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The Latest Breaking News from Dumfries

Council launches 'third time lucky' bid for Galloway to become next national park

Dumfries and Galloway councillors last week signed off on another consultation response to the Scottish Government

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Scots town under siege from aggressive seagulls stealing food from people's mouths

Dumfries residents say they have seen gulls walk into an Iceland supermarket to get food.

Daily Record

Kirkcudbright hotelier believes tourist tax would be “very difficult to implement” in Dumfries and Galloway

A consultation is under way on the potential introduction of an extra fee for people who stay overnight at accommodation ranging from hotels to self-catering cottages

Daily Record

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Fears over future of smaller and rural Dumfries and Galloway after consultation launched

Union officials say they would "oppose any school closures on purely financial grounds"

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Dumfries and Galloway Council to wipe out £17,000 of school meal debts

Councillors have agreed to write-off the debts that have been racked up by parents and carers unable to pay schools back for dinners

Daily Record

Man dies after falling overboard from Stena Line ferry near Scottish port

A MAN has died after falling overboard from a ferry in Dumfries and Galloway.

The National (Scotland)

Cows plunge off Scots cliff sparking major rescue as two people rush to save them

Two members of the public were trying to get the cattle out the water in Float Bay, Dumfries and Galloway, but were battling against the waves.

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Kirkgunzeon's Rory Young takes first ever Scottish Rally Championship win

The Citroen crew headed a Dumfries and Galloway one-two with Mark McCulloch from Dumfries taking second

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Delayed discharge hits record levels in Dumfries and Galloway

New figures show that more than 35,000 bed days were lost to the problem in 2022/23 – more than a third up on the previous year

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Objectors fail in bid to stop Dumfries Whitesands planning application

Opponents did not want to see open space at the Greensands lost to parking spaces

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Former Dumfries and County golfer bags first DP World Tour hole in one

The 27-year-old scored an ace on the second hole at the BMW International Open as he finished in a tie for 14th

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Swift action needed to protect Dumfries and Galloway children and education staff

North West Dumfries representative Paula Stevenson shared her concerns about their physical and mental health at Tuesday’s full council meeting

Daily Record

Launch party marks £400,000 restoration of historic Dumfries fountain

The public ceremony is the start of a series of events planned throughout the summer to mark the transformation of the site

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Former Dumfries woman realises lifetime dream by getting novel into print

Linda Wheatley is looking forward to launching her book at Waterstone's - and is already working on her second

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Staff nurse marks Armed Forces Reserves Day by wearing uniform to work at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

Kerstin Dodd has been a reservist in Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps for three years

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Permanent orienteering courses installed at Dumfries park

Youngsters from a number of schools were recently given the chance to test the new trails

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Tributes paid to former Dumfries and Galloway Council convener

Andrew Campbell, who farmed at Cuil near Castle Douglas, played a key role during the 2001 foot and mouth crisis

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Dumfries and Galloway Council's youth work team wins national award

The Youth Information in Schools Project won the Health and Wellbeing category

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Dumfries care home celebrates 30 years of serving the local community

Staff, residents and guests commemorated this special occasion in the home’s extensive garden with live music, singing and dancing

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Dumfries Samaritans volunteer celebrates double milestone

Branch director Ann Stephenson attended the Chelsea Flower Show on behalf of the charity shortly after her 70th birthday

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Dumfries and Galloway forest visitors urged to pay attention to warning signs

Forestry and Land Scotland fears people could be crushed by trees or hurt by machinery if they don't pay attention to notices

Daily Record

More than 650 violent incidents recorded across Dumfries and Galloway's primary schools

These events in the classroom and playground are six times higher in the region’s primary schools compared to secondaries

Daily Record

Dumfries train station accessibility improvements unveiled to public

A new footbridge and lifts are set to be built to create step-free access across both platforms

Daily Record

Former Dumfries school campus site could be sold for affordable housing

The site where Maxwelltown High School and adjoining St Ninian’s Primary once stood in Lochside is being eyed up for a sale to Wheatley Homes

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Dumfries man set to sell off his final Dalek

Gordon Hepburn has been making life size versions of the enemy of Dr Who for more than 20 years

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