Annandale Observer

14/11/2025

Santa Claus is coming to town! 🎅

12/11/2025

ANNAN Academy was on lockdown for 40 minutes this afternoon after an unknown woman was walking about the school.

Full story below 👇

ANNAN Academy was on lockdown for 40 minutes this afternoon after an unknown woman was walking about the school. Police attended the academy at around 3.15 pm, and the incident was resolved minutes later. Parents received a text at around the same time of the police’s arrival which said: “The sc...

12/11/2025

BREAKING NEWS:

ANNAN Academy pupils have left the school as normal at the end of the day following a lockdown this afternoon.
Parents received a text at around 3.15 pm which said: "The school is in lockdown, this is not a drill. Do not phone the school office unless it is an emergency."
Minutes later a second notification stated the lockdown had finished and the school day would be ending as normal.

11/11/2025

Armed Forces Champion Cllr Archie Dryburgh led this morning's remembrance service at Annan War Memorial.
Veterans, members of the public, nursery pupils all joined in the tributes to the fallen.
The last post was played by Charlotte MacKay of Annan Town Band.

07/11/2025

There was a small gathering at The Devil's Porridge Museum in Eastriggs this morning for a special Animals in war remembrance service

04/11/2025

Police are warning motorists that the A7 is currently CLOSED four miles north of Langholm due to a road traffic collision.
A diversion is being put in place but drivers should avoid the area at this time.

31/10/2025

NOW CLOSED - THANKS ALL!

You know what we're going to say....send us your Halloween costume pics (with names)🎃👻💀 - but you also need to like and follow our page.
We will print as many followers' pics as we can in next week's papers.

31/10/2025

Here's a wee bridges update, for the 4th anniversary;

WATER levels in the River Annan reached a 50-year high on Thursday, October 28, 2021. And who can forget how the Diamond Jubilee Bridge and Cuthbertson Memorial Bridge could not withstand the force of the water and both were dislodged from their foundations and washed downstream. On this week’s an...

27/10/2025

🎄Your Local Festive Advent Calendar 2025 🎄

Would you like to advertise your local business or organisation, help promote your services to local audiences, highlight opening times or offers in the lead up to Christmas 2025?

The Festive Advent Calendar will appear for four weeks (week-ending 28th November, 5th, 12th and 19th December 2025) within the Dumfries Courier, Annandale Observer, Annandale Herald, Moffat News and Galloway Gazette.

The advert size is 4cms depth x 6cms width, full colour.

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22/10/2025

Breaking news: MSP Colin Smyth has today appeared in private at Dumfries Sheriff Court to face charges relating to his arrest in August.
More details in this week's paper.

17/10/2025

TWO men have been arrested and charged with attempted murder in Annan.

It comes after a 43-year-old woman was left with serious injuries on Fernlea Crescent late on Wednesday night.

A 17-year-old and 36-year-old were arrested and charged and both appeared in private at Dumfries Sheriff Court this afternoon (Thursday).

Emergency services raced to the scene shortly before 10 pm on Wednesday night. And a woman was rushed to hospital with serious injuries.

Another cordon was put in place 150 yards down the road where the windows of a pickup truck had been smashed in.

Sections of the street remained taped off on Thursday with a strong visible police presence in the area.

A police spokesman said: "Two people have been arrested and charged after a woman was seriously injured in an incident in Annan.

“A 43-year-old woman was taken to hospital after the incident at Fernlea Crescent around 9.55pm on Wednesday, 15 October, 2025.

“Two males, aged 17 and 36, have been arrested and charged in connection with attempted murder. Both were due to appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court on Friday, 17 October, 2025."

14/10/2025

Did you recently get married? And would you like to see your photo in the paper?
Then email it to us asap at [email protected] to go in our Weddings special this week.