Dumfries and Borders

A view overlooking Threave Nature Reserve where a 100 year project is underway to restore the land to its most natural state (pic: National Trust Scotland)

A closer look at a disused dairy turned wildlife haven

Schloss Roxburghe exterior Pic: Christian Laukemper

Travel: Schloss Roxburghe, Kelso, review

Andrew Miller, 53, who is also known as Amy George, pleaded guilty to four charges

Transgender butcher told 'abhorrent crimes' were of the 'utmost deviance'

Dumfries Dental Clinic & Implant Centre has relocated on the back of the major investment by Scottish Dental Care.

Dumfries dental practice to double up after £600k investment

The Stilt House occupies a stunning position in the beautiful Scottish Borders.

Take a tour of a quirkly and rustic treehouse in the Scottish Borders

Dalhousie Castle & Aqueous Spa, located some eight miles from Edinburgh, offers 35 bedrooms, a spa and 2 AA rosette dining.

Luxury hotel and spa close to Edinburgh one of four venues put up for sale

The Borders Book Festival will be returning to Harmony Garden in Melrose in June. Picture: Lloyd Smith

Douglas Stuart, Judy Murray and Andy Burnham to appear at leading book festival

Three people were killed in the Carmont derailment in August 2020. Picture: RAIB

New safety gear added to ageing ScotRail fleet involved in fatal Carmont crash

RMT Scottish organiser Mick Hogg described the Scottish Government's public sector pay policy as a "blatant attack on free collective bargaining". Picture: Robert Perry/PA

RMT threatens ScotRail with another ‘summer of discontent’ over pay limits

The Scottish Greens said the review could be crucial in improving rural bus services. Picture: Ninian Reid/Skye 5/Wikimedia Commons

‘More affordable’ bus fares to be condition of Scottish Government funding?

RMT members protesting outside Glasgow Central Station in September. Picture: John Devlin

ScotRail paid £6.5m compensation after Network Rail strikes cancel 40,000 trains

Standard class passengers would have have first class-style 2+1 seating. Picture: Grand Union

Grand Union optimistic of approval for spacious new Stirling-London trains

Lisa Thomson is to be inducted into the Melrose 7s Hall of Fame. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group)

Melrose Sevens women’s tournament to be played alongside men’s event

Developed by the Tweed Forum environmental charity, the Eddleston Water project in the Scottish Borders has been chosen as a Unesco Ecohydrology Demonstration Site – the only one in the UK

Unesco designation for Scottish Borders river project

Officers wait outside Selkirk Sheriff Court. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Man charged over disappearance of 11-year-old girl to appear in court

Benny Higgins, chairman of Buccleuch: 'The fit between Buccleuch and Oxygen Conservation could not be better.'

Langholm Moor: New owner to develop plan for 'unique area' following land sale

Boath House

Scotland's best restaurants with rooms to visit in 2023

Virgin Hotels Glasgow

Luxury hotels opening in Scotland for 2023

Morgan Barbour and Freya Pellie are among the performers in Le Haggis, the cabaret show revived for this year's Big Burns Supper festival in Dumfries. Picture: Stuart Walker

Festival aims for permanent cultural hub in town where Burns spent final years

The IndiNature Mill is based in Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders. Picture: David Stroud

£2 million investment secured for Borders mill behind eco-insulation products

Suzanne Mulholland Pic: Ryan Hall

Flavour Profile Q&A: Suzanne Mulholland, aka The Batch Lady

Three Met Office severe weather warnings have been issued for Friday. Picture: Met Office

Scotland’s weather: Amber warning of heavy rain with ‘significant impacts’

The rain warning will be in force from 3am to 6pm on Friday but subject to change. Picture: Met Office

Scotland’s weather: Heavy rain warning for Friday with snow risk

Wigwam Holidays Wigtown offers luxury wooden en-suite wigwam cabins and larger open plan converted shipping container cabins in the outskirts of Wigtown.

Galloway agri-tourism business goes for growth with additional wigwam cabins

Rory Stone of Highland Fine Cheeses

Scottish food and drink winners of 2022

Those attending Doddie Weir's memorial service have been asked to wear tartan. Picture: Funding Neuro/PA Wire

Doddie Weir: Memorial service details announced with request to wear tartan

Those attending Doddie Weir's memorial service have been asked to wear tartan. Picture: Funding Neuro/PA Wire

Doddie Weir: Memorial service details announced with request to wear tartan

Andrew Pearson in his taproom

Ukrainian celebrity chef cooks charity dinner in Dumfries

The single carriageway A75 is a key lorry route connecting the M74 and M6 at Gretna with the Cairnryan ferry ports

Autumn Statement: A75 upgrade study triggers new Conservatives-SNP row

Tom Broughton

Glasses brand, Cubitts, opens two Edinburgh shops

Rachel Morgan and Emily Cuddeford, founders of Twelve Triangles

Twelve Triangles Melrose recipes

Caitlin Heard of The Borders Distillery

Day in the Life: Caitlin Heard of The Borders Distillery

You can have a great day out in the Scottish Borders without spending any money.

Here are 10 school holiday treats you can enjoy in the Borders

The A6105 where the crash happened. Picture: AAIB

Pilot crashes into hedge after using road as makeshift runway with 5ft clearance

Checco Pic: Lizzie Mayson.

Pasta Grannies are back with a second recipe book

Bagel

Apples for Jam, Melrose, review - we visit this popular cafe for lunch and cake

Frankenstein's cover

Day in the Life: James Rose of The Folio Society

The Railway Carriage living space Pic: AMANDA FARNESE HEATH

Travel: The Railway Carriage, Melrose

Theragun at Pure

Theragun massage launches at Scotland's Pure Spa & Beauty

The 'new' Caerlaverock Castle (top) was built only a short distance away from the original moated mansion, on ground just 7m above normal sea level -- researchers have revealed that both fortifications were affected by storm surges during a period of climate change between 1200 and 1570. Picture: RCAHMS

Ancient Scottish castles were hit by medieval climate change, researchers find

Cape Wrath lighthouse is on the north west tip of mainland Scotland. Picture: Ian Cowe/Northern Lighthouse Board

Dream job Scotland: Visiting lighthouse keeper for Cape Wrath and Stoer Head

Architectural render by Michael Laird Architects of the proposed St Boswells distillery.

Borders distillery project pushes ahead after joining Green Investment Portfolio

Hawico crafts luxury cashmere garments from its factory in Hawick and operates 13 stores across Scotland, England, Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Japan, in addition to selling its products online.

Borders cashmere brand to expand thanks to 'state-of-the-art' knitting machines

Avanti West Coast operates between Glasgow, Edinburgh and London Euston

New 34.8C Scottish temperature record set in Borders

Members of the public at Portobello Beach amid today's heatwave. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Scottish temperature record set to be broken as extreme conditions intensify

A man enjoys the sun in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh as the UK is hit by a heatwave. Picture: SWNS

Extreme temperature warnings not treated seriously, warns head of Met Office

Community wealth minister Tom Arthur, centre, with members of Midsteeple Quarter, other project funders and contractors in front of the construction site on Dumfries High Street.

More than £7 million secured for project to breathe new life into Dumfries

The crumbling remains of Whitehead today. The site will be visited next week by archaeologists and local historian Anna Campbell. PIC: Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership.

Searching for the past at Scotland's last industrial 'ghost town'

The Borders General Hospital at Melrose

Health board cancels routine operations amid Covid surge

Police believe a 48-year-old woman may have fallen from a moving vehicle onto the A701.

Injured woman found on A701 may have 'fallen from a moving vehicle'

Giacopazzi's

Restaurant Review: Giacopazzi's, Eyemouth

Pic: Tracey Bloxham

The Bay apartments at Coldingham, travel

Sandy Mutch, the Border Piper, welcomes in the 6.16am TransPennine Express service to Reston Station, the first passenger service to stop in the village for more than 50 years. (Picture: Jason Lock)

Train stops at Reston station for first time in more than 50 years

Avian flu has decimated world population of Svalbard barnacle geese, which spend winter on the Solway coast. Picture: Lorne Gill/NatureScot

Geese a hand: Call for help for birds devastated by avian flu outbreak

Logan Botanic Garden, near Stranraer in Dumfries and Galloway, is a regional outpost of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and home to a huge variety of exotic plants

Budding artists encouraged to get creative in Scotland's 'most exotic' garden

Alice Gully and Kate Mactaggart with Doddie Weir. Pic: Bill McBurnie Photography

To support Doddie Weir charity, Scottish Borders duo take part in Mongol Derby

Short-eared owls are among the wildlife found at the newly established Tarras Valley Nature Reserve in Dumfries and Galloway, set up following a community buyout of land from Buccleuch Estates. Picture: John Wright

Deadline extended for community buyout of Dumfries and Galloway moorland

Network Rail said two sets of points would have to be replaced before the line could be reopened. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

ScotRail: Major disruption after train derailment could continue until Tuesday

Julian Clary is appearing at this year's Borders Book Festival.

Borders Book Festival reveals line-up for 2022 comeback at traditional home

Return tickets can be cheaper than singles on some ScotRail one-way journeys. Picture: John Devlin

ScotRail failing to show cheapest fares for some journeys on its website

Lothian operates a £1.80 flat single fare in Edinburgh but it is higher in many other Scottish towns and cities. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

End ‘eye-watering’ bus fares with £2 cap, urges Gordon Brown think tank

Kerry Jones is behind a project to turn a 1980 caravan into a solar-powered cinema which will tour the south of Scotland.

1980s caravan to become solar-powered mobile cinema

The Borders Book Festival will return to Harmony Garden in Melrose in June.

Joanna Lumley, Val McDermid and Andrew Marr to appear at Borders Book Festival

Irish sea ferry operators have shared their “dismay” at the Scottish Government’s transport review.

Irish sea ferry operators share 'dismay' at Scottish Government transport review

Young golden eagles that have already learned to fly have been captured in the Outer Hebrides and released in southern Scotland as part of a ground-breaking project to bring the species back to the region - it's the first time the technique has been used for raptor reintroduction in the UK. Picture: John Wright/South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project

Why young eagles are moving from the isles to Scotland's southern region

A new TV drama on the impact of the Lockerbie disaster is going into production this year. Picture: Roy Letkey

Lockerbie bombing TV drama to go into production this year

Gareth Steel

Gareth Steel's book reveals the truth about being a vet

The wind warning will be in force for 24 hours from noon on Sunday. Picture: Met Office

Scotland’s weather: New 80mph storm warning for Sunday

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As of March 31, 7,849 Scots had been waiting over two years for inpatient, outpatient or day care treatment from NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland's waiting times 'demonstrably worse' than south of the border

Glasgow's low emission zone is bounded by the M8, River Clyde and High Street/Saltmarket. Picture: John Devlin

All you need to know about driving into Glasgow's new low emission zone

Union chiefs have demanded action over reports of violence

Airport check-in staff assaulted and abused by ‘thuggish’ passengers – GMB union