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The Latest Breaking News from Dumfries

Dumfries and Galloway council tax rise pegged at three per cent - but some members wanted bigger increase

The increase will come into effect from April but several councillors questioned why the rise wasn't higher

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Dumfries and Galloway curlers return home with Winter Olympic medals

Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan and Ross Whyte won silver with Vicky Wright landing gold

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Energy firms blasted over Storm Arwen response that left Dumfries and Galloway homes without power

An interim report for the Department of Business has revealed there were "unacceptably long power cuts"

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Dumfries and Galloway residents struggling to get smoke alarms more than three week after new legislation comes into force

The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has also been hit by the supply as homeowners try fit inter-linked systems

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The Waterboys and Alabama 3 top bill for Doonhame Festival in Dumfries

The Feeling, Bad Manners and Toploader are also set to perform at The Crichton in July

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Dumfries businesswoman offers to pay shoppers' parking to increase town centre footfall

Card Cabin owner Anne McLauchlin believes changes to a car park between the New Bazaar and the Waterfront Takeaway has had an impact on custom

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Growing concerns for missing Scots teenager who has vanished from home

Charles Richardson, 18, was last seen in the Newbridge Drive area of Dumfries at around 12.15am on Monday, February 21.

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Dumfries hit by flooding as Storms Eunice and Franklin batter the region

Motorists were urged to move their cars from the Whitesands on Sunday morning as water levels rose

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Dumfries and Galloway curlers taste medal glory at Beijing Winter Olympics

Vicky Wright took gold in the women's event, with Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan, Bobby Lammie and Ross Whyte taking silver in the men's competition

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Male examiners carry out more than half of Dumfries and Galloway's sexual assault and rape forensic examinations

The situation has been described as "very concerning" by Rape Crisis Scotland, which underlines the significant impact this can have on women following a harrowing attack

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Dumfries woman jailed for falsely claiming she'd been stabbed in the neck

Vanessa Dickson also rceived prison terms for a drugs charge and going on a spending spree with someone else's bank card

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Lochmaben man backs call for urgent talks to improve Dumfries and Galloway cancer services

Stuart Roxburgh currently has to travel to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary twice a year for check-ups

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Dumfries and Galloway eyesore building owners asked if they'd be willing to sell to local community

Kirkcudbright's Royal Hotel is on a hit list of 44 dilapidated buildings drawn up by the Scottish Land Commission

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Dumfries and Galloway school pupils to take part in controversial survey that poses intimate sexual questions

Children are to be given the chance to take part in the Scottish Government's health and wellbeing survey, which has been accused of having "wholly inappropriate" questions

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Staff at University of Glasgow's campus in Dumfries start 10 days of strike action

Members of the University and College Union (UCU) are demanding better pay and conditions from the employers side

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Future secured of Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival project helping young people hone their creative skills

The Stage iT programme will run for another three years thanks to a £78,000 award from the National Lottery Community Fund’s Young Start Scheme

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Dumfries and Galloway council tax set to rise by three per cent

The Labour/SNP administration is proposing the increase to help bridge a funding gap of more than £5 million

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Dramatic footage captures moment tree goes up in flames after collapsing on overhead line on Scots railway

The massive tree collided with 25,000V overhead power lines before bursting into flames at Beattock, Dumfries and Galloway earlier today.

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Dumfries and Galloway curlers going for gold at Beijing Winter Olympics after semi-final win over USA

Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan, Bobby Lammie and alternatie Ross Whyte, along with skip Bruce Mouat, will face Sweden in Saturday's final

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Dumfries and Galloway curlers secure Winter Olympics semi-final spot

Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan and Bobby Lammie are into the last four of the men's competition with Vicky Wright progressing in the women's event

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Dumfries and Galloway Council blasted for erecting flood warning sign in the wrong place

Elizabeth Johnstone was told the sign was in the wrong place after suggesting it should be nearer the A701

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Sharp rise in healthcare-acquired infections in Dumfries and Galloway

The huge pressure NHS workers have been under during the pandemic has been blamed

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Better spring ahead following dramatic drop in Covid hospitalisations in Dumfries and Galloway

The virus patient numbers were up to seven times higher this time last year

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Dumfries and Galloway residents face council tax increase to help plug £5 million budget shortfall

Cuts to services are also likely after officers admitted "very difficult decisions" will have to be made when the budget is being set

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Dad 'had hour to live' when he was finally found after being engulfed by mudslide

Matt Halliday has called the Coastguard "his heroes" after they found him suffering from hypothermia after being caught in a mudslide during a walk to clear his head in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland

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