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3rd September 10

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Show Business at Park Farm
ONE OF the south of Scotland's largest countryside events took place at Park Farm, Dumfries, in August.The Dumfries and Lockerbie Show attracted thousands of visitors and increased livestock entries.
There were also acres of stands, a national sho...
A Sporting Chance in Dumfriesshire
WITH the Olympics and Commonwealth Games both coming to the UK in the next few years a drive is on to encourage people of all ages to get fit through sport.Dumfries and Galloway Council, with sponsorship from nuclear firm Energy Solutions, has high...
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BLAZE ENGULFS DUMFRIES PUB BUILDING
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A PUBLIC house in the Nith Place area of Dumfries was extensively damaged in an early hours blaze on Saturday.All three floors at Mulligans, situated close to the Whitesands and the river, were engulfed by smoke and flames in the outbreak.
Several units from Dumfries and Galloway Fire and Rescue Service attended and an investigation into the cause was later launched.
No-one was hurt as a result of the fire.
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Seven rescued from Solway
AN EXERCISE turned into the real thing for Coastguards on Sunday.Seven people trapped by the incoming tide were plucked to safety by lifeboatmen on the treacherous Solway Firth.
The alarm was raised by members of the Portling Coastguard team, who ...
SoS to save flood zone lives
MEMBERS of the Dumfries Islamic Society are appealing for donations to help people in flood-devastated Pakistan.Early donations have reached £250 but members hope the public will dig deep to help save lives in the disaster zone as the crisis deepen...
NEWS REVIEW
- BREAKING NEWS: City blaze drama
- Boat attack investigation
- Police jobs cut fears grow
- N-site operation milestone
- Music Town idea strikes chord
- : Enter our model search
- Teenager hurt in bridge fall
- Crunch time for Theatre Royal
- Man found injured
- Council HQ 'campus' move
- Youth unemployment grows
- Food firm to fill empty store
- £65k new Nith lifeboat launched
- Marked rise in house sales
- Lockerbie tragedy festival performance
- £2.5m health centre progress
- Lyn's care mission to India
- Black swan proves loch attraction
- VIDEO: Annan Riding of the Marches 2010
- VIDEO: Piping hot day for championships
- VIDEO: Town's summer musical feast
- VIDEO: Behind scenes at DNG Media
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At a glance results ...
FRIDAY:
Colchester 1, CARLISLE UNITED 1
SATURDAY:
QUEEN of the SOUTH 3, Ross County 0
Montrose 1, ANNAN ATHLETIC 1
Elgin 1, STRANRAER 2
GRETNA 3, Ormiston 0
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