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Youth charged with assault after cyclist knocked off bike in Stranraer
The cyclist was seen to be knocked off his bike in a video widely shared on social media
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ScotRail train route shut for two weeks as passengers face major disruption
ScotRail services between Glasgow, Kilmarnock, Dumfries, Carlisle and Stranraer will be replaced by buses as major track works get underway.
Dumfries and Galloway inn crowned 'Scotland's best pub' as it vies for UK crown
The seaside bar offers up to seven beers from its in-house brewery.
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Man killed in country road crash in Dumfries and Galloway named by police
The man died when his grey Mini collided with a black Range Rover on the B721 near Dornock
Man cleared over Lockerbie bombing dies – reports
Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah stood trial over the 1988 atrocity.
Man, 22, arrested and charged in connection with fatal road crash in Stranraer
A white Vauxhall Vivaro van collided with pedestrian Margaret Joy Todd, 85, who was taken to hospital where she later died.
Victims’ families ‘absolutely floored’ as Lockerbie bombing trial postponed
Jury selection was scheduled to begin on Wednesday for the federal trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi in Washington, DC.
Judge postpones US trial for Libyan man charged over Lockerbie bombing
Jury selection was scheduled to begin on Wednesday for the federal trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi in Washington, DC.
Trial for Libyan man charged over Lockerbie bombing postponed by US judge
The judge's order did not specify the nature of newly discovered evidence
Everything you need to know about the upcoming Lockerbie bombing trial
It will be the first time anyone has stood trial on US soil over the attack, which killed all 259 people on board and 11 on the ground
'Unprecedented' El Niño threatens Storm Desmond-level flooding across Scotland
Storm Desmond caused an estimated £870 million in damages across the UK in 2015
Cannibal killer who murdered man and ate victim's finger in Scots town caged
Gabriel Brown, 35, also chopped off the victim's ring finger, cooked it and ate the severed digit.
'Seeking an answer is not misconduct' Councillor Fiona Higgins speaks out on her freedom of speech battle
Writing for the Record, Councillor Fiona Higgins explains why elected representatives must be free to question unelected council officials when it comes to public spending.
Man ‘possessed by Aleister Crowley’ who stabbed step-mum’s ex 22 times jailed for at least 23 years
Gabriel Brown chopped off Joseph Johnston's finger and ate it before setting his home on fire
Bluetongue restricitions to be introduced in Scotland as animal movement curbed
A total of seven sheep and 13 cattle have so far been affected by the deadly virus in Scotland.
Protection zone brought in after two cases of bluetongue disease detected near Lockerbie
The latest case of the potentially deadly virus was found in two lambs near Lockerbie
Driver dies following two-vehicle crash in Dumfries and Galloway as woman taken to hospital
A 62-year-old woman was taken to hospital following the collision on Thursday morning near Gretna
Scots councils turning to AI to slash costs and cut jobs to plug £562m financial blackhole
Scots households already face higher council tax bills at a time local authorities are cutting services and shuttering public buildings.
Man who raped and sexually assaulted boys and woman ‘may never be released’
Christopher Rodger preyed on three boys and a woman in Dumfries and Galloway between 2005 and 2015
Case of ‘mad cow disease’ confirmed on Dumfries and Galloway farm
The Scottish Government confirmed that the BSE case, which is an always fatal neurodegenerative disease, was found during routine surveillance