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• PENSIONER WINS £1500 WIGTOWN POETRY PRIZE THANKS TO WIFE April 19, 2024
  Last year’s winner of the Wigtown Poetry Prize has revealed that it was his wife who submitted the poem on his behalf. And it was on the eve of a milestone birthday that John Wheway received the news that My Mother Unwraps My Gift of Frida Kahlo’s Me and My Parrots had been shortlisted for […]
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• Dumfries and Galloway Police participate in freight crime awareness day April 19, 2024
  Police from Dumfries and Galloway and Lanarkshire, supported by officers from the Police Scotland Business Crime Prevention Unit, the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaVCIS) and the British Parking Association (BPA), have taken part in a freight crime awareness day. The day, which took place on Tuesday, 16 April, 2024, included a presentation from Mike […]
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• POLITICIANS URGED TO SUPPORT SCOTTISH FARMING’S FUTURE AT WESTMINSTER RECEPTION April 17, 2024
  At a packed reception to support Scottish farming’s future, NFU Scotland met with MPs and Lords, outlining the importance of the sector and its valuable contribution to delivering high-quality food while meeting climate and biodiversity needs, underpinning rural communities and sustaining thousands of businesses and jobs across the supply chain. The event held in the […]
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• D&G College shortlisted for two awards April 17, 2024
  Dumfries and Galloway College (DGC) is delighted after becoming a finalist in two categories at The Herald Higher Education Awards 2024.   The awards help to build future excellence by facilitating the sharing of good practice and collaboration and by shining a spotlight on impressive results — and this year’s winners will be announced on […]
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• CYCLE4DAVID TEAM RAISE £25,350 April 17, 2024
  To mark the second anniversary of David Hill’s tragic death, members of David’s family and friends cycled the match ball from Edinburgh to Dublin, for the second playing of the David Hill Memorial Quaich, which took place at Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin on 16th March 2024, between the Dail and Seanad and the Scottish Parliament rugby […]
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• Mouswald’s Ann Hill Showcases “Changing Minds around the World” Quilt Collection in Czech Republic April 17, 2024
  International and local quilter from Mouswald Ann Hill, BEM is in Brno in the Czech Republic this week taking her Alzheimer quilt collection “Changing Minds around the World” to exhibit in the Annual Czech Quilt Show 2024. Ann said “This is a huge honour but mainly it is an opportunity to spread the word about […]
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• Epic 356-mile run to save the world’s habitats arrives at Logan Botanic Garden April 16, 2024
  Amidst the backdrop of giant gunnera, palms and tender plant treasures from the southern hemisphere, visitors to Logan Botanic Garden will shortly witness another dramatic spectacle. George Sherriffs, Acquisitions Librarian at the Dumfries & Galloway site’s parent organisation, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), is making the final preparations for a new ultra-marathon challenge. Setting […]
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• £1 million available for dairy innovation projects April 16, 2024
  The Digital Dairy Chain is preparing to launch the second round of its Collaborative Research and Development Funding Competition from 6 May, with £1.1 million of grant funding available for successful entries. The coveted competition is run by the UK’s national innovation agency, Innovate UK, with the aim of supporting innovative projects focused on improving […]
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• Southern Upland Way celebrates 40 years April 16, 2024
  The Southern Upland Way, Scotland’s Coast to Coast path, was officially opened on 27 April 1984. Since then, thousands of people have walked, or more recently cycled, the 214 miles from Portpatrick on the west coast of the Rhinns of Galloway to Cockburnspath on the east coast of the Scottish Borders. To celebrate the 40th […]
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• Seafront Mural Aims to Inspire Visits to Stranraer April 16, 2024
  A dramatic mural is being painted on the Stranraer seafront, celebrating the town’s connections to the ocean and growing importance as a destination for water sports. It is being created as a centrepiece for Dumfries & Galloway’s annual Spring Fling open studios weekend (25-27 May) to draw visitors to the far west of the region. […]
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