Dumfries and Borders

The Wild Goose Festival is running from October 16 to October 23, 2021. (Picture credit: Kirstin McEwan Photography)

The Wild Goose Festival returns to Dumfries
People

"Very challenging" driver shortage forces First Bus cuts
Transport

Scottish music industry honours Frightened Rabbit with ‘classic album’ award
What's On

Hundreds more Borders homes on cards after housing association secures funds
Business

ScotRail strikes during Cop26 ‘would make Scotland international laughing stock’
Transport

ScotRail ticket offices under threat to help fund staff pay increase
Transport

Panic buying fuel shows we rely on our cars too much – Alastair Dalton
Columnists

UK Government's ‘wilful neglect’ over shortages harming economy – John Swinney
Transport

Sheep killed in suspected crossbow incident in Dumfries and Galloway
Crime

New life for sculptor's 'heart of wood' home
People

As many drug drivers as drink drivers caught by Scotland's traffic police
Transport

Scotland’s lorry driver shortage: Image problem at heart of malaise
Transport

Doubts over ambitious target to scrap half of Scotland’s diesel buses by 2023
Transport

Long-running ScotRail Sunday strikes a ‘national humiliation’ – Labour
Transport

Women take the lead as volunteer 'pilots' on trishaws for elderly and disabled
Transport

Man pronounced dead at the scene of a crash involving a car and an HGV
Crime

Highland cow safari: 'We really can’t believe the reaction we’ve had'
People

Christmas shortages threat ‘entirely inflicted’ by Brexit – Nicola Sturgeon
Transport

ScotRail cuts: ‘We won’t get people back on trains by taking that train away’
Transport

Donor shares 'incredible' artefacts with new museum of Roman invasion
Heritage

ScotRail facing new crisis just as passenger numbers recover - Alastair Dalton
Transport

Passengers face prolonged ScotRail train cancellations after further strike vote
Transport

Transport promises radical edge for SNP-Greens’ deal
Transport

Stirling, Perth, Dundee and Fife up against cross-border bid for culture crown
What's On

How will I be affected by ScotRail's timetable changes?
Transport

Hundreds of ScotRail trains won't be restored under planned timetable revamp
Transport

Highway Code is a bestselling lifesaver worthy of another read – Alastair Dalton
Columnists

Free bikes for every Scottish pupil who can’t afford one launched
Transport

Can ministers seize the opportunity from ScotRail's crisis? – Alastair Dalton
Columnists

Business hub to create 100 jobs in Stranraer as part of £1 million investment
Business

More priority for pedestrians and cyclists in updated Highway Code
Transport

Lure of steam to boost our heritage railways – Alastair Dalton
Columnists

Free bus travel for the young could transform it for all - Alastair Dalton
Columnists

Free bus travel for under-22s across Scotland to start in January
Transport

Photography prize to celebrate 200th anniversary of mechanics institutes
Heritage

Four hour Sleeper delay and major ScotRail disruption from Edinburgh line damage
Transport

Six deaths as roads reach busiest for years prompts Police Scotland warning
Transport

Eagle eyes: line-up revealed for festival celebrating Scotland's national bird
Environment

Police appeal launched after driver hits two cyclists in Dumfries and Galloway
Crime

Fuel spill and broken down HGV cause A1 at Eyemouth to close
Transport

New speed camera deployed at Borders collision hotspot
Transport

Local filmmaker wraps Dumfries and Galloway grassroots film project
People

Historic Stow station building turned into bar in Borders village with no pub
Transport

Campaigners ‘aghast’ at Scotland's £20m newest station's lack of trains
Transport

The largest ever map of Scotland has been unveiled in the Borders
People

Scottish border post to cost taxpayers £30m to build and operate
Politics

Fire crews still battling Scottish Borders blaze near golf club
News

ScotRail passenger numbers rebound after travel restrictions eased
Transport

LNER’s ‘impactful’ black sand sculptures spark row with airlines
Transport

Over £36,000 worth of damage caused in 'reckless' act of wilful fire-raising
Crime

The compelling adverts showing why drivers must switch off – Alastair Dalton
Columnists

Appeal launched for Scotland's 200-year-old trailblazing mechanics institutes
Heritage

RMT warns of ‘long summer of strikes’ at ScotRail as more stoppages announced
Transport

Great British Railways body announced to run industry – but what about Scotland?
Transport

Attempted murder investigation launched after two women hit by same car
Crime

More Portuguese flights announced after countries Scots can visit revealed
Transport

Portugal and Gibraltar among 12 countries on UK Government’s green travel list
Transport

Danny MacAskill reveals hopes of buying a farm to convert into a filmmaking hub
What's On

What the election result means for independence
Politics

April was Scotland’s sunniest on record – but also one of the coldest
Environment

Pavement parking ban delay to 2023 angers campaigners
Transport

ScotRail strikes to halt 90 per cent of trains: Which services still running?
Transport

Trunk road maintenance firm BEAR Scotland announces up to 50 new jobs
Transport

Extend free bus travel to ‘transform’ lives of under 25s – Poverty Alliance
Transport

Why Scotland could see radical Green policies become a reality – Alastair Dalton
Columnists

ScotRail fare dodgers warned ticket checks to resume on Monday
Transport

New studies to help save Scotland's rare black grouse
Environment

New contest proposed to crown Scottish culture towns
What's On

Two-year-old killed in 'tragedy' crash in Dumfries
Crime

All Easter Day trains outside Glasgow area cancelled by ScotRail
Transport

ScotRail unions consider strike ballot over pay
Transport

Half of ScotRail services to be halted on Sunday in pay row
Transport

Parking across new segregated cycle lanes must be stamped out – Alastair Dalton
Columnists

Scottish system for submitting dash and helmet cam footage of lawbreakers urged
Transport

Electric scooter rider charged with illegal road use welcomed by campaigners
Transport

Fear of attack unacceptably high for half the population – Alastair Dalton
Columnists