Category Archives: International

Two local female staff within the Spar Shop were being hostage for over two hours on Saturday in Annan, Dumfries and Galloway. Police Scotland reported that the two females, aged 32 and 26 were held captive by a male person within the store in Butts Street at 4:55pm. The area was contained and cordoned offContinue reading “Hostage Incident”

A new £400,000 campaign to promote Scotland as the Home of Golf will be showcased around the globe. First Minister Alex Salmond launched VisitScotland’s new television adverts on Thursday, the first to be purely dedicated to golf, at the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart in Inverness. The adverts will be shown during the coverage ofContinue reading “New TV Campaign Launches at Scottish Open”

Joining the shortlist in the Beyond Sport Awards, a major awards programme for sporting initiatives, is the Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Annandale and Eskdale Sports Academy. The Academy is one of four shortlisted projects (alongside Tottenham Hotspur FC) for the Beyond Sport Awards in the P&G UK Impact Award Category. This category demonstrates how sportContinue reading “Annandale and Eskdale Sports Academy Shortlisted for National Award”

The national contract for the roll out of the new fibre Broadband was signed today between the Scottish Government and BT. This national contract is said to provide Superfast Broadband to 75% of the region. This additional coverage is a result of the additional £12.6M investment that was made by Dumfries and Galloway Council toContinue reading “Signing of Fibre Broadband”

After winning the Men’s Final at Wimbledon in three straight sets, Andy Murray was congratulated by Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond. Salmond said it was a truly phenomenal victory. “Andy’s determination to win was visible in every point and he delivered an outstanding result in a real clash of tennis titans,” Mr Salmond said. “HisContinue reading “Congratulations to Scotland’s Wimbledon Winner”

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was mobilised at 4:53 PM today to a report of a fire within an unoccupied commercial premises in Caponacre Industrial Estate in Cumnock. The first attending appliance was from Cumnock Community Fire Station who made an initial attack on the blaze. Quickly thereafter, the Incident Commander requested additional back upContinue reading “Cumnock Residents Advised to Stay Indoors Due to Fire”

A raft of measures to improve the criminal justice system have been outlined in the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Bill, published today. The bill takes forward a range of proposals to modernise and improve efficiency within the criminal justice system, responding to reviews by Lord Carloway and Sheriff Principal Bowen. The bill includes provisions that willContinue reading “Range of Improvements Set Out”

40 Firefighters tackled a blaze within the roof space of the new ‘Hydro’ building in Glasgow yesterday afternoon. There is no report of any casualties, nor is there a cause for the blaze established at this stage. The services control centre in Jonstone received repeat calls from the public shortly after 3:20pm and local fireContinue reading “Hydro Building Blaze”

Congratulations to the Civil War Cinema exhibition were given on Monday as South of Scotland MSP Joan McAlpine laid a motion before Parliament for the display in the Bakers Oven. The collaborative project was led by the National Galleries of Scotland Communities Outreach project in partnership with Dumfries and Galloway Council Museums, Youth Justice andContinue reading “Civil War Cinema Project Commended”

David Stevenson, Freeman of Dumfries and Galloway, opened an exhibition in Langholm Town Hall on Sunday 2June 2013, commemorating the life of astronaut and Freeman of Langholm Neil Armstrong. ‘From the Moon to the Muckle Toon’ showcases Neil Armstrong’s career as an astronaut, and brings together photographs, documents and newspaper articles, and video footage fromContinue reading “Langholm Celebrates First Man on Moon”