Dumfries and Galloway Council launches £80,000 Amazing Summer fund

Ariana Madix and Katie Maloney have navigated the world of Vanderpump Rules and beyond side by side.

A second union is balloting school staff in Dumfries and Galloway after they rejected a new pay deal.

More than £200,000 worth of debt has been written-off by the council in the past six months.

Vanderpump Rules cast. That's right, Tom Schwartz and Tom Sandoval are calling it quits. Last week, Schwartz announced that he was taking a “break” from his BFF Sandoval in light of his , adding that he felt his friend “exploited” his loyalty. “It's hard for me not to be resentful of him," Schwartz said on the When Reality Hits podcast. Now, on the latest episode of , Schwartz said he's “stepping away” from his friendship with Sandoval “permanently.” Lala Kent's perspective on Raquel Leviss has shifted since watching the reunion. By "It seems each time I try to weigh in or talk about, ramble on about it, drivel on, I inevitably sound like I'm somehow justifying it or making excuses for it, and I'm not," Schwartz said.

Ambitious plans to safeguard the only farm built by Robert Burns have received overwhelming public support.

Almost half a million pounds is to be shared among 22 organisations across the region who have hit the National Lottery jackpot.

Sickness absences have risen amongst Perth and Kinross Council employees to above pre-pandemic levels.

Perth and Kinross Council has agreed to write off outstanding school meal and breakfast club debts for 2022/23.

Councillors will scrutinise Police Scotland’s Dumfries and Galloway local policing plan for 2023-26 on Wednesday.

A recruitment drive to help deal with the region’s potholed roads was launched this week.

A blonde hair trend going viral for summer? It’s hardly groundbreaking news, especially since the upcoming July release of the Barbie movie is prompting people to get a Malibu-worthy look for themselves. However, one particular blonde trend is taking off on TikTok – and it’s much less maintenance than a full head of blonde highlights.The hashtag #ScandiHairline currently has 2.5B views on the app, signalling this method of lightening strands is set to be the look of summer for many of us with blonde or light brown hair (or for those wanting a big colour transformation from dark).

Scotland's Home of The Year search has ventured to the south of Scotland as judges Anna Campbell Jones, Banjo Beale, and Michael Angus secured the final home.

Roman Kemp has offered to perform Someone You Loved at the Capital Summertime Ball on Sunday after Lewis Capaldi backed out.

Taking time for herself. Scheana Shay reflected on how Raquel Leviss and Tom Sandoval‘s cheating scandal affected her mental health after watching the Vanderpump Rules season 10 reunion.

Perth and Kinross Council will launch a consultation on a proposal to introduce a short-term let control area in Highland Perthshire and part of Eastern Perthshire.

The Missouri native reunited with Raquel during a filming break where she reacted to the footage she saw so far.

Britain is bracing itself for an early summer heatwave, as some parts of the country could see temperatures reach a balmy 25C in the first week of June.

Lisa Vanderpump is putting rumors to rest. The Vanderpump Rules star is denying that she knew about Tom Sandoval cheating on Ariana Madix with Raquel Leviss before the news broke back in March. “Ok ..no I didn’t know…until a minute before you all did…I wish I would’ve tho.#pumprules,” the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum shared via Twitter on Saturday, May 27. Ok ..no I didn’t know…until a minute before you all did…I wish I would’ve tho.

The region’s largest science, technology, engineering, mathematics and digital fair for young people took place at the Crichton’s Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries on Wednesday.

A union representing teachers in Dumfries and Galloway has warned that levels of pupil anxiety and depression have “greatly increased” since the Covid-19 pandemic.