I want to start this week by clearing up a mystery. The mystery of the ladder. I like to believe that you were all alert enough last week to be mystified why my humble ramblings about music were accompanied by a photograph of a ladder propped against a wall. The answer is me and modern technology.

A crumbling castle perched high on a cliff edge overlooking Teviotdale has been saved – thanks to a major restoration project.

Borders health chiefs jumped the gun in issuing a statement that gave the impression a new hydrotherapy pool at Jedburgh was a done deal.

Rescue workers searched for survivors amongst the wreckage of a crashed plane in the centre of Galashiels in October 1988.

Kelso has a new provost in the shape of John Bassett, who took over from Fiona Scott, after she stepped down at this week’s community council AGM after four years in the post.

There was only one talking point in the Muckle Toon last week and that was who would be given the honour of being Langholm Cornet, 2013.

Police have issued a warning over a phone scam which has claimed nearly 2,300 victims across the UK.

Tweeddale MP David Mundell is warning constituents to be extra vigilant following a police scam warning.

Boleside on the River Tweed between Galashiels and Lindean was the scene of a total-immersion baptism in June 1987.

There was a bear in the Borders in the summer of 1986. Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus, known as the Golden Bear, demonstrated his skills to a party of London businessmen at The Glen House near Traquair.

Television personality Anneka Rice showed a clean pair of heels to outpace Gordon Shirra-Gib and Gel Tait when she dropped in on the Greenyards by helicopter in July 1987.

Opinion – by Mark Entwistle

BY-ELECTION

TWEEDBANK has revealed the two young principals who will lead the village’s annual festivities this summer.

More than 3,000 signatures on petitions failed to dissuade health bosses from opting to controversially close the

Disabled campaigners fighting to save Gala’s Ability Centre, the Borders’ only centre for the physically disabled, celebrated triumph last week.

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The Southern has learned a Kelso care home dismissed a nurse after it was discovered she was not qualified for the post.

South of Scotland MSP Jim Hume has written to Scottish Power urging the company to resolve ongoing power supply problems in the Ettrick Valley.

Nearly 130 sheep have been stolen from Tweeddale and the Gala Water Valley since the start of the year,