He was jailed alongside Dean Melnyk, 22, for murdering Kevin MacKay, 40, in Ecclefechan in June 2014. Melnyk had his sentence cut in November 2014 and judges ruled the same should apply to Brown. A High Court jury heard how the pair took the law ...
Thomas Carlyle, I think most would concede, is the finest writer and thinker to emerge from Ecclefechan. At least, unless you know better. He is customarily credited with billing economics as "the dismal science." Others, considering this pursuit, tend ...
THEN: Looking south from Schwabacher Wharf to Baker's Dock, along the Seattle waterfront, where the Scottish sailing ship Ecclefechan is moored. This photo was taken after the city's Great Fire of June 6,... (Courtesy Museum Of History & Industry) More.
But the results have left a sour taste in the mouths of Ecclefechan folk. Donna and Bryan Currie, of the Tennant House Stores, sell hundreds of Ecclefechan Tarts each week and they say the Bakewell has a long way to go to match its Scottish rival ...
An archaelogical dig near Ecclefechan in Dumfries and Galloway is already unearthing some evidence of what's thought to have been a Roman genocide. The dig only began on Monday, but ancient sling bullets have been found on the 3000 year old hill fort ...
The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Gellately attacked his first victim in 2006 and 2007 at houses in Dumfries, Ecclefechan, Annan and Eastriggs. During the ordeal, the woman had her head forced into a bath of water and her face was held under the ...