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Councillor John PatonDay, who represented Leaderdale and Melrose.

Councillors pay tribute to John PatonDay, a ‘true friend’ of the Borders

Councillor Julie Pirone, SBC’s Executive Member for Education, Youth Development and Lifelong Learning.

Borders graduates offered secondary teacher training

Wind turbines will be in place for a further 10 years.

Decade-long wind farm extension agreed

Investment of £3m has been announced for a new free-range egg facility in Berwickshire.

£3m investment into free-range egg facility

Jane Macdonell receives a cheque for the Harris Trust before the recent Premiership game between Melrose and Ayr, from Rob Moffat (Melrose RFC), Keith Robertson (SBDU), Douglas Livingston (SBDU) and Scott Forbes (SBDU) after the recent SBDU Golf Day fundraiser.

Borders golf day raises £1,500 for inclusive rugby sessions

A total of 59 new homes are to be built at Heather Mills in Selkirk.

Housing emergency eased with go-ahead for almost 60 new homes

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Sport

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Third win in six days for Kelso racehorse trainer Sandy Thomson at Musselburgh

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Green light for four-court padel tennis facility in Galashiels

The outdated synthetic running surface at Tweedbank Sports Club urgently needs replacement.

Tweedbank running track faces partial closure without £518k revamp

Ed Shoote of SOSE, Councillor Euan Jardine Leader of SBC and Professor Tom Campbell of Edinburgh Napier University.

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Crime

The accused was sentenced at Jedburgh Sheriff Court.

Borders man avoids jail for sexually assaulting police officer in Kelso

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Peebles man jailed after photographer attacked at former Bernat Klein studio

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Health

The local authority provides one-to-one Apple iPads to pupils.

More than 70 GPs express concerns over iPad use in schools

Nurosym's earpiece has helped people relieve various symptoms

This unusual earpiece claims to help with anxiety, fatigue and pain

Katrina Morrison opened Tweed Aesthetics in April.

Greenlaw nurse marks 25-year career with new aesthetics clinic

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Borders charity golf day raises more than £8,100 for hospital equipment

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Lennel House in Coldstream has been praised by inspectors.

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James Norton stars as a rather different Santa Claus alongside Lucy Punch as Mrs Claus in the M&S 2026 Christmas advert, which has already prompted plenty of excited reactions from shoppers.

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