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 called for clarity on the future of Kello Hospital in Biggar and Lady Home Hospital in Douglas. 

SUBSTANTIAL support, which should boost farming in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale, has been warmly welcomed by local MP David Mundell.

THERE was a good send off for Dumfriesshire's constituency MP and MSP when they began their legendary summer surgery tour on Thursday.

A FORMER leading London councillor, who has worked quietly behind the political scenes since retiring to Clydesdale, has received a special visit from Scottish Secretary David Mundell.

A NEW passenger air service linking the Borderlands with UK and international destinations was given a firm thumbs up on Monday by Scottish Secretary David Mundell.

SCOTTISH Secretary David Mundell took a break from the pressures of national politics to support one of his home town's newest visitor attractions at the weekend.

A SPECIAL dinner at Langholm has marked the 55th anniversary of the last passenger train from the town.

The end of the service in June, 1964 was later followed by the complete closure of the seven-mile branch line from the Carlisle-Edinburgh Waverley route, which was also later axed.

A GROUP from Lockerbie Academy has visited the Houses of Parliament during one of the most eventful periods in its history as candidates jostled to become new Prime Minister.