Special Christmas delivery for Lockerbie couple
One couple in Lockerbie received an extra special Christmas present, with the arrival of their baby daughter Faith.
Deaf dog taught sign language
A deaf dog who was so badly behaved he had to be re-homed several times, has been adopted by a sign language enthusiast
Dancing for Disney
Highland Dancers from Lockerbie have been dancing at the Famous Blacksmith's shop in Gretna Green to raise funds to compete at Disneyland.
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'If evidence exists then justice will be done' says Salmond
Scotland's First Minister has told ITV Border that 'if evidence is found in Libya, then justice will be done'.
He said:
First Minister ' pleased Libyan Government has accepted request'
Scotland's First Minister, Alex Salmond, has been speaking to ITV Border about Libya's decision to allow police officers to visit the county as part of the Lockerbie investigation:
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Cameron 'officers expected to travel in March'
David Cameron confirmed that officers from the Dumfries and Galloway force have been given permission to visit Libya as part of the Lockerbie investigation.
– Prime Minister, David Cameron"I am delighted that the Dumfries and Galloway Police team will be able to visit your country to look into the issues around the Lockerbie bombing.
"The officers are expected to travel to Libya in March. It will be the first time police have been allowed to visit as part of the probe.
Two fire engines battle blaze in South West Scotland
Firefighters in Dumfries and Galloway were called to a house fire in Lockerbie in the early hours of this morning.
The blaze, which is believed to have been started in the chimney, caused severe damage to the bedroom of the property in Kirtlebridge
Farm manager describes moment she discovered oil theft
Staff at a Community Farm near Lockerbie had to endure three days over Christmas without heating or hot water after thieves stole hundreds of pounds worth of oil.
Mossburn Farm manager Juanita Wilson told ITV Border what happened:
Farm manager describes raiders as 'thieves with no conscience'
Farm manager Juanita Wilson was left angry and disappointed by the theft.
She said that the charity is already finding it hard with a rise in animal food costs, and now they will have to pay insurance excess:
– Farm manager Juanita Wilson"We’re not just sure what will happen but even if we only get £100 back it will be something.
"It is a big blow for us at a time when we have to feed all the animals inside, the price of most feed is going up and there is no grass at all.
“We don’t provide the animals with central heating but it is for the house, the house for accommodation for one of the workers, public loos and to provide hot water for mixing the food for the animals."
“So you can imagine just what sort of Christmas we had thanks to these people.”
Heating engineers were called out to the farm, and discovered that sludge had been sucked up, meaning further damage may have been caused.
– Farm manager Juanita Wilson"We’ve now managed to get the heating back on but it has left us well out of pocket at a time when we can least afford it.
“The police were really great but unfortunately we are not the only people who have had the same thing happen to them.”
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Thieves steal £600 worth of fuel from charity farm
Thieves have stolen around £600 worth of heating oil from a community farm near Hightae, just outside of Lockerbie.
Mossburn Community Farm, which is a registered charity, was raided on Christmas Eve.
The discovery was made when farm manager, Juanita Wilson, realised the Rayburn had stopped working.
An empty fuel tank meant the farm was left without heating or hot water for three days over Christmas.
This is the latest raid on central heating and diesel fuel tanks across Dumfries and Galloway.
Special Christmas delivery for Lockerbie couple
One couple in Lockerbie received an extra special Christmas present, with the arrival of their baby daughter Faith.
Read the full storyLockerbie ice queen misses out on Euro glory
Anna Sloan from Lockerbie was part of the Scottish Ladies Curling team, who narrowly missed out on retaining their crown at the European Championships.
The 21-year-old was vice-skip on Eve Muirhead's team, who were beaten 6-5 in the final end by Russia.
Curlers fail to retain European crown in Sweden
The women's Scottish curling team had to settle for silver after they failed to retain their European Championship crown in Sweden.
Anna Sloan, from Lockerbie, was part of Eve Muirhead's team who lost out on the title when they went down to Russia 5-6 after an extra end in the final.
Scotland's skip, Eve Muirhead said:
"Anyone would be happy in a European final to be going into the extra end with last stone, it just wasn’t to be for us.
"The extra end could have gone either way – their second made a fantastic double and took out one in the house too, so we just knew they were going to make that final shot."
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