20+ hour, 52+ min ago   (176+ words) TWO new trade apprentices started at Chapelcross on Monday - the first in over 30 years. Kelum Smith and Mackenzie Wilson joined the nuclear site as electrical apprentices, beginning their careers with Nuclear Restoration Services. Their first day included a site induction…...

20+ hour, 52+ min ago   (292+ words) LOCKERBIE Ice Rink is one of five across Scotland that will receive a share of a £574,247 investment over the next three years. The money comes from the sportscotland Summer of Sport grant and a number of new initiatives related to…...

1+ day ago   (392+ words) WORK to repair the water feature within Moffat’s Station Park is underway this week, but the boating pond’s problems continue. The main pump in the park’s popular sand and water area has been out of commission for just over two…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (159+ words) SOUTH of Scotland Enterprise is joining The CyberScotland Partnership to help build cyber resilience locally and nationally. The partnership is a collaborative group of national organisations, brought together by the Scottish Government’s Cyber Resilience Unit. “The CyberScotland Partnership brings together…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (260+ words) PASSENGERS who have been ‘let down’ by the X74 bus service are being encouraged to contact Bus Users UK. The service between Dumfries, Moffat and Glasgow has been hit with frequent delays and cancellations, causing frustration for its users. Although Stagecoach…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (137+ words) AN alert was issued this week by SRUC Veterinary Services about cases of haemonchosis in the area. Their Dumfries Disease Surveillance Centre has confirmed haemonchosis (barber’s pole worm) on two local farms in the past week, with several lamb deaths…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (480+ words) WHAT would you say if you could have a conversation again with someone you’ve lost? Maybe you’ve got lots to say, or it could be enough to just be there, on the phone imagining them on the end of the…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (241+ words) PATIENTS faced too long waits in A&E departments locally in June, says South Scotland MSP Duncan Dunlop. And he says the figures show the need to fix care in the region. Mr Duncan pointed out that during that month,…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (355+ words) AN up-and-coming Dumfries DJ has signed multiple record deals after turning a lifelong passion into a serious pursuit, inspired by a promise to his late dad and brother. Robert McPake, 45, who produces music under the name DJ MACCA UKG, has…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (184+ words) THE authors of a forthcoming new book on the Lockerbie disaster have paid a visit to the town. Americans Jack Carr and James M Scott have written ‘Targeted: Pan Am 103 — Lockerbie, Libya, and the Attack that Brought Terror Home’, which…...