News at a glance
YELLOWS DECISION
VEHICLES are to be prevented from parking on both sides of the A7 in Langholm from the Townfoot junction to the Market Place under new proposals by BEAR Scotland.
Last updated 11 March 2010
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Soup kitchen is a great success
THE Langholm Scouts held a lunchtime soup kitchen in Gilnockie hall last Saturday and raised an excellent £591.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Preparing for outings
LANGHOLM Probus Club president Stan Smart welcomed a good turnout of 23 members to the meeting in the Eskdale Hotel last Wednesday.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Wake up to a cup of coffee from us!
CANONBIE primary school’s nursery class is holding a Wake-up, Shake-up coffee morning tomorrow.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Cold weekend sleepout for Haiti
NINE members of Canonbie United parish church youth group and leader Ruth Foster have raised more than £400 for the Haiti appeal.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Ex-players eat to win at rugby lunch
LANGHOLM rugby club held a buffet lunch for senior citizen members in the Milntown clubrooms last Saturday.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Cut-price protection for flood-prone properties
RESIDENTS whose homes are in danger from flooding are being offered discounted flood protection devices by Dumfries and Galloway council.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Race for Life coffee morning
LANGHOLM youngsters taking part in the 2010 Race for Life are asking for support in raising funds by inviting the public to go along to their child-friendly Race for Life coffee morning this Saturday in Langholm day centre at 10.30am.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Mother’s Day treat
TREAT your mum to a night at the cinema this Sunday with a screening of An Education at the Buccleuch Centre in Langholm.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Youth group in the money after extra cash injection
THE No8 Club in Newcastleton is one of 39 youth-led projects to have been awarded grants worth more than £61,000 by Youth Chex.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Health service elections are a first for Scotland
THE health service in Dumfries and Galloway is preparing to hold the first election of its kind in Scotland, with 10 people chosen by the public set to join the board as non-executive members in June.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Learn how to look after bones
The National Osteoporosis Society is holding an Agile Not Fragile – managing your osteoporosis: looking after your bones event at the Buccleuch Centre in Langholm on Wednesday, March 24.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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A CHEQUE for £11,750 has been presented to the special care baby unit at Borders General Hospital by two of the area’s politicians.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Craftsman Ken honoured for gold and silver sword
A GOLD and silver sword crafted by goldsmith Ken Moffatt of Teviothead has been awarded a top prize at a prestigious event in London.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Society show a reel treat
CANONBIE United Parish Church was alive with the sound of music when the Border Strathspey & Reel Society held a concert.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Lights off for Earth
DUMFRIES and Galloway council has signed up to WWF’s Earth Hour 2010 when at 8.30pm on Saturday, March 27 lights will be switched off for 60 minutes to support people and wildlife threatened by climate change.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Draft bill is ‘vanity’ project
DUMFRIES MSP Elaine Murray has described the SNP’s publication of another draft Referendum Bill as nothing more than an SNP “vanity project”.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Proud to present banner to Royal Scots Borderers
AS MEMBERS of the Royal Scots Borderers prepare to head for Afghanistan, Scottish Borders council is sending them off with a new pipe banner for the battalion’s pipes and drums.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Value tests to spot lambing problems
THE return of the severe winter weather has put pregnant hill and upland sheep under extra pressure and some may be at risk of approaching lambing in an undernourished state.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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Kinship carers in line to receive extra payments
AGREEMENT has been reached at Dumfries and Galloway council over increasing payments to kinship carers in the future.
Last updated 10 March 2010
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