10 h. ago 'Chaos and disaster' to hit Dumfries and Galloway town for mock resilience test

Dalry community members and their resilience plan are set to be put to the test on Wednesday.

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10 h. ago Gleeful Russia mocks British army 'that can fit into Wembley stadium' and says the West is 'crashing like a house of cards' as it revels in chaos after Zelensky's disastrous Trump meeting

European allies met in London over the weekend to discuss the situation in Ukraine, while reiterating the need for a U.S. 'backstop' against Russian aggression

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7 d. ago Patricia Arquette on Trump, communes, art and ageing: ‘When I was growing up the whole world was pretty creepy’

She won hearts with True Romance – and an Oscar for Boyhood. The actor reflects on her TV show Severance, political chaos in the US and why human beings are a disasterIf escaping the world by running for the hills looks increasingly attractive to many of us – perhaps living on a commune – Patricia Arquette feels like that too. Head to the mountains, she says. “Plant seeds and farm.” But maybe not the commune part – she lived in one as a child and it wasn’t always utopian. If our conversation is more dystopian than usual, it’s probably because we’re talking about Severance, the hit Apple TV+ show now in its second season. In the first series, we were introduced to Lumon Industries, where some workers, tasked with doing something unknown but probably malevolent with data, were willingly “severed”; their work selves detached from their outside selves, with no memory between the two. If the drama started as an off-kilter take on work-life balance, it soon morphed into something much dar...

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1 week ago Tree felling to begin in Dumfries and Galloway forest hit by Storm Eowyn

Walks and mountain bike trails at a number of woodlands remain shut due to fallen or unsafe trees.

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1 week ago Dumfries and Galloway set to be hit with winds of up to 70mph as Met Office issues weather warning

Travel delays and power cuts are possible when the strong winds arrive on Friday morning.

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1 week ago Football fans fume over 'disaster waiting to happen' at Everton's £800m new stadium's first test event as trains are overwhelmed at just 20% capacity

Everton fans have voiced major concerns about the travel options for the club's new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium after attending a test event on Monday night.

Economics

2 w. ago Major Dumfries and Galloway road to be hit by closures for resurfacing work

Amey is set to repair a stretch of the A75 between Springholm and Haugh of Urr, resulting in overnight closures and one weekend closure.

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