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Ali Zhahib, from E-Waste Recycle, presents the Waste Reduction Award to Clare Lackenby, from Galedin Vets. (Pic: A Smile A Day Photography)

Borders vet practice wins national honour for eco efforts to protect planet

Eco-friendly washing (photo: Adobe)

Going Green: ​Turn your washer into a lean green machine

Ghillie Phil Ellis, who manages the Tweedswood beat under the iconic Leaderfoot Viaduct, has won the 2024 Tweed Forum River Champion Award. (Pic: Phil Wilkinson)

Borders Ghillie wins 2024 Tweed Forum River Champion Award

A typical executive lodge which could feature at Center Parcs’ new village in the Borders.

Center Parcs takes first planning step in bid for £350m Scottish Borders holiday...

The Fire Stick makes any TV smart

How police detect people using ‘dodgy’ firesticks

Ha social media had a corrosive effect on how we communicate? (Pic: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images)

Is Facebook down right now? Meta outage latest

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Sport

Danny Galbraith in action for Gala Fairydean Rovers (Library pic by Thomas Brown)

Gala Fairydean Rovers have been free scoring despite lowly league position

After scoring twice in the 6-0 away hammering of Cumbernauld Colts which lifted his team off the foot of the Scottish Lowland Football League, Gala Fairydean Rovers skipper Danny Galbraith was trying to comprehend how the lowly Borderers were now fifth highest scorers in the 18-team division.

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Sammi Kinghorn with award (Pic sportscotland/Team Scotland)

Borderer Sammi Kinghorn named Scottish Sports' Female Para Athlete of the Year

Scottish first XV head coach Gregor Townsend during an Emerging Scotland training session at the Oriam in Edinburgh on Tuesday (Photo by Ross Parker/SNS Group/SRU)

Six Borderers named in Scotland rugby development squad to play Italy’s under-23...

No 8 Allan Ferrie on the ball for Melrose during their 43-29 win at home to Currie Chieftains at the Greenyards on Saturday (Photo: Andy McLean)

Melrose cut gap to top four in rugby’s Arnold Clark Premiership with win v Curri...

Stephen Clegg after winning S12 para swimming men's 100m backstroke at 2024 Paralympics in Paris (Pic Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

Paralympic swimming champion reflects on his outstanding 2024

Crime

A fire stick

Every area targeted in police crackdown on 'dodgy' firesticks

Free advice is being offered at the Galashiels RBS branch.

SBC offering advice to stay one step ahead of the scammers

Beware of Black Friday scams

Black Friday shoppers told to watch for ‘bogus website’ scam

From left, Brunswick PACT chairman Brian Roberts, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and policing minister Dame Diana Johnson at the Home Office discussing the NationalWorld campaign Silent Crime on November 21, 2024

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledges action on Silent Crime

Amazon's Black Friday sales start on November 21. Photo: HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images

Scams shoppers need to watch out for during Black Friday

Woman lost £20k in a sophisticated scam. (Picture: stock.adobe.com)

Woman lost £20k to scammers after replying to fake TV licence email

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Woman listening to Christmas music.

Watch: Full list of every UK Christmas number one since records began

Find the Christmas number one from your birth year - full list of every UK official Christmas number one since records began in 1952.

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Ellie and Vito won the glitterball trophy for Strictly Come Dancing 2023

What prize the Strictly Come Dancing winner gets

Hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman look back on 20 glorious years of Strictly Come Dancing

When the Strictly Come Dancing winner is announced

Favourite to win Strictly Come Dancing has emerged. Photo: BBC

Strictly Come Dancing star named favourite for 2024 final

Strictly Come Dancing judges (left to right) Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse, Shirley Ballas and Anton Du Beke. Photo credit: Rob Parfitt/BBC

How the winner of Strictly Come Dancing is decided

Lifestyle

Paul Roberts created an interactive display which sings and talks to visitors.

Our village has over 200 snowmen...including a newlywed snow couple

Watch as a small village gets turned into a Christmas wonderland - as residents fill their gardens and streets with over 200 artificial snowmen.

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Spitalfields Christmas Market

I celebrated my wedding anniversary on a weekend trip to Spitalfields

I rank every chocolate in a box of Celebrations - and I actually love a Bounty (Photo: Holly Allton)

Ranking every chocolate in Celebrations from worst to best

A personalised small-batch craft gin for £20 - it's such a bargain

This £20 personalised gin bottle might be the perfect Christmas gift

Health

The scan of a patient diagnosed with prostate cancer

Scientists harness healthy gut bacteria to fight prostate cancer

How to prevent flu this Christmas

Health tips to prevent or reduce the impact of flu this Christmas

Medical conditions you may have to declare to DVLA or risk facing fine. (Photo: Pexels/Mateusz Dach)

Warning to drivers with these common health conditions to contact VLA

The NHS are urging those who are eligible to get the flu vaccine.

People urged to protect themselves as hospital admissions for flu soar

The 'Kawasaki' norovirus strain now accounts for 70% of all cases.

Norovirus: symptoms to watch out for this Christmas

Fermented garlic and honey is a home remedy for symptoms of the flu that has been trending on social media.

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Peter and Patricia Clarke outside their home in Grange Park, Swindon, which has been flooded 20 times over the past three years.

Our home has flooded 20 times...it's like Niagara Falls when it rains

AirB&B host Mike Afflick reads his Lancashire Post while taking a break at his Hobbit House in Inglewhite, near Preston.

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Video grab of a man snipping the Christmas lights at a property in Suffolk.

Moment Scrooge-like vandals cut Christmas lights in bizarre crimewave

Video: Bin man misses Christmas treat - and dumps it in lorry

Video: Bin man misses Christmas treat - and dumps it in lorry

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Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly host Strictly Come Dancing. Photo: BBC

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