Dumfries & Borders

A warning of heavy rain and thunder in western Scotland today has been issued by the Met Office.

Estate owner Buccleuch has described trading in its core markets as “challenging” as it posted results for the past financial year.

John Paul Jones, dubbed the ‘father of the US Navy’, was born to Jean Duff and John Paul Sr. in Arbigland, in south-western Scotland on 6 July 1747, under the birth name of plain John Paul.

A Scottish aristocrat with a keen interest in the paranormal left an estate worth over £30 million in his will.

Mellerstain House in the Borders has received a facelift thanks to a new installation by acclaimed artist Steve Messam.

Generations on, the grassy knoll in Dallas still fuels conspiracy theories about John F Kennedy’s assassination. The Lockerbie bombing is likewise.

A football fan’s dying wish has led to a game between a lower-league Scottish club and Dutch giants FC Twente.

A Scottish health authority has warned of a small number of E. coli O157 cases across which appear to be linked to a recent Tough Mudder event.

Stagecoach tycoon Sir Brian Souter has backed a £1.8 million fundraising by a Borders-based gene therapy specialist.

He was once the new kid on the block with his Blackcircles business, an entrepreneur with a burning ambition to challenge established players.

Two men have been convicted of breaching fox-hunting laws in the first successful prosecution of its kind in Scotland.

Roxburghe Estates has announced it will sell one of its landmark properties next month.

Staff at Trump golf courses in Scotland have been asked not to display a Time Magazine cover featuring the US President after it was confirmed to be a fake.

A new enterprise agency is being set up to meet the “distinctive economic needs” of the south of Scotland.

A new enterprise agency will be set up in the south of Scotland aimed at meeting the region’s “distinctive economic needs”, the Economy Secretary has said.

THE opportunity to step back in time and travel by steam train on Scotland’s newest scenic rail route, as well as cross the Forth Rail Bridge, is back on the timetable this summer.

TWO calves stuck up to their necks in mud at Kirkcudbright Harbour have been pulled to safety by firefighters using their hoses.

Scotland rugby legend Doddie Weir has revealed he is suffering from motor neurone disease.