SHOCKING: 4 - What They Never Told You

Number of Dumfries and Galloway Council employees off with stress up by 30 per cent

There were 127 members of staff absent due to work-related stress and 146 instances recorded in total

Daily Record · Jun 24, 2022

Number of people facing fuel poverty is "seriously frightening" in Dumfries and Galloway

Councillor calls for more action to help householders following release of new report shedding light on people struggling to heat their homes

Daily Record · Jun 16, 2022

Travelling family who face being booted out of their home feel "completely let down" by Dumfries and Galloway Council

George and Jenny Allan claim no one from the Scottish Government or the council has been in touch to tell them they lost their appeal

Daily Record · Jun 16, 2022

Cross-party collective takes control of Dumfries and Galloway Council

SNP leader Stephen Thompson and Labour leader Linda Dorward have been appointed co-leaders

Daily Record · May 26, 2022

Labour take joint control of Scots council – despite Anas Sarwar's coalition ban

SCOTTISH Labour have entered a coalition with the SNP to take joint control of a local authority – despite Anas Sarwar explicitly having…

The National (Scotland) · May 24, 2022

New leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council's Labour group urges political parties to work together

Linda Dorward was chosen for the lead role just nine days after being elected as a councillor for the first time

Daily Record · May 20, 2022

Former Dumfries Prison governor ditches working with convicts to step into politics

Linda Dorward has been elected to serve on Dumfries and Galloway Council in the latest twist in a very interesting career

Daily Record · May 13, 2022

'We're ruling nothing out': party leaders on who will take control of Dumfries and Galloway Council

The Conservatives are openly inviting talks with opposition councillors about striking a power-sharing deal

Daily Record · May 13, 2022

'Party politics' forced Dumfries and Galloway councillor to quit SNP just months before election

Dougie Campbell says that trust in politicians is "pretty low" at the moment and he wants electorate to be served better

Daily Record · May 12, 2022

Bridge at Old Brig o' Dee at risk as lorry drivers flout the rules

In the latest incident a lorry and low loader carrying farm vehicles was spotted trying to negotiate the bridge.

Daily Record · May 9, 2022