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Dumfries & Galloway Standard, 3 Nov 2026

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ArticleHEADTEACHERS MAYGETPOWER TOBANPHONES

Most high school pupils in Dum­fries and Gal­lo­way do not want a com­plete ban on mobile phones in school, a sur­vey has found. However, teach­ers are much more in favour of stricter rules on the devices within school build­ings. Sur­veys were run...

HEADTEACHERS MAYGETPOWER TOBANPHONES

ArticleBril­liant bears by Bar­bara and Andy are part of amaz­ing arts week­end

One of the region’s most pop­u­lar winter attrac­tions has just got­ten big­ger – with even the bear neces­sit­ies covered. Upland made Art & Craft Week­end, on Sat­urday and Sunday in the East­er­brook Hall, Crichton, Dum­fries, will have 44 artists...

Bril­liant bears by Bar­bara and Andy are part of amaz­ing arts week­end

ArticleCor­rec­tions and com­plaints

If we have pub­lished any­thing that is fac­tu­ally inac­cur­ate, please con­tact the editor at jackie.grant@reach­plc. com or at Douglas Street, Glas­gow, G2 7NP and, once veri­fied, we will cor­rect it as soon as pos­sible. The Dum­fries and...

Cor­rec­tions and com­plaints

ArticleWater drama

Bar­bara Mead of Thornhill with her pic­ture of the stone head of Lady Devor­gilla look­ing out over the River Nith

Water drama

ArticleHeadteach­ers should get power to pre­vent mobile use in schools

Headteach­ers will be given the power to ban mobile phones in Dum­fries and Gal­lo­way schools if a new edu­ca­tion policy is rub­ber­stamped next week. With mount­ing con­cerns about the impact that smart­phones are hav­ing on attain­ment and men­tal...

Headteach­ers should get power to pre­vent mobile use in schools