Portpatrick's newest lifeboat will be officially named today. The John Buchanan Barr was paid for by a £2.6million legacy left by Catherine Barr, who died in 2008 aged 98, who wanted the boat to be named after her husband.
Portpatrick's newest lifeboat will be officially named today. The John Buchanan Barr was paid for by a £2.6million legacy left by Catherine Barr, who died in 2008 aged 98, who wanted the boat to be named after her husband.
The boat has been in service at Portpatrick since November 2011 and the station was one of a number visited by the Duke of Kent on his tour of Dumfries and Galloway this week.
The town's historical market will showcase it's transformation this weekend, as it relaunches it's twice-weekly market with 30 new stalls.
Two women from Dumfries and Galloway have been conned out of £40,000 after scammers posed as BT and gained remote access to their computers.
The proposals have implications for the future of maternity services, community hospitals and emergency care across the county.