The local authority's kerbside collection service, where householders pay £40 for an extra bin, is in its second year.

Dumfries and Galloway Council's kerbside garden waste collection scheme has picked up nearly 1,000 tonnes of rubbish this year. The local authority introduced the service in 2024, with householders ...

Scotland is absolutely stunning. If the weather were more reliable it would be absolutely jammed with tourists. The beauty of ...

The first named storm of the season has prompted weather warnings throughout the UK for heavy rain and strong winds of up to ...

In Dumfries and Galloway there was a 21.9% decrease in alcohol deaths in 2024 compared to 2023. Credit: PA Images Alcohol deaths in 2024 across Dumfries and Galloway have dropped by more than 20% ...

A 23-year-old woman has been handed a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to take over a dairy farm on the outskirts of Dumfries. Jordan Duddy from Carlisle is taking on the role of contract farmer at ...

Residents of the Glentrool area say the new bus service for the village has left them feeling isolated Residents in rural southern Scotland have described a new bus timetable for their village as ...

Residents in rural southern Scotland have described a new bus timetable for their village as "utterly ridiculous". Among the issues they have highlighted is that the last bus home to Glentrool on a ...

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He shot to fame in the international TV hit Outlander. But now Sam Heughan has returned to the ‘playground of his youth’ to buy a distillery in his home town. The actor revealed that he has bought the ...

A Belfast-headquartered civil engineering and construction firm has been awarded the contract for a multi-million pound flood protection scheme in Dumfries. McLaughlin & Harvey was one of five bidders ...