New football training facility a winner, says MP Sunday, 18 February, 2024 THERE were smiles all round at the home of rural football club Symington Tinto this week. Special training sessions, matches, a buffet reception and ribbon-cutting ceremony were part of official opening celebrations for showpiece new 3G floodlit pitches. A game-changing £400,000 award from the UK Government helped secure the all-weather artificial grass surface. Other major large backers included... Local News
MP to be briefed on Chapelcross power station proposal 16th June 2021 LOCAL MP David Mundell has been invited to talks about the potential for a prototype fusion power plant at Chapelcross. The Annan site was one of 15 locations... Local News
Ruthwell Savings Bank Museum spared closure 10th June 2021 David Mundell MP said: “This is very encouraging news and I am glad that the TSB has been willing to listen to the representations made by myself and others... Local News
Crunch meeting over bank museum closure plan 9th June 2021 LOCAL MP David Mundell and constituency MSP Oliver Mundell have called on TSB think again about closing the Ruthwell Savings Bank Museum. Both politicians this... Local News
Calls for compromise as Beef Tub deadline looms 8th June 2021 THERE are renewed calls for a compromise to controversial tree-planting proposals near the entrance to the Devil's Beef Tub beautyspot, near Moffat as a... Local News
MP and MSP demand Post Office acts swiftly to replace axed branches 8th June 2021 Dumfriesshire MP David Mundell and MSP Oliver Mundell have expressed disappointment at retailer SPAR’s decision to press ahead with Post Office branch closures... Local News
Pupils and politicians in riverside clean-up 7th June 2021 PUPILS at Canonbie Primary School have been actively supporting the Great British Spring Clean and Keep Scotland Beautiful's Summer Clean efforts. The... Local News
MP brokers meeting as bank museum closure disquiet increases 26th May 2021 LOCAL MP David Mundell has helped arrange a stakeholders' meeting with TSB bosses as opposition mounts against the threatened closure of Ruthwell Savings Bank... Local News
Ukraine ambassador visits historic POW camp chapel 25th May 2021 A SENIOR eastern European diplomat visited Dumfriesshire at the weekend on a mission to meet families with strong links to his country. Former Ukraine Minister... Local News
MP urges TSB to drop historic savings bank museum closure 19th May 2021 LOCAL MP David Mundell in calling on TSB to think again over a shock plan to close the home of the world's first savings bank at Ruthwell. The Dumfriesshire... Local News