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
Doonhammers congratulations 28th March 2013 Dumfriesshire MP David Mundell has added his congratulations to those being received by Queen of the South this morning. They became the first team in Britain... Local News
Local MP Expresses Concerns as Caerlee Mills Goes into Liquidation 28th March 2013 One of Scotland's oldest textile mills, Caerlee Mills at Innerleithen, is facing closure with the potential loss of 36 jobs. Caerlee Mills, which dates to 1788... Local News
Tens of thousands object to windfarms 28th March 2013 Tens of thousands of people in Scotland have protested to their local council about windfarm applications in the past five years, it has emerged. Local News
MP welcomes Referendum date 27th March 2013 Local MP David Mundell has welcomed the announcement of the date for the Independence Referendum, which will be held on the 18th of September 2014. Local News
Local MPs press for more clarity on future of Longtown 27th March 2013 David Mundell MP, Rory Stewart MP and John Stevenson MP have cautiously welcomed an update from Defence Minister Phillip Dunne over the future of the Ministry... Local News
Petrol survey shows importance of Budget says local MP 27th March 2013 Petrol in Dumfries is the most expensive in the UK, according to a new survey by a High Street bank. But according to local MP David Mundell the results of the... Local News
Mundell backs Scottish builders 26th March 2013 Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP David Mundell is backing Scottish builders who want the Scottish Government to follow in the footsteps of Chancellor... Local News
Trinity House cautious welcome 26th March 2013 Dumfriesshire MP David Mundell has given a cautious welcome to the renewed commitment by the Administrators’ for Trinity House, Lockerbie, that they will keep... Local News
MP Continues Fight for Longtown 25th March 2013 Defence Minister Philip Dunne has ordered a “short, sharp exercise” to have one further look at the future of Defence Munitions Longtown. Local News