Surveillance network aims to stop Dumfries and Galloway being hit by avian flu again

Efforts to improve bathing water quality at a Stewartry beach appear to be working.

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

Leigh Griffiths capped off his Easter Road return by scoring a double, including a sensational strike from the halfway line.

Steve Clarke says his Scotland stars have no problem with the heightened security that has seen armoured military vehicles based outside their team hotel in Turkey and armed guards following their movements.

Taylor Swift is putting up a heroic effort to secure a month-long stint at Number 1 in the UK with Anti-Hero. Already Tay’s longest-running Number 1 hit here, the Jack Antonoff-produced single could extend that lead even further, with four consecutive weeks at the top…just in time to celebrate the Official Singles Chart’s 70th anniversary!

Going after the record held by Essam El-Hadary might be too much to ask.

NHS senior managers have spent over £350million on agency staff in just 20 months, the Sunday Mail can reveal.

Adult Disability Payment and Child Disability Payment are new health benefits replacing Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and Disability Living Allowance for Children (DLA for Child) for people living in Scotland. The devolved benefits will provide financial support for young children and those between 16 and State Pension age, who are disabled, have a long-term health condition or have a terminal illness.

Vice Media has cut around a dozen editorial and news staff as part of its latest round of layoffs.

EXCLUSIVE: Prasanna Puwanarajah said he jumped at the opportunity to appear in The Crown portraying infamous television journalist Martin Bashir, pummeled by a BBC inquiry that condemned the “deceitful” methods he used to obtain the controversial 1995 Panorama TV interview with Princess Diana, because ”roles like that just don’t really exist for Asian actors.”

Families of an estimated 145,000 children will benefit from extra support this winter to help with cost of living pressures, backed by Scottish Government investment of £18.9 million. First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, announced in October that Scottish Child Payment Bridging Payments in December will double from £130 to £260.

EXCLUSIVE: Jeff Hephner (Power Book II: Ghost) is game to try something new: he’s set to host Switch on the Game Show Network next year.

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.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has released a short video answering key questions a bout Winter Fuel Payments following an increase in people searching for information about the one-off annual heating bill support which is paid directly into bank accounts over November and December.

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

Avian flu has been detected at an Aberdeenshire farm, according to the Scottish Government.

Orestis Andreadakis, director of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, has a lot on his mind when he sits down with Deadline via Zoom from his office in Athens. Climate change, women’s rights, and the war in Ukraine are all topics he discussed, and he believes film festivals, including his own, must find a way to address and interrogate wider social issues.