BREAKING: 44 confirmed coronavirus deaths in Dumfries and Galloway

Police are set to support an investigation into care home deaths in Scotland throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

Attacks on emergency services staff have increased according to Police Scotland figures.

There are no new cases of coronavirus in Dumfries and Galloway.

A fresh call has been made to deal with the “chronic” problem of bed-blocking in the region’s hospitals.

Coronavirus deaths in South Lanarkshire fell by 15 per cent to 22 last week.

Cops have issued an urgent appeal to find a "high-risk" man who has been missing since this morning.

The number of people who have died in the UK from coronavirus has increased by 77 , according to figures released from hospitals.

No further coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Dumfries and Galloway.

A call for the region’s historic Riding of the Marches to be officially acknowledged by the Scottish Government as “culturally significant” has been welcomed by organisers.

The number of people who have died from COVID-19 in Perth and Kinross rose by 15 per cent last week.

Coronavirus deaths in South Lanarkshire are at their lowest for six weeks.

A coffee company has brewed up a partnership with a national charity.

Two Dumfries and Galloway politicians have been slammed over their “shameful” decision to vote against a bid to protect the farming sector from sub-standard food imports.

People living in poverty in Scotland are more than twice as likely to die from coronavirus than those in affluent areas, shock new figures reveal.

There were 15 coronavirus deaths in North Lanarkshire in the past week.

Two men have been arrested after a six-figure sum of drugs was recovered from cars in Dumfries and Galloway.

There remain 255 confirmed coronavirus cases in Dumfries and Galloway.

Coronavirus deaths in South Lanarkshire fell by more than a quarter last week to 37.