36 h. ago Pensioner launches crusade to save local bank branch in protest with OAP pals

Evelyn Atkins was backed by dozens of supporters when she held a demonstration outside her Bank of Scotland branch in Moffat, Dumfriesshire.

Economics

5 d. ago DWP cuts could strip £100 weekly from thousands of Universal Credit claimants

The Department for Work and Pensions has launched a consultation on the new Green Paper

Economics

5 d. ago Urgent search launched as pensioner goes missing on Scots island

Roderick (Roddy) MacPherson was last seen outside the Sligachan Hotel on Monday, June 2.

Events

9 d. ago Sir Chris Hoy's cancer crusade has helped to save more than 1,000 lives

Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy launched his crusade to fight prostate cancer after his own terminal diagnosis, with astonishing results

Politics

2 w. ago What's on in Dumfries and Galloway this spring bank holiday weekend

The dry weather may be ending, but that won’t dampen the spirits with lots going on.

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2 w. ago Kendall vows to give young people ‘chances and choices’ for a better life

The Work and Pensions Secretary was speaking at the launch in Liverpool of a programme to get young people into education, work and training.

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3 w. ago Man Utd legend Gary Neville launches campaign to save Britain's 50 worst football pitches

As a robust right-back and Sky Sports pundit, Gary Neville was never afraid to make his mark - but now he is taking on a new crusade to help save Britain's grassroots pitches from decay and neglect

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3 w. ago ‘Turning point’: claw print fossils found in Australia rewrite story of amniotes by 40 million years

The discovery by two local fossil hunters on a river bank in Victoria has ‘potentially far-reaching implications’, scientists sayFossilised claw prints found in Australia suggest amniotes – the ancestors of reptiles, birds and mammals – evolved about 40m years earlier than thought.The footprints, in sandstone dated 354m to 358m years old, were probably made by reptiles crossing a surface dimpled by raindrops. Researchers said the trackways represent the oldest evidence of amniotes on the planet.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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