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• Cunninghame Housing Association Honors Dedicated Staff with Milestone Awards December 8, 2023
  Cunninghame Housing Association – Long Service Awards 2023 Cunninghame Housing Association recently celebrated its long serving staff with an awards ceremony recognising those who’ve worked with the Association for 10, 15, 20 and 25 years. A total of 8 staff members were recognised, (including Liam Watters not pictured) who between them have a total of […]
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• SCOTTISH BLOOD TRANSFUSION SERVICE LAUNCHES FESTIVE APPEAL December 7, 2023
  This festive season, the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service (SNBTS) are asking donors to book their festive appointment early, and ensure blood and platelet supplies are at safe levels throughout the Festive period. The campaign is supported by baby Lottie Watson who was only the weight of a small Christmas pudding when she was born. […]
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• Creative Activities Explore Future Of Future Of Stranraer Waterfront December 7, 2023
  Harbour includes a free six-month series of creative activities, workshops and collaborative artworks aimed at engaging local people in the future of Stranraer’s waterfront and is supported by arts-led charities, Creative Stranraer, and The Stove Network. Over the past few week’s artist, Maya Rose Edwards has been working alongside the local community of Stranraer using […]
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• £8 Million UK-backed A75 by-pass study For Crocketford and Springholm Announced December 7, 2023
  PROGRESS with a bid to bring traffic relief to the Galloway villages of Springholm and Crocketford has been welcomed by local MP Alister Jack but South Scotland MSP Colin Smyth has described the re-announcement of £8m of UK Government funding to the Scottish Government to “identify improvements” to the A75 is “not good enough”.   […]
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• Scrolls and smiles at DG College Graduation Day 2023  December 7, 2023
  It was a day in December day they’ll always remember as students were honoured at Dumfries and Galloway College’s Graduation Day.   The event consisted of two ceremonies (morning and afternoon), at Crichton Memorial Church on Monday, December 4, where students graduating from the academic year of 2022-23 received their HNC or HND awards in […]
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• Heritage Exhibition and Design Award for Stranraer Harbourmaster’s Building December 7, 2023
  The old Harbourmaster’s office at Stranraer was extensively repaired and extended as part of the Stranraer Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS), and the Gateway to Galloway facility operated by Stranraer Development Trust has become well-established in the new part of the building. However, the small size of the original building presented a challenge in considering […]
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• Public squirrel sightings soar in 2023. December 7, 2023
  Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels has released the results of its fifth annual Great Scottish Squirrel Survey, revealing that 2023 public participation was the second highest since its inception, beating all previous years, bar the record-breaking pandemic lockdown year of 2020.  According to the survey, which was conducted between the 2nd and 8th of October and […]
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• NHS Looks Towards Partner Working To Address Winter Pressures  December 7, 2023
  THE LOCAL NHS is in an ‘uncomfortable’ position going into the winter.    That was the view expressed by Chief Executive Jeff Ace during a public discussion on Monday around winter planning – noting it is not within the power of the NHS alone to address the pressures within its systems.    Speaking at the […]
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• £1000 Grants Made Available By Solway Coast and Marine Project December 7, 2023
  What would your Community like to do for your Coastal and Marine Environment? For Nature? For Wellbeing? For Wildlife? For Underwater Marine Life?, for the future? SCAMP (Solway Coast and Marine Project) is offering grants of up to £1000 to communities to explore the future of their relationship with the Coast and Marine Environment and […]
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• Lockerbie Air Disaster 35th Anniversary Commemorations Announced December 7, 2023
  The 21st December 2023 will mark 35 years since the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie. At 7.03pm, the bomb exploded and killed all 259 passengers and crew on-board the aircraft, alongside 11 residents on the ground in Lockerbie.    The marking of the 35th anniversary will be a quiet, considered and low-key […]
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