LOCAL MP David Mundell and constituency MSP Oliver Mundell have thanked 3,000 people who signed their petition to have 10.32 Lockerbie to Edinburgh service reinstated after it was axed in the December timetable changes. 

This Friday, I'm sure, people across the constituency will mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe with pride, sadness and a mixture of other emotions.

A CAMPAIGN highlighting the value of local newspapers is being backed by Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP David Mundell.

A LOCAL politician is seeking reassurance that key worker mobile testing for coronavirus will be easily accessible in his largely rural constituency.

COMMENTS by Nicola Sturgeon suggesting that under certain coronavirus scenarios the Scotland-England boundary could be closed are causing concern in border areas of Dumfriesshire.

SINCE becoming MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale 15 years ago, and before that as an MSP and councillor, I have been very much aware of the valuable work carried out by the local print media.

A DECISION by the Cumberland Building Society to reopen their Langholm branch for limited periods has been welcomed by local MP David Mundell.

A SUDDEN closure at the RBS branch in Biggar was only temporary, local MP David Mundell has been told.

The Clydesdale representative was given the assurance after he was contacted by worried constituents in the South Lanarkshire town.

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP David Mundell and Dumfriesshire constituency MSP Oliver Mundell have been alerted by constituents to scam calls, emails and texts, wrongly purporting to be from the UK Government.

Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP David Mundell has raised community concerns in Langholm about difficulties some, mainly older people, face in obtaining cash, due to the temporary closure of the town's Cumberland Building Society branch.