Dumfries and Galloway postie strike cancelled over legal issue

Two primary schools have been recognised for their work promoting children’s rights.

Dumfries and Galloway Council is looking to tackle the “blight” of empty and abandoned buildings in the region.

After landing the coveted title role in Baz Luhrmann’s musical drama Elvis, Austin Butler barely slept for two years.  

The New York City man who stabbed his estranged lover more than 50 times back in April has been sentenced in her death.

Council finance chiefs are proposing to use Covid-19 response cash to ease cost of living pressures in the region.

The Queens handyman who fatally stabbed his estranged lover nearly 60 times and stuffed her body into a duffel bag has pled guilty.

A surveillance network has been set up to monitor migrating geese and wintering waterbirds.

The huge achievements of people from the region with additional support needs have been celebrated.

The ongoing lengthy waits in A&E departments have been described as a “humanitarian crisis”.

Borgue residents have hit out at the news that they’ll have to wait another year to receive superfast broadband.

Help is at hand for hard-pressed households in the Glenkens as the cost of living crisis bites ever deeper.

The consumer expert on ITV's This Morning has revealed one key sign of a scam text that hints it's fake.

Plans for a 27 turbine scheme at Whiteneuk near Corsock have been ditched.

Ralph Fiennes, who played Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter film franchise, says the “verbal abuse” directed at Potter author JK Rowling over her statements on trans women is “disgusting” and “appalling.”

It’s interesting to see a documentary exploring the challenges for a new mother returning to work – and when that new mother happens to be a prima ballerina, the results are especially fascinating. Laura Kaehr’s engrossing documentary Becoming Giulia won the Audience Award at the Zurich Film Festival, and follows the charismatic Giulia Tonelli, an Italian dancer at the Zurich Opera. Shot over three years, it’s an insight into her profession as well as a portrait of parenthood and, as the film evolves, life in lockdown.

A former councillor who is leading a housing development in Dalbeattie has won a second battle with local residents.

The region’s over-50s are being urged to arrange their flu and coronavirus vaccines.

Health bosses are warning that a difficult and challenging winter lies ahead.

EXCLUSIVE: George Gallo (The Comeback Trail) is teaming with Green Book Oscar winner Nick Vallelonga to produce The Accidental Gangster, a new thriller based on reformed gangster Orlando ‘Ori’ Spado’s bestselling autobiography of the same name. The former will also direct from a script by the author’s son Anthony Spado and David Steenhoek.