Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway launches free support service for social enterprises

Initial inspections have found the fountain is structurally sound but needs “deep maintenance and repairs to the water circulation and detailed decoration”.To become fully functional it will also need a new water pumping and filtration system to meet current regulations.

most. “The news there has already been 25 suspected deaths in the first six months of 2021 is frightening.“We cannot sit back and simply hope that it is going to improve – we need action and more resources to tackle terrifying menace.“We are talking about actual lives, deaths that more often or not destroy families – it is not a time for party politics but stern action.

Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterFears are growing of a mass extinction of fish in local rivers reduced to a trickle by weeks of hot dry weather.Many small watercourses have already dried up in the drought while reservoirs have been closed to anglers.Cooler conditions and light showers have failed to ease the situation which fishing interests describe as “critical”.Galloway has climbed SEPA’s water scarcity charts in recent weeks and is now on

“The fund will support the creation of new green infrastructure, delivering regeneration and inclusive growth, and promoting the wellbeing and resilience of communities as we transition towards our ambitious net zero target.“This complements the new Place-Based Investment Programme which is being backed with £325 over the next five years in support of accelerating our ambitions.”

SNP 's Public Health minister Maree Todd during her visit to the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh earlier today. The fund will offer cash to cover travel, food and overnight accommodation expenses for the parents and siblings of young people in hospital.

“I suspect we won’t see a huge amount around the patient feedback stuff around the summer holiday season.“But it’s absolutely a focus for the team to get as many people through training.

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"I am sure it will be a wonderful feeling for drivers and navigators to get into their cars and drive, and for volunteer marshals to get into the forests and support the rally.“The rally will be very different this year, as it is to take place without spectators, many of whom will have followed this and other rallies for many years.

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“There will maybe be some tears but I hope overall it’s a positive message.

A new report published last week claimed it would cost more than £40 billion to build a bridge between Dumfries and Galloway and Northern Ireland.The British Ports Association, which commissioned the study, branded the idea as “a redundant and irresponsible use of public money”.

The anti-fraud and anti-corruption review comes after the fiasco where the council lost around £4.2 million in a botched roads maintenance contract involving its arms-length organisation DGFirst and Transerv.While an investigation into the huge loss found no evidence of fraud or corruption, pressure has been on the local authority to tighten up its operations.

“We’re seeing the effects of the delta variant and also seeing younger people account for a higher number of cases.” Anyone in the region still to receive their first dose is urged to make arrangements by visiting www.nhsinform.scot/vaccineregistration, calling 01387 403090 or emailing [email protected].

It’s no wonder people can’t walk past without staring when they see Clelia Murphy and Claudia Carroll together. Whether they are out for a coffee and a chat or wheeling suitcases through the airport en route to their next adventure, it’s a sight Fair City lovers thought they would never see.

Fans of Fair City will be devastated to hear that the soap won’t have its usual three episodes this week. Instead, only one of the scheduled episodes will air.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway urged anyone who has not been vaccinated to attend as soon as possible.To book a slot, call the vaccination helpline, call 01387 403090 between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday or email [email protected]

libraries, roads and garden maintenance.

“We are moving forward and there is a feeling that massive weight has lifted but the Scottish Government asked us to found the Scottish Wedding Alliance - which was formed in November, prior to that there was no industry body.“The Scottish Government needed us because they don’t understand weddings and, at times, we have been completely ignored.”