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Weekend Film Scene with Bill Cunningham

SACHA Baron Cohen becomes a comic Gaddafi; Matt Damon buys a zoo; John Cusack becomes Edgar Allan Poe; and Disney’s Beast leaps out in 3D.Read

Gallery owner’s final fling

THE last exhibition by Roger Windsor of the Ottersburn Gallery launches tonight.Read

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Folk live and alive in Dumfries!

THE Bawbee Folk Club has proved to be a great success with local folk and blues enthusiasts, performers and the general public alike since its re-opening on December last year after some 20 years.Read

Lyndsay named winner of Home Scotland gardening competition for Dumfries area

A GREEN-fingered woman from Dumfries has landed a top horticultural award.Read

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Film reviews and news

Check out our blog on the movies with all your favourite stars and the annoying ones too. Read

Motoring News

Race is on as Porsche tests new hybrid

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Improved Infiniti

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Reader Travel

Explore The World

Check out our Reader Travel Holiday section which is packed full of great value holidays and short breaks. Read

Movie Reviews

Movie Review: American Reunion

AMERICAN Reunion is the fourth big screen entry in the American Pie franchise.Read

Movie Review: Avengers Assemble

AVENGERS Assemble is the long awaited big screen team-up of Marvel superheroes Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner).Read