Dumfries and Galloway County, Scotland News

Travellers in Scotland have faced further disruption as the cold weather continued.

Trinity Mirror has joined forced with Macmillan Media to launch a bid for the forthcoming regional news pilot in southern Scotland.

A PASSENGER who was killed in a two-car crash near Tweedsmuir has been named as Subramaniyam Thaveselvam from Abbot's Road, Southall, London.

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HEAVY snow and freezing temperatures caused more chaos on Scotland's roads and railways yesterday.

Motorists have been warned to take extra care on the roads on Sunday night and Monday morning after further wintry showers were forecast across Scotland.

HEAVY snowfall and freezing conditions caused chaos in Scotland last night. Thousands of motorists spent hours stranded after the M8 was closed between Newhouse and Harthill because of a jack-knifed lorry.

Ice and freezing fog have been causing mayhem on Scottish roads today and festive travellers have seen their plans thrown into disarray by delays at airports.

By VICTORIA WELDON A TEENAGER who drove "like a rally driver" admitted to causing a horrific smash which killed his 16-year-old passenger.

Mark Shields of Strathblane plays in the snow at the Campsie Fells above Lennoxtown.

Monday is the 21st anniversary of the Pan Am 103 bombing. 35 SUA students, two Oswego students, and a couple from Clay were killed when the flight exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland.

Video of the day Curry County Road Maintenenace Supervisor Steve Reed tells us about his job in this week's At Your Service video.

Today is Monday, Dec. 21, the 355th day of 2009 with 10 to follow. The moon is waxing.

ARCTIC blasts are forecast to send temperatures plunging as low as -11C in Scotland this week with the odds on a white Christmas narrowing daily.

Three men who admitted hunting hares in southern Scotland could be banned by a court from keeping dogs.

By Andy Philip PEOPLE should be routinely screened for a dangerous genetic condition which could afflict one in 200 Scots, a campaign group said yesterday.

GATEHOUSE of Fleet has handed itself a cracking Christmas present. The teetering summer gala has been saved thanks to a hefty turnout of support on the back of dire decision day warnings in the 'News'. Eighteen people pledged their support for Gala Week at a special 11th hour meeting on Monday night.

A man has appeared in court in southern Scotland charged with supplying heroin to another person who later died.

BEING prosecuted for a motoring offence can be a "postcode lottery", according to figures out today, with South Yorkshire a hotspot for mobile phone offenders.

WHY, I ask myself,with 100 British soldiers dead in Afghanistan this year, is it the apparent fate of Britain to fight terrorism? Is it our colonial past continuing to haunt us after such notable operations against insurgents in Malaya and the Mau Mau in Kenya? Is it that we cannot get out of the habit of policing the world 50 years after the fall ...