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Last Updated: 22/11/2024 10:34:41
Friday, 18 December 2020 13:59
The Attic Youth Group at North West Community Campus in Dumfries ran a rights-based workshop as part of Dumfries & Galloway Youth Council's #KnowYourRights campaign, ending on Human Rights Day (10 Dec). The events got children and young people...
Friday, 18 December 2020 12:14
A new Dumfries High School has been given the green light by the Scottish Government. Cosla today (Friday 18 December) have published details of the next phase of the Learning Estate Investment Programme. The replacement for Dumfries High School is...
Thursday, 17 December 2020 09:37
Dumfries Museum is hosting an exhibition of work by The Click Talk knitting group, which has met in Dumfries Museum every week since 2004…until Covid-19, that is.
The group members have, however, been busy knitting at home and have donated...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 16:54
The UK left the EU on 31st January 2020 and entered a transition period which is scheduled to end on 31st December 2020. With only a few weeks to go a report on the Council’s planning for Brexit will be presented to Members of Dumfries and Galloway...
Tuesday, 15 December 2020 12:26
Whilst climate change has been recognised as a major issue for more than a generation, it is only in the last couple of years that the enormity of the risk associated with failing to tackle this head on has been widely recognised. In June 2019, Dumfries...
Thursday, 10 December 2020 10:12
Four years ago Dumfries and Galloway Council and NHS Dumfries and Galloway developed and set equality outcomes for those who are living, working and learning in Dumfries and Galloway.
The next four-year phase begins in 2021 and so we are asking for your...
Tuesday, 08 December 2020 17:26
Joint statement from Dumfries and Galloway Council and NHS Dumfries and Galloway (29 October 2020).
Dumfries and Galloway placed at Protection Level 1 in new national COVID-19 Framework
Today (Tuesday 8 December) First Minister Nicola Sturgeon...
Monday, 30 November 2020 15:07
International Human Rights Day takes place on Thursday 10 December.
The day marks the anniversary of the United Nations adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which proclaimed the rights that everyone is entitled to regardless of race,...
Thursday, 26 November 2020 10:49
Late on a September day in 2014 a metal detectorist working in Dumfries and Galloway uncovered the first layers of one of the country’s most astounding finds, now known as The Galloway Hoard. As a local archaeologist began to release more of the...
Wednesday, 18 November 2020 11:14
The Council’s Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) continues to go from strength to strength. Members of Economy and Resources Committee (24 Nov) will hear that the successful delivery of the SHIP is likely to result in local investment of over...
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