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Crime Dropped Across Scotland During Lockdown

Crime is at the lowest level recorded by police for a 12-month period since 1974 according to statistics published today. The latest National Statistics: Recorded Crime in Scotland bulletin for the year ending June 2022 shows there was a 5% fall in police recorded crime overall compared to the same period last year. This was […] Dumfries & Galloway News …


Thieves Runaway with £250,000 Worth of Trainers from Lockerbie Truck Stop

POLICE in Lockerbie are appealing for information after a large heavy goods lorry was broken into in Lockerbie. Around 4.50am on Wednesday, 17 August, 2022, police were made aware that a number of pallets containing training shoes had been stolen from a lorry parked up at Lockerbie Truckstop, near Johnstonebridge. No-one was injured but the […] Dumfries & Galloway News …


Historic Carlisle Citadels to be part of new £77 Million Uni Campus

Planning permission for University of Cumbria’s flagship Carlisle Citadels campus project has been approved today by Carlisle City Council’s Development Control committee. Designed by DAY Architectural Ltd., the plans include the retention of the two Grade I listed Citadel rotundas on the site along with other historic and heritage features, including the Woolworth and Burton’s […] Dumfries & Galloway News …


DUMFRIES ROTARIANS PULL OUT ALL THE STOPS AND GET VERY BUS-Y

Dumfries Devorgilla Rotary Club have embarked on a programme of bus shelter clean ups starting with bus shelters on the Whitesands and Buccleuch Street, Dumfries. This is part of a wider range of environmental projects developed by the club to clean up and to draw greater awareness to our environment. A team of Rotarians on […] Dumfries & Galloway News …


Petition Launched To Try And Save 101/102 Bus Service

The 101/102 bus service between Dumfries and Edinburgh is due to be withdrawn on 14 August 2022 as a result of funding cuts and increasing running costs. This is being done without any prior consultation with the affected communities which rely on the service. If the bus service is withdrawn the communities along the A702 […] Dumfries & Galloway News …


The Lieutenancy Of Dumfries Has Two New Deputy Lieutenants

Annan businessman Mr Hardip Singh Atwal, BEM, runs a grocery store and award-winning post office. He is a wedding banquet manager – and also a special police constable. A former Annan Academy pupil, Hardip has been widely recognised for his work as a community champion: inaugurating a multi-cultural ball, and raising money for local charities. Lord […] Dumfries & Galloway News …


Tackling Fuel Poverty To Address The Cost Of Living Crisis

A household is defined to be in fuel poverty if more than 10% of its net income (after housing costs) is required to heat the home and pay for other fuel costs, with not enough money left for a decent standard of living. If more than 20% of net income is needed, the household is […] Dumfries & Galloway News …


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