Giant wicker sculpture of Belted Galloway bull to go on tour across Dumfries and Galloway

Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterSocial work bosses are convinced that an early intervention team doing vital groundwork with Dumfries and Galloway families will pay off in the long term.In November 2020 the council set up a family support team, which now comprises two senior social workers and 13 support staff working closely with families.The team deals primarily with early intervention cases for children and there is optimism that this

Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterA bid will be made to the Scottish Government for help in taking recycling to the next level in Dumfries and Galloway.Councillors agreed on Tuesday to request cash from the Recycling Improvement Fund to introduce a garden waste kerbside pick-up scheme for the region.Money is also being sought from the same fund to make improvements to the area’s household waste recycling centres where there are little or no

Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterRoads workers are being asked to go that extra mile with gritting this winter to ensure safety across Dumfries and Galloway.Dumfries and Galloway Council has produced its Winter Service Plan for 2021/22, which was presented to the local authority’s communities committee on Tuesday.The council intends on keeping the public fully informed this winter by posting a service daily action plan on its website, and

Back in 2017, Lil Nas X had a job working in a Taco Bell restaurant in the Atlanta area. Truly passionate about the fast food brand, obviously, he temporarily took a step back from directly dishing out the tacos to pursue a music career, in the constant hope that doing so might one day allow him to rise up to the ultimate dream job: Chief Impact Officer of the entire Taco Bell empire.

Irish actor Barry Keoghan was hospitalised after he was the victim of an unprovoked attack in Galway city.

EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Fumero (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Luka Jones (Shrill), and Julian Gant (Call Me Kat) will star in Bar Fight, a comedy from writer/director Jim Mahoney (Klaus), which wrapped production this week in Los Angeles.

Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterA small rural village in Dumfries and Galloway is stepping up efforts to support its elderly residents and rebuild community spirit post-lockdown.Balmaclellan’s community council, Hall Trust and Community Trust members were concerned about the impact the lockdown restrictions were having on local residents, particularly elderly people who were isolated at home.They met at Balmaclellan Store in recent months to

Gwyneth Paltrow showed off her toned bikini body in a sauna selfie shared Tuesday to Instagram.  The 48-year-old actress posed for the selfie while wearing a two-piece blue, black and white patterned bikini.

“They’ll be filled up by local businesses run by local people for their local community – as opposed to the idea of getting big national companies in.“Those days are pretty much gone, so it’s down to the communities to fill that gap now.”

Yesterday, prosecutor Dan Byrne said the Crown had established that McCulloch had made £409,613 during his time as a criminal.However, the Crown can only recover £246,194.40 from McCulloch at this time.

The workshop has also earned praise from museum manager, Judith Hewitt, who said: “We are so pleased to have been able to put Desray’s great idea into action.

Initial inspections have found the fountain is structurally sound but needs “deep maintenance and repairs to the water circulation and detailed decoration”.To become fully functional it will also need a new water pumping and filtration system to meet current regulations.