Prior to the wider roll-out of personalisation in Dumfries and Galloway, the region was one of three areas in Scotland where the care concept was successfully trialled on behalf of the Scottish government.

BBC: Dumfries and Galloway Council considers care cost curbs

Graham Kerr from the Scottish Agricultural College, Stuart Goodall of Confor, Jim Simmons, Northern Region of Scotland, New Entrants Group and Andrew Hannah from the Dumfries and Galloway District Association of Young Farmers Clubs also took part.

BBC: Rural Affairs Committee

He was in Dumfries to unveil a number of transport initiatives and meet campaigners seeking action to upgrade the region's main trunk roads.

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