19 h. ago What's on in Dumfries and Galloway this spring bank holiday weekend

The dry weather may be ending, but that won’t dampen the spirits with lots going on.

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19 h. ago Low Dumfries and Galloway river levels continue to cause concern despite forecast of rain

The Annan, Nith, Dee and Cree catchment areas have joined the Esk in being classed as 'moderate scarcity' by SEPA.

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19 h. ago Fundraising effort to help Ukrainian children visit Dumfries and Galloway

A group of 27 children from the east of the country will be coming to the region in August following the success of a similar trip last year.

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21 h. ago Two Dumfries and Galloway regeneration projects to share nearly £3million

Let's Get Sporty Community Trust plan to use the Scottish Government funding to expand Lochvale House and help more than 100 people into work.

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46 h. ago Unions confirm Dumfries and Galloway Scottish Water workers to stage seven day strike

The walk out will begin on June 2 after officials accused the utility company of 'playing games' over a pay offer.

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67 h. ago Thousands of rowers heading to Dumfries and Galloway for SkiffieWorlds 2025

A record 79 entries have been received for the triennial world championship event, which is returning to Stranraer after a successful debut in 2019.

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67 h. ago Dumfries and Galloway residents presented with British Empire Medals

Sue Gourlay and Anne Rooke learned they were to receive the accolades in the King’s New Year Honours list when it was announced at the start of 2025.

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67 h. ago Child poverty rate among rural Dumfries and Galloway communities hits record high

New figures show there has been a huge increase in rural poverty rates over the past 15 years.

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3 d. ago Dumfries and Galloway police given new weapon in fight against antisocial behaviour

Officers in the region are now able to use SelectaDNA’s tagging spray in a bid to clamp down on the illegal use of off road bikes, motorcycles and e-scooters.

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4 d. ago Urgent appeal launched to find more foster carers in Dumfries and Galloway

The Fostering Network estimates at least 400 new foster carers are needed across Scotland.

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4 d. ago Loch Ken resident offers to pay Dumfries and Galloway Council £1,000 to bring back lay

Robin Hood has criticised the “madness” of taking away the bins as a cost cutting exercise.

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4 d. ago Dumfries and Galloway delayed discharge hits highest level for more than two years

New figures show that 3,305 bed days were lost to the problem in March, an increase of more than 700 days on the previous month.

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4 d. ago Volunteers collect nearly 900 pieces of litter from small stretch of Dumfries and Galloway coastline

The Marine Conservation Society has revealed volunteers in Scotland picked up an average of 204 litter items for every 100m of beach cleaned in 2024.

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6 d. ago Major update on project aimed at transforming Port Talbot town centre

The project which is aimed at regenerating the town centre and improving key facilities

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7 d. ago Scottish Water workers in Dumfries and Galloway set to stage week

Staff will strike between June 2 and June 8 after Unite union officials there has been no new formal pay offer.

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7 d. ago Concern growing about the lack of water in Dumfries and Galloway rivers

One river has now been classed as 'moderate scarcity' – the second highest level on the four-stage warning system.

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7 d. ago What's on in Dumfries and Galloway this weekend as warm weather continues

Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival is under way with one of the region's biggest sporting events also taking place.

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7 d. ago Lack of suitable homes making 'significant' contribution to Dumfries and Galloway key worker shortage

A new study has found that the health and social care, education, policing, forestry and farming sectors are all being hit by the problem.

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7 d. ago Thousands of cyclists from around the world head to Dumfries and Galloway for The Gralloch

The Gatehouse-based event is being held for the third time and has become one of the UK's leading gravel events.

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8 d. ago ‘Migration is not always a story of suffering’: the Dutch museum telling the full story of global diaspora

Set to become a major cultural destination, Fenix Rotterdam shows the harsh realities of the migrant experience alongside esoteric art – giving a necessary and nuanced view of the subject’s fraught politicsWhat does a boat seized from the Italian island of Lampedusa, a piece of the Berlin Wall, two giant bright blue slippers and a New York City bus made of fabric have in common with paintings by Hans Holbein the Younger and Willem de Kooning? They all vie for space in a new museum, opening this week in Rotterdam, which focuses entirely on migration, the movement of peoples that defines each century of humanity and which in recent years has acquired a new political toxicity.Situated over two floors in what was one of the largest warehouses in the world, it is the centrepiece of a regeneration project in Katendrecht, the city’s southern docks and former red-light district that is redolent with history. Across the water, now a hotel, stood the headquarters of the Holland America Line, ...

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