Kirkpatrick Durham

Kirkpatrick Durham residents have embarked on a major fundraising campaign to realise the £5,000-plus needed for repairs. They have arranged a host of events to raise money and are already well on their way to meeting the target. Hall committee ...

Alan Jamieson's application for a private hire licence for the enterprise was approved by the council's licensing panel. He had previously offered the service free to holiday cottage residents on his Kirkpatrick Durham farm. He said it had proved so ...

A tourism operator believes there is plenty of v-room in the area for a new venture – motorcycle sidecar tours. Alan Jamieson, from Kirkpatrick Durham, is looking to take tourists round the area using a pair of motorbikes in a business that would be a ...

The first ever application has been made for a private hire licence to run motorbike and sidecar tours in Dumfries and Galloway. Alan Jamieson has offered the service free to holiday cottage residents on his Kirkpatrick Durham farm. However, he says it ...

A Kirkpatrick Durham pensioner is “fed up” with an unwanted water feature outside her home. Isobel Edgar claims a flooding problem is now so bad that even the slightest rainfall turns her garden into a pond. The 78-year-old, of Victoria Street said ...

Willie Dickson, of Corsock and Kirkpatrick-Durham Community Council, said "impartial, accurate information on the pros and cons" was needed. The Scottish government said a moratorium would be "unprecedented" and create a backlog of cases.