An accident has closed a major Dumfries and Galloway road at rush hour. The Dumfries bypass section of the A75 has been shut by police between the Cuckoo Bridge and Dalscone roundabouts. Traffic is already queuing in the area and motorists are advised to avoid the area, with emergency services on the scene.

Police Scotland carried out more breath tests and roadside drug tests during their 2024/25 festive campaign than they had in previous years.

Hundreds of properties in southern Scotland are still without power five days after Storm Eowyn battered the region. SP Energy Networks has confirmed that 303 properties in Dumfries and Galloway are without electricity and a handful in the Scottish Borders.

SCOTS are bracing for snow and ice as the country is slapped with a fresh weather warning. The latest yellow alert comes days after Storm Eowyn, with hundreds of people left without power for a

Branches in Annan, Moffat, Thornhill and Sanquhar will close over the next 14 months, with the closures of Newton Stewart and Langholm branches previously announced.

The banking giant behind Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland has revealed plans to shut 136 branches by next March. | ITV News Border

Storm Éowyn is being felt across the central belt as a rare red weather warning has come into effect in Scotland. The area covered by the high winds alert - which lasts until 17:00 - has been extended to include most of Dumfries and Galloway. It already covered most of the central belt, including Glasgow, Edinburgh and some islands.

Storm Éowyn is battering the west coast as a rare red weather warning has come into effect in Scotland. The area covered by the high winds alert - which lasts until 17:00 - has been extended to include most of Dumfries and Galloway. It already covered most of the central belt, including Glasgow, Edinburgh and some islands.

However, charity Fair Scotland said it - along with others - was under threat while many events had already been lost. Dumfries and Galloway Council said "positive discussions" were ongoing ...

NFU Mutual is advising farmers to carry out building repairs in advance of the bad weather and only leave the house during the storm if absolutely necessary.

Fewer than 2,000 online surveys have been completed so far on plans for a new national park in Scotland, according to the body in charge of

The forecaster issued 12 hour yellow ice warnings at 9.30am today for parts of Northern Ireland and northern Scotland.