Dumfries and Galloway social work staff praised for response during the "hardest year ever"

The mum of Britain's largest family has proven she's just like the rest of us normal folk after saying she feels like she 'lives to work'.

Candles were lit yesterday morning at the Ukranian chapel near Lockerbie in a gesture of hope.

A Glenkens community group has been “blown away“ by the public response to a crowdfunder appeal for a regeneration project.

Lochar councillor Jeff Leaver first got involved in politics at the age of seven – and he’s finally ready to call it a day before he turns 70.

A controversial survey which asks schoolchildren intimate sexual questions will be rolled out across Dumfries and Galloway in the next few weeks.

The long-term future of a programme that encourages and inspires young people to hone their creative and performing skills has been secured.

A council tax rise will be announced in Dumfries and Galloway next week – after it was confirmed that the authority is facing a budget shortfall of more than £5million.

If you’re a reader of this website, you probably are of the same mind as us that anything Cate Blanchett chooses to appear in is something we want to watch. Film, TV show, or if she decides to moonlight as a stand-up comedian, we’re down to give her the benefit of the doubt.

If you’re a reader of this website, you probably are of the same mind as us that anything Cate Blanchett chooses to appear in is something we want to watch. Film, TV show, or if she decides to moonlight as a stand-up comedian, we’re down to give her the benefit of the doubt.

Tell-all documentary feature Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over is to be one of the first major films to launch on CNN+.

Plans have been unveiled that could see Dumfries and Galloway cash in on the staycation boom.

The problem of “urban menace” seagulls is too big for Dumfries and Galloway Council to solve, a councillor has insisted.

Every day 18 people in poverty seek an emergency crisis grant in Dumfries and Galloway, it has been revealed.

Every school in Dumfries and Galloway will finally have fast internet connections by next week to allow for digital learning in the classroom.

The Sopranos, Goldee, has died.A statement on Twitter confirmed that Goldee had passed away at the age of 23 at a farm in Warwick, New York, last Saturday (February 5).The horse had been diagnosed with Equine Cushing’s disease four years ago, which is a chronic disease of the pituitary gland.Goldee featured in the hit HBO drama – also set in New Jersey, where she was born in 1999 – as a race horse called Pie-O-My, who died during a barn fire in the show’s fourth season.Tony Soprano believes that the fire was caused by Pie-O-My’s owner Ralphie, in order to receive an insurance pay-out. Before the horse died, Soprano commissioned a panting of himself with Pie-O-My, but after the tragic events he wants it to be destroyed.Pie O my (Goldee)Past away this morning after a 4 yr struggle with Equine Cushing's disease.

A police search of a hire van stopped on the M74 near Wamphray led to the discovery of 324,000 illicit cigarettes worth £95,000 in lost duty and taxes.

Residents living on a pothole plagued road have taken matters into their own hands to warn other drivers of the dangers ahead.

Sebastián Yatra. After having «the hardest year of my life, emotionally,» the 27-year-old singer tells ET, from his home in Colombia ahead of the release of his third studio album, that he's looking at life in a whole new way.Radiating positivity that transfers from the screen, he reflects on his latest achievements. His song, «Dos Oruguitas,» from the Disney animated movie has reached the No.