ON TOUR . . . David Mundell, the Scottish Conservatives' candidate in Dumfriesshire Clydesdale and Tweeddale (DCT) at the general election, has been campaigning daily across the vast constituency.

SUPPORTERS braved heavy rain on Friday for the official launch of Dumfriesshire Clydesdale and Tweeddale Conservative candidate David Mundell's 2019 General Election campaign.

POLITICIAN David Mundell has been reselected as a Scottish Conservative and Unionist prospective parliamentary candidate at the next general election.

He was chosen by party members from across his Dumfriesshire Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency at a special meeting in Moffat.

PUPILS at Annan Academy are taking part in groundbreaking research into why the honey bee population is in decline.

They are collecting bees from hives at different locations and stages in their lifespan for testing to see if they have any diseases.

BORDER BREAKFAST . . . Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP David Mundell was guest speaker at an early morning gathering of business people at Smiths Hotel, Gretna Green on Friday.

Dumfriesshire Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP David Mundell has expressed delight at the rejection of plans for sand and gravel extraction at Overburns, near Biggar.

I HAVE urged the Government to highlight the damaging impact of a pending 25-per-cent whisky tariff by the United States on our iconic Scottish industry directly with President Trump himself.

Modern Studies students at Annan Academy were given a first hand account of the twists and turns of political life at Westminster on Friday.

A MULTI-MILLION pound investment package is helping the Barony campus, near Parkgate, Dumfries expand further as a rural centre of educational excellence.

LOCAL MP David Mundell has been 'Wearing it Pink' at Westminster in support of breast cancer causes.

He joined Breast Cancer Now and Breast Cancer Care representatives to promote forthcoming breast cancer awareness month in October.