Dumfries & Borders

A novel about an 18th century gang of Yorkshire counterfeiters has been declared the winner of Britain’s biggest Prize for historical fiction at the Baillie Gifford Borders Book Festival.

The true story of a disaffected crew who overthrew their cruel captain was immortalised in the 1962 film Mutiny on the Bounty.

Angry Conservatives have claimed the Scottish Government is planning a multi-million pound “money grab” from the Borders by charging for work undertaken by the local council on wind farm applications.

Pro-independence campaigners have staged a march in Dumfries, weeks after a similar event in Glasgow attracted a record number of participants.

Young’s Seafood has confirmed it will close Pinneys seafood factory after failing to find any “viable alternative”.

A Danish-inspired scheme to get elderly people out and about on people-carrying trishaws is to be extended across Scotland, it was announced today.

People hooked on trading cryptocurrencies are to be offered treatment to deal with their addiction in the first centre of its kind in the Scottish Borders.

Singer Will Young has been banned from driving after a man had to jump clear of his car which then crashed into a parked vehicle.

Two cats have died after being found foaming at the mouth in a town in the Scottish Borders.

It is almost 35 years since Roger Baird pulled on the famous red jersey of the British and Irish Lions so, after missing the postman, he was more than willing to wait a few more days to get his hands on the ceremonial cap to recognise his achievement.

A police crash investigator yesterday told a jury that the Rangers supporters’ bus crash which killed a fan was caused by driver Callum Phillips ‘going too fast’.

A wealthy property owner is holding a competition to give away a 45-room castle worth £2.5million -- for just £5 a ticket.

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Borders-based actor and director Gerda Stevenson has urged the retention of a threatened “lifeline” bus route between Edinburgh and Dumfries.

The Scottish SPCA has seized more young dogs being smuggled from Ireland as part of a multi-agency fight against the ruthless puppy trading industry.

Campaigners for the man found guilty of carrying out the 1988 Lockerbie bombing have welcomed the “momentous” decision to review his conviction.

Two dead red kites found in Dumfries and Galloway were illegally poisoned, police have said.

An elderly man has died after his car left the road and hit a tree in the Borders.