The Latest Breaking News from Dumfries

New service aims to tackle Dumfries and Galloway's delayed discharge problem

Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway has launched the Wraparound Hospital To Home Service to help patients return home from Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary

Daily Record · Jul 6, 2023

Dumfries to honour woman who overcame prejudice as heroic doctor and Suffragette

Dr Flora Murray, who worked at Crichton Royal Hospital, is revered for many significant achievements

Daily Record · Jul 6, 2023

Delay to review on Dumfries and Galloway travel scheme for health patients branded "shocking"

Finlay Carson wants NHS Dumfries and Galloway patients to receive support to make appointments, with a similar scheme already running in NHS Highland

Daily Record · Jul 5, 2023

Council launches 'third time lucky' bid for Galloway to become next national park

Dumfries and Galloway councillors last week signed off on another consultation response to the Scottish Government

The National (Scotland) · Jul 4, 2023

Scots town under siege from aggressive seagulls stealing food from people's mouths

Dumfries residents say they have seen gulls walk into an Iceland supermarket to get food.

Daily Record · Jul 4, 2023

Kirkcudbright hotelier believes tourist tax would be “very difficult to implement” in Dumfries and Galloway

A consultation is under way on the potential introduction of an extra fee for people who stay overnight at accommodation ranging from hotels to self-catering cottages

Daily Record · Jul 4, 2023

Fears over future of smaller and rural Dumfries and Galloway after consultation launched

Union officials say they would "oppose any school closures on purely financial grounds"

Daily Record · Jul 4, 2023

Dumfries and Galloway Council to wipe out £17,000 of school meal debts

Councillors have agreed to write-off the debts that have been racked up by parents and carers unable to pay schools back for dinners

Daily Record · Jul 3, 2023

Man dies after falling overboard from Stena Line ferry near Scottish port

A MAN has died after falling overboard from a ferry in Dumfries and Galloway.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 2, 2023

Cows plunge off Scots cliff sparking major rescue as two people rush to save them

Two members of the public were trying to get the cattle out the water in Float Bay, Dumfries and Galloway, but were battling against the waves.

Daily Record · Jun 30, 2023