributes To Tragic Teen

Touching tributes have poured in for a popular Dumfries teenager who died of a brain tumour on Tuesday.Read

Lockerbie to rock at all day gig

Lockerbie looks set to rock this weekend when an all day music concert kicks off in the town hall.Read

St Patrick’s Day fun

The craic will be flowing as much as the Guinness in The Catstrand, New Galloway, this weekend.Read

Council wind turbines to power street lights

Cash-strapped Dumfries and Galloway council could save money by building their own wind turbines to power street lights.Read

Thornhill charity championed by royalty

A Thornhill landmine charity is being championed by royalty.Read

New book hits internet - written by a familiar face

A new book has been published online – penned by a writer who might be familiar to Standard readers.Read

Support call for net campaign

People in the region are being urged to demand an improved broadband service.Read

Ross raises alarm after spotting scorpion

A shocked mum leapt into action – when a scorpion scuttled across the floor.Read

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