Hundreds of Dumfries and Galloway police officers given kits to help potential overdose victims

Local Gaelic backers have welcomed a cash injection from the national body responsible for promoting and fostering the language.

A programme packed full of storytelling, theatre, music dance, comedy and spoken word will feature in Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival in May.

Free training is on offer to charities and community groups across Dumfries and Galloway.

Sex assault victims will get the right to independent legal representation when their attackers are on trial, Justice Minister Keith Brown has said. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Record, Brown said the new Criminal Justice Reform Bill will put greater protections in place so courts are a less hostile environment for female victims.

Many will forget their balanced diets when an evening out with friends comes along, and rightfully so as everyone has to treat themselves now and again.

Councillors believe it would be “a travesty” if Galloway lost its biosphere status.

Healthcare workers have accepted a new pay offer.

Many households will have altered their lifestyle and habits to cut down on their bills amid the current cost of living crisis.

Loch Ken Trust recently held the first of a series of environmental education sessions at Galloway Activity Centre.

Motherwell gaffer Stuart Kettlewell believes Fashion Sakala was offside for Rangers’ third goal at Fir Park - despite VAR ruling that it stood.

Cops have issued an urgent re-appeal in their bid to trace 12-year-old Jamie-Lee Harvey, who has been missing from Ayr for four days.

Police officers who had been involved with Sheku Bayoh before his death were given results from his post-mortem examination despite refusing to give statements or complete notebooks beforehand, the inquiry into his death has heard.

A Lidl worker who stole more than £800 has been ordered to pay it back in full. Shannon Mansbridge, 25, appeared in court accused of stealing £829.87 from the Manchester shop between April and June 2022.

Hundreds turned out for the Manchester’s Irish Parade today in celebration of St Patrick’s Day.

A rent hike of 6.5 per cent is being imposed by a social landlord in Dumfries and Galloway next month.

Forecasts of heavy snow for Galloway don’t often materialise – but this time it could be different.

Workers at the Galloway Hydro Scheme have voted to go on strike.

Amber Gill has posted a series of snaps on her Instagram, including a few from a romantic getaway to Paris with girlfriend Jen Beattie .The holiday snaps were amongst a number of another pics which Amber uploaded with the caption: “February you were cute jeans x” Jen captured Amber wearing a headset and struggling to figure out how to work a Nintendo DS as the pair took a tour around the Louvre. Another pic shows Amber smiling cheekily back at the camera, having successfully figured out how to work the device.The pair also enjoyed cocktails at a rooftop bar with stunning views of the French capital.The third pic of the bunch shows the pair enjoying a glass of fizz and holding hands across the table.

Controversial plans to develop land on the Crichton Estate have been submitted to the council.

Dumfries schoolchildren are to go behind the scenes to see how the restoration work on the town’s historic fountain is shaping up.