Dumfries charity shortlisted for award after popularising Robert Burns through Minecraft

A new poll suggests six-in-10 Scots are worried about affording their bills this year including mortgage repayments, monthly rent, and energy costs. The Survation poll for Scotland’s national advice charity, Advice Direct Scotland, also indicated 17 per cent of those with debt have fallen behind in their repayments.

The Twilight Sad have shared a live cover of Frightened Rabbit‘s ‘Keep Yourself Warm’.The song was recorded on the band’s recent European tour supporting The Cure and will be released exclusively on Bandcamp on a pay-what-you-want basis. All proceeds will go to Tiny Changes, the charity set up by the family of late Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison.Hutchison died by suicide in May 2018, and Tiny Changes was set up in his memory.

Forecasts of heavy snow for Galloway don’t often materialise – but this time it could be different.

Around 300 police officers in Dumfries and Galloway are to carry Naloxone on duty for use in a potentially life-threatening overdose situation.

A Scots charity legend who scaled mountains and crossed deserts to earn his MBE has blasted Boris Johnson’s plans to knight his dad as a “slap in the face”.

Poorer households with smokers spend almost a third of their income on tobacco, it has been disclosed, prompting calls to increase support to stop smoking in deprived areas, a charity has said.

In a bid to bring people in Scotland together, Carr Gomm has recently launched its Big Carr Gomm Challenge to invite people to join forces and take on a challenge together.

Controversial plans to develop land on the Crichton Estate have been submitted to the council.

Dumfries schoolchildren are to go behind the scenes to see how the restoration work on the town’s historic fountain is shaping up.

The number of people seeking work and claiming benefits in Dumfries and Galloway has dropped sharply.

A top soap actor and singer will take to the stage for a two-night musical extravaganza later this month.

Mary's Meals has been forced to shut down all its charity shops and warehouse after deeming the operation as 'no longer viable'.

A drunk driver who was jailed for killing an island vet has been granted parole after serving only half his sentence.

A Perthshire church minister is planning a hymn-a-thon, playing hymns continuously to his flock until he has completed every single one in the hymn book.

West Lothian Fundraising hero John Thompson is showing no sign of slowing down at 80 years old after he embarked on yet another challenge.

Thousands of Dumfries and Galloway Council employees are expected to be granted a bonus day off work in May to mark the King’s coronation.

Fundraising efforts have been under way across Dumfriesshire to help an estimated 17 million people in Turkey and Syria affected by the powerful earthquakes there.

Scots director Charlotte Wells took home the award for Best Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer for her film Aftersun at The BAFTAs on Sunday night.

Aftersun actor Paul Mescal heaped praise on his young Scots co-star as she scooped an award at the Newport Beach Film Festival on Thursday.

The storms which hit the region late last year have left Dumfries and Galloway Council with a roads repair bill of nearly £500,000.