Dallaglio Cycle Slam For Sport Relief Visits Dumfries Tomorrow!
The Dallaglio Cycle Slam Team who are riding from Rome to Edinburgh are due to visit Dumfries on Wednesday 10th March 2010 at approx 3pm at the Cairndale Hotel.

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Kick off at 7:45 on Tuesday 9th March 2010

Final score:  Inverness: 3   ||   QoS: 1

Good leadership, effective teamwork and pupils who are polite and keen to learn. Those are some of the features of Shawhead Primary School highlighted in an inspection report published on the 9 March 2010. HM Inspectors of Education visited the school in January 2010 as part of a national sample of primary education.

The children at the school are well behaved and confident. Almost all feel safe and well cared for. Most children are achieving national standards in reading, writing and mathematics. Children are actively involved in the Eco-schools project (being ‘eco-warriors’), the ‘Members of the Shawhead Parliament’, junior road safety officers and being buddies to younger children. Read the rest of this entry

Friday 26th March in St George’s Hall, George Street, Dumfries at 7.30pm.

Teams consisting of 3 or 4 people, £10 per team (inc. Supper) are invited to enter.

Entries to Kenny Simpson on Dumfries (01387) 251240 before Wednesday 18 March please (no entries on the night).

A fire and rescue service spokesman said investigations were under way to establish the cause of the blaze which broke out around 1830 on Saturday evening. Up to forty firefighters tackled the blaze.

Smoke spread across three units in the Peel Centre including the Pets at Home store where staff worked effortlessly to rescue as many animals as possble before it was declared too dangerous to continue the rescue. Staff  were devasted that some animals were left behind.