A VITAL hub in the UK energy network is operating 24/7 and providing quality employment in Dumfriesshire.

Local MP David Mundell saw operations first hand when he this week toured National Grid's Moffat Compressor Station.

IT IS welcome news that staff and pupils are now back on one campus at Peebles High School after the devastating fire that caused extensive damage in late November.

WITH the votes counted Jackson Carlaw has been confirmed as new leader of the Scottish Conservatives in what will be a crucial period in politics and the country.

CHILDREN and grandchildren of Ukrainian prisoners-of-war (POWs), who made Scotland their home, are working to preserve their heritage.

They are raising money to enhance the Ukrainian Chapel at Hallmuir Camp, near Lockerbie and plan to create a small museum in the neighbouring building.

SHOWING SUPPORT . . . Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP David Mundell (pictured) met with campaigners from Cancer Research UK at the Palace of Westminster last week.

WHISKY is an important industry and employer in my constituency and across Scotland but frustratingly is facing some big challenges just now.

BOTH candidates in the Scottish Conservatives' leadership election battle went head-to-head in southern Scotland at the weekend.

IT IS vitally important the horrific mass murder of European Jews and other minorities in World War Two is never forgotten.

NEWLY re-elected MP for Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale David Mundell has called on UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps to 'haul train operator TransPennine Express over the coals.' 

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.