MORE than £4 million of extra funding has been approved to support Dumfries and Galloway in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
Almost £258 million of extra funding as been approved for vital local services across Scotland with £4.6 million coming to Dumfries and Galloway.
South Scotland SNP MSP Joan McAlpine yesterday said the funding boost was in addition to the local government finance settlement announced earlier this year and would support access to food, welfare payments and other frontline services.
A NEW series based on parts of the Lockerbie Disaster is now showing on Sky this week. Featuring Colin Firth and Catherine McCormack, ‘A Search for Truth’ was inspired by the memoirs of Dr Jim Swire, who lost his daughter Flora in the 1988 tragedy. Filming took place in Scotland and Morocco in early 2024 and Annandale Herald editor Fiona Reid went on the set to meet the cast and crew and find out more about it.
