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Another day, another cannabis farm
- 04 Feb, 2026
- Ivy Prophen
- Hame Truths
Another cannabis farm worth about £1 million was found by police in Dumfries making this about the 3rd or 4th in as many years. This time the stash was on the Vennel and it's clear now that doing up abandoned buildings is a growth...
Doric Techno Spaiver
- 30 Jan, 2026
- A.Y. Watt
- From Our Doric Correspondent
I promised tae keep yis in the loop aboot developments at the Doric Technology Institute. Weel ah've a wee bitty news, but ah must confess, I feel like that loon that hid tae rin awa tae Russia fir leakin a that tap secret info. Fit's his...
Let there be light
- 30 Jan, 2026
- The Hamester
- Scone Watch
Dear Doonhamers, have you heard of electricity? Have you tried it yet? Well whether you're a keen user of electricity or just electro-curious, the power of electricity was unavoidable to most Doonhamers today. At specifically approximately...
Hustlers and fiddlers
- 20 Jan, 2026
- The Hamester
- Rattle Bag
Reading the dictionary the other day - as you do - I came across a phrase that was new to me. "Bunnet Hustler" According to the Collins Dictionary, and I'm simplifying here ... a Bunnet Hustler is a middle class person that regularly...
Behold, the Doric Ring doorbell
- 19 Dec, 2025
- A.Y. Watt
- From Our Doric Correspondent
Fit like, Doonhamers? It's been a wee filey, but I'm back wi a short series of tech articles aboot a recent boost tae the Doric Technology Institute (DTI). Noo as ye kin probably mind, I've bin daein a wee bit consulting at the DTI (Gamrie...
Be careful of myths you hold dear
- 16 Dec, 2025
- Teri Casiokola
- Letter From Amisfield
Reform UK has won its first Council seat election in Scotland. I'm grateful that it wasn't here in D&G, though we came pretty close a few weeks ago in the Stranraer & Rhins by-election. It was bound to happen sooner or later. There has...
Whitesands to Become a Normal Place
- 12 Dec, 2025
- Teri Casiokola
- Letter From Amisfield
Yesterday afternoon the flood defence scheme was approved during a full meeting of the Council in which 23 councillors voted for the project while 19 voted against it. There are important lessons to be learned from this decade long saga,...
Escaped golfer apprehended after struggle with a mobility scooter
- 10 Dec, 2025
- The Hamester
- Hame Truths
Shocked residents of Summerhill were today supporting each other after terrified residents we forced to hide behind curtains awaiting the arrival of the SSPCA's Golf Division. The incident began on Sunday morning when a hole was spotted in...
Crucial Vote on the Whitesands Flood Defences This Week
- 09 Dec, 2025
- Teri Casiokola
- Letter From Amisfield
The week is upon us. On Thursday there will be a meeting of the full Council and on the agenda, the last chance to get flood defences for the Whitesands funded (mostly by the Scottish government). If the councillors vote against this...
Ayeman Toofaan - In conversation with
- 04 Dec, 2025
- The Hamester
- Hame Truths
A dinnae get it, ya'ani. So yer tellin me that every year, roon aboot the same time, this river floods aw the road an shops an hooses. It even gans up the vennel a bit. An this happens every year? See back in Idlib where am fae originally,...
The Leid’s Official
- 30 Nov, 2025
- Teri Casiokola
- Letter From Amisfield
Happy St Andrew’s day beloved pee-wits. The Scottish Languages Act 2025 - legislation that officially recognises Gaelic and Scots as Scotland's official languages - comes into effect today. The Bill was passed unanimously (well there’s a...
Shining a light on the big lights switch-on
- 15 Nov, 2025
- Boaby REDACTED.
- Life On The Run
Awwwwwww nawwwwwwwwww. I’ve hud tae flit again. All I did wis post a TikTok in front of the Mid Steeple at the big Christmas light switch on saying, “I can’t believe I live just opposite here in the flats on the 3rd floor.” Call it off...
Gies a fiver
- 12 Nov, 2025
- Bill Da Fyre.
- Jumblified Ancients Of Morrisons
-- Bill! Bill! Haud oan a minute. -- Whit? -- Can ye lend me a fiver, pal? -- Naw. Naw a cannae. —- Aww, come oan. I’ll gie yit back the morra. -- It’s not that Gladys. Ah cannae. I've nae money. -- Whit? Are ye sheer Bill, it’s jeest a...
Damn you Val, give up this feud!.
- 04 Nov, 2025
- Boaby REDACTED.
- Life On The Run
Awwwwwww nawwwwwwwwww. I’ve hud tae flit again. All I did wis post a reel saying that I’m really looking forward tae the match between Raith Rovers and Queen of the South at Palmerston, at 6pm this Wednesday. Damn you McDermid, give up...
How old is old enough to let go?
- 01 Nov, 2025
- Teri Casiokola
- Letter From Amisfield
It’s a curious thing. We hold on to any building from the Victorian or Georgian era as if it were a precious newborn. Yet the Victorians themselves voraciously demolished buildings and monuments to make way for their new world vision....