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Appeal for singers

The Lyric Community Singers’ rehearsals resume on Saturday, February 25, and they are looking forward to seeing existing members, as well as new members, for another year.

Snooky

Cats’ Corner

Snooky is a sooky cutie!

Local photographer’s exhibition opens

The Tolbooth Art Centre in Kirkcudbright continues its 2012 exhibition programme with an exhibition in the main gallery of photographs by Robert Dabner, from Stranraer.

Competition winners

THE ten lucky winners of a pair of tickets to the Creative Stitches / Hobby Crafts Show in the SECC from March 8 - 11 are:

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

What’s On over the next week?

UNTIL 30 March: Scottish Snowdrop Festival - across Galloway.

Lifestyle & Leisure rss

Mud and rain take toll on horses

This week we continue looking at two frustrating conditions for horses and their owners: mud fever and rain scald. Last week covered what the conditions were and the clinical signs, so now we finish by discussing diagnosis, treatment and prevention.

Win tickets to Creative Stitches and Hobbycrafts

Get creative in 2012 and visit the Glasgow Creative Stitches and Hobbycrafts show – absolutely FREE!

Plating up at The Laird's Inn near Creetown

New festival for foodies

Dumfries and Galloway is set to become a May Day Bank Holiday destination for food lovers with the help of a new event to encourage foodie tourists to visit the region.

Chair - Wylie McCulloch
>Immortal Memory - Fraser Sanderson
>A Day at the Races and The Whauphill Pill- Stuart McTier Auld Scotia - 
>Charles Service Twa Dugs and Tam O'Shanter - Robert McTurk The Lassies 
>- Robbie Duncan Toast, Chairman & Artists - Wallace Parker Artists John 
>Bradley and Adrian Paterson
>

Mochrum celebrates Burns

The members and guests of Mochrum Burns Club arrived at the Monreith Arms Hotel last Friday in eager anticipation of another fine supper. They were not disappointed.

When problems run skin deep

This week we look in more detail at two conditions in horses – mud fever and rain scald – that are both caused by the same bacteria. We touched loosely on these problems when discussing winter equine problems late last year. Over the next two weeks we will learn about them in slightly more depth because the wet and warm weather we’ve generally had over the past few months have provided the perfect conditions to make both infections more prevalent.

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Weather for Newton Stewart

Wednesday 22 February 2012

5 day forecast

Today

Heavy rain

Heavy rain

Temperature: 8 C to 10 C

Wind Speed: 37 mph

Wind direction: South west

Tomorrow

Mist

Mist

Temperature: 6 C to 10 C

Wind Speed: 25 mph

Wind direction: South west

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