The Latest Breaking News from Dumfries

Some of Scotland’s leading architects and heritage experts are on board to help develop the vision for Burns’ former family home

The council is doing more promotion and offering better financial incentives in a bid to tackle a shortage of carers

The Scottish poet wrote some of his most celebrated works at Ellisland Farm, near Dumfries, where he lived with his wife Jean Armour.

Food Train has launched a fundraising campaign to boost its work to ensure older people across the south west get essential supplies

The council is looking for ways to tackle a £50 million shortfall over the next five years

Campaigners are seeking support in their fight against the Crichton Trust’s £45 million “care campus” proposal.

Lewis Grant, targeted victims from Edinburgh to Stirling, over a nine-year period. His offending started in 2011 when he had unlawful sex with a 15-year-old in Dumfries.

Three medieval 14th century Scots have been brought back to life through 3D digital reconstructions. The 14th century Wigtownshire residents were buried at Whithorn Priory in the Dumfries and Galloway region in Scotland.

Some of these youngsters are just 16 or 17 when seeking emergency accommodation