One of Dumfries and Galloway's best known museums has reopened after having to shut down because of coronavirus restrictions. 

Devil's Porridge Museum reopens to the public on historic day

Huge crowds always turn out to see the horseback procession but for 2020 they're having to watch from the comfort of their own homes as organisers have set up a virtual event showcasing the very best of previous years' celebrations.

Langholm Common Riding goes online for the first time in history

Martin Evans is usually a landscape artist, but he swapped his brush for a can of spray paint to create a large-scale painting in an alleyway in the centre of Carlisle.

Nature meets urban: The artist who has transformed a Carlisle alleyway

A toddler from Dumfries has raised thousands of pounds for the NHS by collecting pebbles and bagging celebrity endorsements.  

Why Stephen Fry and Dame Judi Dench are rallying behind a Dumfries toddler

The American big cat lover and activist recently found fame in the 'Tiger King' series, which launched on the streaming platform earlier this year.

Tiger King's Carole Baskin promotes Cumbrian radio station

Warrant Officer William Earnest Wills is believed to have trained up the fell Black Combe while based at Haverigg during the Second World War.

Teenager reunites Australian airman's dog tag with his family 

Daisy the St Bernard rescued in the Lake District

On descending Scafell Pike with her owners an exhausted Daisy sat down and refused to move. Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team were called and were happy to stretcher her down. 

A 'woof' rescue for Wasdale Mountain Rescue Team on Scafell Pike

Mountaineer Sir Chris Bonnington climbing home stairs in alpine kit 

The Everest Challenge 2020, will see Sir Chris Bonington ascend the stairs at his home in Cumbria, in full climbing kit, twenty times. 

Bonington scales stairs to fundraise for Nepalese cause 45 years after Everest 

Niffler is a rescued North American skunk and, despite his smelly reputation, seems very sociable on his walks around the seaside town, in Cumbria.

The skunk kicking up a stink on his walks in Silloth

Two dolphins and their calf were filmed swimming next to a boat outside Stranraer Harbour.

Playful pod of dolphins spotted in Loch Ryan

He jotted down his thoughts on everything from Boris Johnson's hospital stay to the toilet roll shortage, and missing his friends.

The boy from Hawick who has written a 100-day lockdown diary

A production of Aladdin is now entertaining audiences at the DG One Leisure Complex after being closed since 2014.


Pantomime returns to Dumfries after 5 years with Liberty X star Michelle Heaton

Six-year-old Noah Wall took part in a charity concert alongside hundreds of musicians with learning disabilities.

Cumbrian boy takes to the stage at The Royal Albert Hall.

Around 50 of the seals and their young pups turned on the man as he walked along a beach near Eyemouth.

Angler rescued after fleeing angry seals

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