Galloway and West Dumfries MSP Finlay Carson and South Scotland MSP Emma Harper have brought the matter to Mr Swinney's ...

John Cooper has asked for Army engineers to build a temporary bridge after Dumfries and Galloway Council closed the existing ...

Residents at The Merse are concerned that the closure of the town's bridge will leave them stranded in the event of an emergency.

The Kirkcudbright Bridge is shut to vehicles until further ... on the western side of the River Dee, now face a six-mile drive on country roads to get into the town centre. The 99-year-old ...

The bridge over the River Dee was shut on Friday evening with about ... Thomas Telford-built Tongland Bridge - or have to cross the Kirkcudbright Bridge on foot. The bridge is nearly 100 years ...

Dumfries and Galloway Council officials say they were left with “no alternative” to close Kirkcudbright Bridge ... any callouts on that side of the River Dee. The full report from Mott ...

A VITAL bridge has suddenly closed causing a town ... Locals living in the Merse area, on the western side of the River Dee, will now be forced to drive an extra six-miles in order to reach ...

The Kirkcudbright Bridge is shut to vehicles until further notice ... A diversion is in place but people living in the Merse area, on the western side of the River Dee, now face a six-mile drive on ...