The Annan Museum is asking for photographs, publicity material or paintings of Annandale and Eskdale businesses from the last 200 years(including up to the present day).

In particular we would be very interested in images of the employees of shops and manufacturers around the area. Perhaps it is a Christmas party or a float in a Common Riding parade or even a shot of the shop front. The only criteria should be that the business is locally owned. The images will form part of the museum exhibition which celebrates the community spirit and forward thinking of the Rev. Henry Duncan.

The exhibition starts on the 8 May, so please get your images in quickly. Digital images can be sent as jpegs to annera@dumgal.gov.uk.

Glasgow 2014 is now recruiting for people like you to represent Scotland in the Handover Ceremony at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.

On Thursday 14 October 2010, within the Closing Ceremony of the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Glasgow and Scotland will make the first public statement to the Commonwealth and the world by presenting a Handover Ceremony that will set the scene for the four years leading up to the delivery of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. The Handover Ceremony will mark the start of an amazing journey for athletes, citizens and communities of Scotland and the Commonwealth towards the biggest sporting event Scotland has hosted.

This is your opportunity of a lifetime to join a cast of hundreds to train and perform in what will be a truly exciting and historic event watched by one billion people around the world. Read the rest of this entry

BBC Alba will show Queens versus Ross County live on Tuesday 20th April

The search for a woman feared to have fallen into a flood-swollen burn in Thornhill, Dumfriesshire, has been called off for a second night.

It is now believed that the search will be suspended until the high water levels fall to allow a more extensive search to be carried out. Linda Weir is thought to have fallen from a quad bike when she was crossing Burnsands Burn, near Crairieknowe Farm.

Linda Weir is thought to have been swept away after falling from a quad bike near Crairieknowe Farm nerar Drumlanrig Castle. With over 2 inches of rain falling in the area overnight. A flood watch is in place for rivers in the area.

The 58-year-old’s quad bike was found upturned in the water after the alarm was raised on Monday at 11.15pm

The woman is thought to have fallen from the bike beside the burn, which joins the River Nith in Mid Nithsdale

Rescue teams have been searching for a woman feared to have fallen into a flood-swollen burn.

The woman is thought to have been swept away after falling from a quad bike beside the burn which joins the River Nith near thornhill

Police, Moffat Mountain Rescue team and Nith Inshore Rescue launched a search after the alarm was raised at about 1130 yesterday

The overturned quad bike was found near Crairieknowe Farm, Thornhill.

Police are concerned that the woman may have fallen into a burn which joins the River Nith.”

A spokesman said: “We were called to attend an incident north of Thornhill where a person had come off a quad bike beside a small stream which was in flood water.”

The search was called off at nightfall and is expected to continue on Tuesday.

Delirious have entered the official UK singles chart at number 4 today, 4th April 2010, with their song ‘History Maker’. The chart was revealed on the UK’s biggest mainstream music radio station Radio 1. Despite Delirious? coming to an end in 2009, a massive Facebook campaign to get ‘History Maker’ into the charts for Easter has proved highly successful. 65,000 fans joined the group on Facebook.

Following a massive Facebook campaign, the Delirious? song ‘History Maker’ has been released as a download single in the UK. The InvadeTheAirWaves campaign has seen more than 46,000 fans sign up in an attempt to get a Christian song into the UK Singles Chart for Easter. Two versions of ‘History Maker’ are available, the original studio version and a live version recorded at the last ever Delirious? concert last year. Both tracks cost 79p and are available now on the UK iTunes store (see links below) where they will both count towards a potential chart position. Fans are urged to download the single between 28th March and 3rd April 2010.

Delirious have said they will donate their proceeds from the singles to the CompassionArt charity, to be shared among projects working around the world. The live version of ‘History Maker’ is taken from the band’s up and coming live album release ‘Farewell Show’, due for release on 19th April in the UK and 18th May in the USA.

Said the band, “A few weeks back a whole bunch of Christians from Facebook asked us if we could help out and make a Delirious? single available for download this Easter in the UK. How could we say no? Since then the army’s been growing, and there are now thousands signed up. If everyone who has signed up to the group buys the single then ‘History Maker’ could be sitting pretty in the sweet half of the top ten. Some great projects that fight poverty will have greater funds and a whole bunch of people will hear a message of hope and faith at a time when it is needed most.”

Police have received a Met Office severe weather warning for the West of Scotland and Dumfries and Galloway relating to heavy snow tonight.  Accumulations of up to 15cm may be expected on high ground, and smaller accumulations at a lower level.  The snow will drift due to the gale force north wind.

Police are issuing advanced warnings to motorists to take care on the regions roads.  Consider your journey and keep an eye on the weather and developing weather forecasts.  If making a journey, consider checking your route prior to setting off.

Drive according to the conditions experienced and refer to Traffic Scotland for advice on road conditions.

Police report that the A701 Dumfries – Edinburgh Road has been closed due to snow falling/drifting at Broughton, Lothian and Borders area.

Signs closing roadway have been placed out at Moffat.