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The Southern Reporter held a virtual hustings for the seven candidates standing in the upcoming Leaderfoot and Melrose by-election for Scottish Borders Council on Friday, February 26.

The hustings, hosted by reporter Kevin Janiak and watched by members of the public online, saw Jenny Linehan, Scottish Conservatives; Jonny Adamson, Liberal Democrats; Mary Douglas, Independent; Michael Needham, Greens; John Paton Day, SNP; Scott Redpath, Labour and Karen Wilks, Independent, debate several issues, including the climate emergency, support groups, Covid-19, the role of party politics in local governance, and, of course, potholes.

See www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk to see them tackle the issue of Borders roads.

By-election candidates take part in online hustings