BBC News South Scotland

Queen of the South comfortably beat Ayr United to secure their biggest Scottish Championship win since 2019.

Avian flu has left a reserve on the Solway Coast dealing with "unprecedented" numbers of dead geese.

The rare rock crystal item was part of treasures unearthed in a Galloway field by a metal detectorist.

A health board urges people coming back to the area for Christmas to check themselves for Covid first.

A couple with 20,000 free range hens speak about the efforts they are making to follow restrictions.

The forestry industry said almost 10,000 acres of trees were affected by the storm's severe winds.

The Woodland Trust honour goes to a tree from southern Scotland for the second year in a row.

Only one of Scotland's 85 designated bathing waters received a "poor" quality rating this summer.

Nathan Austin and Botti Biabi both score braces as Kelty Hearts remain seven points clear at the top of Scottish League 2.

Dunfermline Athletic and Queen of the South move a point off the foot of the Scottish Championship after playing out a dramatic six-goal thriller.

The Scottish government confirms another case in the region after an earlier outbreak among 700 birds.

NHS Dumfries and Galloway says it was "only a matter of time" before the variant reached the region.

More than 90 towns and villages across the Borders saw temporary reductions introduced last year.

A 3km protection zone has been imposed around the source of the latest cases near Annan.

Last season, more than 200 avalanches were recorded but no fatalities.

The curator of the site in south west Scotland says the destruction caused is "heart-breaking".

Two secondaries - one of them badly damaged by fire in 2019 - will be replaced by new campuses.

And extension to the south of Scotland scheme has been given the go-ahead by the Scottish government.

Trees from across Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland are in the running for the award.