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Last Updated: 22/11/2024 10:34:41
Wednesday, 02 October 2019 10:02
In partnership with Kirkcudbright Festival of Light and Museums Galleries Scotland, Kirkcudbright Galleries is holding two events to kickstart the fantastic Festival of Light next week.
The evening workshop offers members of the public, from all ages, a...
Wednesday, 02 October 2019 09:41
The second Festival of Light is to take place in Kirkcudbright between Thursday 10 and Sunday 13 October, helped by funding of £7,000 from Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Major Festivals and Events Strategy.
The Festival returns by popular...
Wednesday, 02 October 2019 09:29
Our Council will begin to restrict traffic later this week on Kirkcudbright bridge following the failure of the Vehicle Detection System and due to the weak nature of the bridge. The £20,000 project to update and upgrade the Vehicle Detection...
Thursday, 26 September 2019 14:50
Children from Dumfries Customer Service Centres received their medals and certificates for the completion of the ‘Space Chase’ Summer Reading Challenge on Wednesday 25 September.
Inspired by the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Space...
Tuesday, 24 September 2019 14:20
The new exhibition at Dumfries Museum is “Coastwise - Where every name tells a story”. It reveals the history and stories behind the origins of coastal place-names by exploring the language used to describe features between Redkirk Point and...
Tuesday, 24 September 2019 11:55
The new exhibition at Annan Museum travels back about 444 million years to look at the five major occasions when the earth saw large numbers of species become extinct. It considers the period 230 million years ago when dinosaurs first began to roam the...
Monday, 23 September 2019 08:57
Dumfries and Galloway Councils’ Employability and Skills Service has been shortlisted for a 2019 SURF award. This award recognises best practice in supporting community regeneration by providing skills and employability support to help young people...
Friday, 20 September 2019 08:39
In this time of uncertainty, Dumfries and Galloway’s Full Council (26 Sept) will hear a report on our Council’s preparations for the UK’s exit from the European Union.
Preparing for Brexit isn’t solely under the remit of this...
Thursday, 19 September 2019 16:15
At the meeting of Dumfries and Galloway’s Full Council (26 September) Members will hear two reports on projects which will have wide reaching effects on the economic regeneration across our region.
The Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal, a unique...
Tuesday, 17 September 2019 18:25
Nominations for Dumfries and Galloway’s community council elections closed on Tuesday 3 September 2019 and the list of candidates has now been published.
It sees a total of 700 local people who have put their names forward to be a community...
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