Facilities in Kirkcudbright, Moffat, Thornhill and Newton Stewart are set to become community health and social care hubs

The organisation is working with a number of groups to offer the sessions, which aim to better understand, appreciate and protect native woodlands

HRH The Princess Royal visited Rowan Glen, having been there in 1997 to open the factory

Education chiefs were inundated with opinions from parents, staff, trade unions, and the wider community on the proposals for a condensed learning week and school closing early on Fridays

Environmental health teams visited 166 premises in a six-month period between April 1 and September 30, and 148 of them failed to get pass marks on that initial visit

Linda Dorward has acknowledged work done by council chiefs but wants more to be done around the “extremely concerning” increases in racist behaviour