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Recent releases

Last Updated: 31/01/2025 16:28:12

Tuesday, 16 July 2013 13:02
The contact room at Social Work Services’ offices at Irish Street Dumfries has been given a makeover thank to those carrying out Unpaid Work. The female art group from the Community Payback Unit at King Street worked on the murals two days a...
Tuesday, 16 July 2013 12:36
The Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre will be opening its doors to a summer film club for 10 – 18 year olds next week. During the one-week video production course students will learn the whole process of video production from the initial idea...
Monday, 15 July 2013 12:27
New waste and recycling collections to be phased in from 2014. A new waste and recycling collection service for householders will be coming to Dumfries and Galloway during 2014 and 2015. The new Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012 require the Council to...
Monday, 15 July 2013 10:55
Thornhill library is closed for refurbishment until 24 July. During this period a mobile library van will be available at the following times: Tuesday 16th July 10am— 3pm Thursday 18th July 2pm—4pm The library will reopen on...
Monday, 15 July 2013 10:52
Applications are invited from artists who would like a two or three week exhibition in the Tolbooth Art Centre (TAC). The TAC has two small galleries with visitor numbers in excess of 22,000 per annum. Applications are welcome from professional...
Wednesday, 10 July 2013 09:47
Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Annandale and Eskdale Sports Academy organised has been shortlisted in the Beyond Sport Awards, a major awards programme for sporting initiatives. The Academy is one of four shortlisted projects (alongside...
Wednesday, 10 July 2013 08:49
The good news about Superfast Broadband keeps on coming. Hundreds more households and businesses across Dumfries and Galloway are set to benefit from the roll out of Broadband technology in our region. The Broadband project took a major step...
Tuesday, 09 July 2013 10:41
At around 0100 today, the Council’s Safety and Resilience team was notified of an incident at the leisure complex at Southerness. The Council’s emergency centre was activated and a small team was assembled to support the emergency...
Thursday, 04 July 2013 15:36
The Community Health and Social Care Partnership Board (CHSCPB) considered the latest legislation on public bodies working together at its meeting today. The Public Bodies (Joint Working) Scotland Bill published on 28 May 2013 will affect how...
Thursday, 04 July 2013 08:29
An Engineering Recruitment Fair held at theCairndale Hotel Dumfries toward the end of June has been hailed as a success. The event was tointroduce young people to careers in engineering and attractedover 140attendees. The fair was a joint venture by...
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