Galloway

Dumfries and Galloway is the only UK location listed by National Geographic as one of the world’s best travel destinations for 2027

Readers' Letters: The beautiful irony of a National Geographic accolade

Teacher Fiona Lindsay won the Fresh Voice Award, for unpublished poets in Dumfries and Galloway.

'Profoundly Scottish' poetry competition reveals international winners

Sam Heughan Galloway event cancelled at Stranraer Oyster Festival

The latest case of bluetongue was reported on a farm near Lockerbie, with two lambs testing positive

Animal controls increased as fifth farm hit by bluetongue

Duncan Findlater, Amy Findlater, Ben Reade and Hollie Love Reid

New £170k East Lothian mill to connect Scottish farmers and bakers

Mad cow disease has been detected in Scotland for what is believed to be the first time this year

'Mad cow disease' case confirmed on Scottish farm

Bluetongue known as BTV-3, which emerged in the Netherlands in September 2023, was first identified in Scotland last week.

Scotland farmers face up to four week wait for new bluetongue vaccines

Firefighters in Scotland have warned of the ‘creaking’ service as gaps in staffing lead to soaring overtime bills and rising number of absences. PIC: Getty Images/iStockphoto

Firefighters: 'Everyone should be alarmed' at state of service

PIC Lisa Ferguson 27/09/2025

Sam Heughan launches Galloway distillery

The Outlander star has taken over the former Crafty Distillery and rebranded it as Galloway Distillery

Sam Heughan: Nude scenes in Outlander were 'perhaps forced' in early days

The Balloch Castle ash - suvivor of 1996 Oasis concert, disease and multiple storms - is in the running for Tree of the Year. PIC: Woodland Trust

Tree which survived Loch Lomond Oasis concert among 'toughest' in UK

A helicopter carrying water tackles the wildfire burning near Nethy Bridge in Cairngorms National Park in north-east Scotland (Jane Barlow/PA)

Cairngorms: 'Unpredictable' blaze creating 'treacherous' conditions

John Thomas, who is known as Jackie, and his wife Violet

Pensioner's 60-mile round trip to help husband stuck in hospital

Government funding for music tuition has been hailed a success - but cash should be ring fenced, a new report says

Exclusive Funding for free school music lessons 'spent on other services'

Wind farm stock image

Legal challenge made against ministers' rejection of '£1bn wind farm'

SP Energy Networks is helping waterways and wildlife in the south of Scotland thrive through a new partnership with Galloway Fisheries Trust and Forestry as well as Land Scotland, restoring peatland around Loch Moan to improve the health of Dumfries and Galloway’s River Cree.

Previous forested peatland restored to help river flow for fish

Sitka spruce is the most common conifer in Scotland

Scottish Forestry taken to court again over environmental concerns

Inside the Edinburgh house that's won Scotland's Home of the Year

Sam Heughan will take part in a flagship event at this year's Stranraer Oyster Festival

Sam Heughan to host 'flagship' event at Scottish oyster festival

Rail Sidings Limited managing director Gary Draisey aboard shunting locomotive “Charlie” at the Eastriggs site

Ambitious rail hub plan on site of 'devil's porridge' munitions plant

Inside 'country modern' house on Scotland's Home of the Year final

Steven McCreadie of Dry Ice by Eco at the Whigham's Inn in Sanquhar, where work is due to begin on the facade.

Pub frequented by Robert Burns to be restored to ‘former glory’

Scottish whisky distillery in ‘world first’ move to tap into wasted wind power

Invergeldie Estate, Scotland

Communities under pressure on Oxygen Conservation's Scottish estates

Exclusive Ferry firm condemns '20th century roads' and calls for bypass dualling

Malcolm Offord

Offord does not 'judge' candidate who called Yousaf 'Islamist'

Police appeal for witnesses after lorry crash near lake

The Jamie Fraser Collection Sassenach whisky

Sam Heughan bids farewell to Outlander with Jamie Fraser whisky

Poll: SNP on track for Holyrood majority thanks to tactical voting

Café and deli in grounds of Scottish castle taps into electric car boom

Ellisland Farm near Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway

Plans released to restore the only building Robert Burns ever built

The road is closed in both directions

A75: Major road closed near Gretna after lorry crash

Herds of feral goats roam Langholm Moor

Petition in response to Langholm feral goat cull reaches 20,000

Music education delivers huge benefits both to children and society at large (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: Music cuts to schools would be massive mistake

The crash happened at around 1pm on Tuesday

Driver, 23, airlifted to hospital after horror motorway crash

Tory MSP Dr Sandesh Gulhane called the figures 'shocking'

Exclusive 'Marathon' Scottish NHS shifts revealed, including 19-hour days

Fife College's St Brycedale Campus in Kirkcaldy (Pic: Scott Louden)

Exclusive SNP accused of favouring city colleges over towns and villages

70 jobs for south-west Scotland as building panel pioneer tackles housing crisis

Nursery 'deeply shocked' after children hit by runaway trailer

The driver of the car was taken to hospital.

Driver in hospital after lorry and car crash on major Scottish road

Actor Sam Heughan

Outlander star joins campaign to save Scottish theatre

BBC correspondent Alan Little, left, at the Wigtown Book Festival

Appetite for Scottish independence dependent on Westminster 'weather'

Families have been supported by our partnership with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - two-year-old Callie and her mother Leigh Stewart

Wheatley Foundation support reaches more than 12,000 households

Wheatley's environmental staff litter pick in the north west of Glasgow

Environmental recognition for Wheatley Group social landlords

Bruno the baby hare who has been hailed a "little miracle" after being delivered from its dead mother in an emergency roadside Caesarean after she was killed in a farming accident. Picture: Scottish SPCA /PA Wire

The baby hare hailed a 'little miracle' after being born roadside

SkiffieWorlds set to take place next month

The 2,000-strong rowing extravaganza descending on this Scottish town

Plans to create a national park in Galloway have proved controversial

Where £160k was spent on consultation for axed national park

Edward Ryan, 14, from Sanquhar, Dumfries and Galloway has won the audience award at the 2025 Into Film Awards in London.

Exclusive The 14-year-old autistic filmmaker who has scooped industry award

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries