The depute Labour group leader posed the question after the idea formed part of SNP and Conservative budget proposals.

A motion from SNP councillors had wanted officials to look into plans for a visitor levy for overnight stays in the region.

Health bosses are urging drug users to be “extra vigilant” amid reports of overdoses happening as soon as drugs are injected.

The crooks made off with 27 pallets of e-cigarettes from the vehicle after leaving the driver shaken but unhurt.

The ruling group of a Scottish council is considering its position after its budget proposals were defeated for the second year in a row. The Conservative-led administration on Dumfries and Galloway ...

Hundreds of e-cigarettes have been stolen from a lorry parked in a layby in Dumfries and Galloway. A group of men threatened the driver of the vehicle as it was stopped on the A75 between the B7020 ...

The leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council has backed plans for a major Borders sculpture which hopes to become an international cultural ...

Ailsa Buchanan from Stranraer & Rhins is SAYFC’s National Member of the Year! Find out why her dedication to farming and her club earned ...

A Cumbrian building society has highlighted the significance of community engagement in a changing financial landscape.

Scottish devolution is a job half done. Decentralising Scotland up, down and out from Edinburgh is important for our governance and politics ...

A public appeal for money to help restore some of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s (RGBE) botanical treasures following the “devastation” of Storm Éowyn has topped £100,000. More than 1,500 people ...