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Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be wealthy commuters living in villages.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found throughout the shire counties, especially in Oxfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire as well as in Surrey, Hampshire and Sussex.

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Schools

Find out the performance data, locations and contact details of your local schools. All the vital information you need to help make educational decisions for your children.
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Crime

The Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary force is responsible for policing the Dumfries and Galloway Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in Dumfries and Galloway council is £889.00, compared to an average in Scotland of £1,011.26.
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Commission considers home closure

13/11/2009 01:40:32

A home in the Borders could be closed by the Care Commission after failing to carry out required improvements.
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Hospital staff ill after flu jabs

13/11/2009 00:09:14

A small number of staff at a hospital in the Scottish Borders take ill after being given two flu vaccinations.
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Scots swine flu deaths reach 34

12/11/2009 20:25:28

An adult from the Dumfries and Galloway region suffering from an underlying health condition dies after contracting H1N1.
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Police examine fatal fire cause

12/11/2009 17:22:21

A 50-year-old man has died following an early morning house fire in Stranraer in the south west of Scotland, police confirm.
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Man in court over firework blaze

12/11/2009 16:43:00

A 17-year-old appears in court accused of starting a blaze which caused damage of £20,000 to a house in the Borders.
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School staff attack figures rise

12/11/2009 14:50:26

Attacks on staff working in schools in the Scottish Borders rise by 60% over the last three years.
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Pensioner seriously hurt in crash

12/11/2009 11:08:58

A 73-year-old pedestrian is seriously injured in a road accident at a roundabout in the south of Scotland.
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Drug gardener to appeal sentence

12/11/2009 10:24:52

A 43-year-old man involved in a £193,000 cannabis farm is to appeal against his four-year jail term.
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Teacher death hearing scheduled

12/11/2009 00:41:45

A hearing is held into the death of a head teacher thought to have taken her life after a critical school report.
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17/03/2009 16:31:09

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SOS signals

11/11/2009 10:08:02

Scottish villages compete for a £400,000 overhaul
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Stories sought

16/03/2009 14:31:19

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Railway Stations

Dumfries (0.95 miles away), ScotRail

Lockerbie (11.44 miles away), ScotRail

Annan (15.44 miles away), ScotRail

Gretna Green (22.87 miles away), ScotRail

Aspatria (24.12 miles away), Northern Rail

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