Dumfries and Galloway Tory MPs blasted for refusing to support bid to protect NHS

Ben Shephard's sons certainly know how to have fun in the sun! The Good Morning Britain star took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a brilliant video showing Sam, 13, and Jack, 15, mud sliding with their friends in a marsh.MORE: Tipping Point and GMB host Ben Shephard's family home revealed In the caption, Ben wrote: "As the great lyric goes 'Mud mud glorious mud nothing quite like it for cooling the blood!' While we've been sweating in the studio filming here's my boys with their great mates

There’s a rather bizarre new plot gracing the cobbles and it centres around Mary Taylor, played by Patti Clare. It hasn’t always been smooth sailing for the Coronation Street character when it comes to love, but it seems there could be a light at the end of the tunnel.

Douglas Ross has made a gaffe within hours of becoming Scottish Tory leader after effectively conceding defeat at the next Holyrood election.He said after the election he hoped to lead a “strong” Tory party that would provide “opposition” to the SNP.SNP MP Tommy Sheppard said: “This is a gaffe royale, even by Douglas Ross’ standards. He has conceded defeat before the election has even been called yet.

Douglas Ross has been confirmed as the new leader of the Scottish Tories after being the only person nominated for the job. He will lead the party while ex leader Ruth Davidson takes on Nicola Sturgeon at First Minister’s Questions.

Ben Shephard is leaving Good Morning Britain to concentrate on Tipping Point, which is set to begin filming for the first time since lockdown. On Wednesday’s GMB, Kate Garraway confirmed that it was her co-host Ben Shephard’s last day on the breakfast show.

Brexit referendum.Richard Cook is facing renewed scrutiny over who stumped up the cash for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) ahead of the 2016 vote.In a new book by journalist Peter Geoghegan, former Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy blasted:“With the passage of time this scandal only grows in importance.

Douglas Ross.In a leaked message, Michelle Ballantyne said she agreed to support Ross on the understanding he leads a “Boris backing, Brexit positive, anti nat party”.The right winger added she wanted to see “cronyism” in the Scottish Tories rooted out.Get all the top Scottish politics news sent straight to your Inbox by signing up to our Politics newsletter.We cover Holyrood, Westminster and local councils, with a current focus on how our governments are handling the coronavirus pandemic.To

Dumfries has been named by police. James Carruthers was rescued from the River Nith on Friday.

Print Scotland’s president, Iain Robertson, congratulated Russell and wished him a highly successful career.He said: “Despite these highly unusual circumstances, we continue to celebrate the achievements of our young colleagues in acquiring future-proof skills to take Scotland’s print industry forward.”

Ben Shephard had a shock when he hit the golf course this week.

Amber Gill has revealed that Love Island bosses changed her contract at the last minute after she was initially cast as a “bombshell”.

Ben Shephard and Kate Garraway have formed an amazing friendship.

Dumfries earlier today.Locals spotted a significant police presence in the area and a spokesperson for the park confirmed police were probing an incident there.A spokesperson for Southerness Holiday Park said:“There has been an incident at the park, and we are helping police with their enquiries."As this is a police matter, we can’t comment further.”Police Scotland have been approached for comment.We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.

Ben Shephard has one very talented cousin Georgia and the Good Morning Britain star proudly gushed about her to his Instagram fans on Saturday.The father-of-two shared a video of himself sitting in his garden and showing off their family's new face masks, which included cameo ones for "the boys", Sam and Jack, and blue ones for him and Annie.MORE: The 11 best floral face masks that are pretty and practical WATCH as Ben Shephard promotes his cousin's new masksSpeaking to fans in the video he