Hame Truths
The Hamster tells it like it isn't
Does anyone still wear a hat!?
- 09 Feb, 2026
- The Hamester
- Hame Truths
Noo that everyone and their strife is wearing wee docker caps again like it's 1982, I...
read moreAnother day, another cannabis farm
- 04 Feb, 2026
- Ivy Prophen
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Another cannabis farm worth about £1 million was found by police in Dumfries making this...
read moreEscaped golfer apprehended after struggle with a mobility scooter
- 10 Dec, 2025
- The Hamester
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Shocked residents of Summerhill were today supporting each other after terrified...
read moreAyeman Toofaan - In conversation with
- 04 Dec, 2025
- The Hamester
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A dinnae get it, ya'ani. So yer tellin me that every year, roon aboot the same time, this...
read moreBBC journalist hospitalised
- 13 Oct, 2025
- The Hamester
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An unnamed BBC journalist (Barney Toner) was found exhausted, pacing around Cresswell...
read moreChristmas Appeal 2025
- 01 Oct, 2025
- The Hamester
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We've aw seen it an look't awa; airtists that hing their works aw skewwhiff. It's a...
read moreRemembering, 'Straight Ootta Beeswing'
- 29 Aug, 2024
- The Hamester
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This month marks the 35th anniversary of the release of cult Gallovidian album, 'Straight...
read moreHealth and safety
- 12 Aug, 2024
- The Hamester
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In a recent session of Full Council chaired by Councillor Max High, Dumfries & Galloway...
read moreWe're Doonhamers
- 14 May, 2024
- The Hamester
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[With sincere apologies to Paul Whitehouse and the Fast Show team for a bad rendition of...
read moreMystery Chanter Causes Cafe Chaos
- 12 Jan, 2024
- The Hamester
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Police are appealing for information about the identity of a mystery man who burst into a...
read moreA new slogan for Dumfries
- 17 Dec, 2023
- The Hamester
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Around the time of the UCI's arrival in Dumfries this summer some wag chalked up a slogan...
read moreUglied up
- 25 Nov, 2023
- The Hamester
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-: What's wrang wi your gub? :- You. -: Me? How? :- Yiv uglied up ma kids! -: ...
read moreBREAKING: Roads News
- 10 Nov, 2023
- The Hamester
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Just in! It took over a week, but the Roads Department of D&G council has finally...
read moreNew flood protection scheme announced
- 30 Aug, 2023
- The Hamester
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Keen-eyed readers may have noticed the yellow road closure signs that appeared this...
read moreNew secret audio archive uncovered
- 30 Aug, 2023
- The Hamester
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On this day in 1973, Richard Nixon was finally confessing to his role in the Watergate...
read moreLetters: July 2023
- 23 Aug, 2023
- The Hamester
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Dear Mr Hamester I liked your story about Peppa Pig falling down a well never to be seen...
read moreAff ma heid wi the Fun Lovin' Criminals
- 18 Jul, 2023
- The Hamester
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WARNING: Definitely contains profanity. May contain a few nuts. Excessive use of jam. In...
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