Dumfries & Borders

A former resident of a children’s home confided to an ex-employee he had been raped and sexually abused as a teenager, an inquiry has been told.

Global business process management firm Hinduja Global Solutions (HGS) is to create up to 150 jobs at its base in the Borders as part of a major expansion.

Thirty years on from the devastating Lockerbie bombing disaster, the wreckage of Pan Am flight 103 lies in a scrapyard in Lincolnshire.

Two bodies have been found in the search for a Scottish couple whose car was found washed up on a beach amid bad weather.

Borders-based Spark Energy has become the seventh small energy supplier to cease trading this year amid severe turmoil in the sector.

Police are investigating a suspicious fire that tore through a historic hotel building.

A number of people have been taken to hospital after a crash between a bus and a lorry.

Animal welfare experts are warning people not to approach seals as the pupping season gets under way.

A woolly hat maker has invested £50,000 in specialist equipment and relocated to larger premises to keep up with demand, as it targets a 30 per cent rise in sales.

Police are investigating a range of violent and antisocial behaviour which took place last night.

A woman has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a three-vehicle crash on a country road.

A driver who died following a one-car crash in Dumfries has been named by police.

The Scottish Secretary and a group of charity cyclists are to attend US events marking the 30th anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing.

A man has died after his car left the road and hit a tree.

Verdant Leisure has acquired a holiday park on the Dumfries and Galloway coastline, marking the group’s fifth purchase in just over two years.

It is best known for its turbulent history and getting caught up in bloody cross-border conflicts.

A Scottish Borders couple have revealed the heartbreak at losing their son in a road accident in England at the weekend was compounded by him being misidentified and another couple summoned to the hospital to identify him.

A luxury cashmere brand based in the Borders is pursuing its global growth ambitions after securing a seven-figure funding package.

A Borders-based shop that is believed to be the UK’s oldest pet supply business has been put on the market.