Crime

A person pulled from the river Tweed in Galashiels yesterday morning later died from their injuries at Borders General Hospital.

Police have called off their search for two Jedburgh girls reported missing yesterday, January 19.

Police are appealing for help to track down two missing Jedburgh girls believed to be in Johnstone in Renfrewshire.

A 20-year-old man has appeared in court in connection with a high-speed police chase in Peebles resulting in a multiple-vehicle collision.

Trying to dodge a £30 taxi fare ended up costing a passenger five times that much.

A 25-year-old man has been ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work after he admitted assaulting his pregnant partner following a ‘Mad Friday’ night-out.

A 40-year-old man has been ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work at Selkirk Sheriff Court after admitting causing a disturbance at the Borders General Hospital’s casualty department just before Christmas.

A 38-year-old woman has been ordered to carry out 120 hours’ unpaid work as punishment for causing a disturbance in the accident-and-emergency department at the Borders General Hospital at Melrose.

A suspected blackmailer making a ransom demand targeted a Borders gamekeeper and his wife after they offered a £1,000 reward for the return of their two beloved pet dogs.

A bare-chested and bloodstained man caused a disturbance in a hospital casualty department as a woman lay dying, Selkirk Sheriff Court has heard.

Reports of a man attempting to spend fake £50 notes in Melrose, Jedburgh and Earlston shops on Monday are being investigated by police.

Tradesmen have hit out at thieves responsible for stealing tools from a dozen different work vans in Jedburgh in the space of just one night.

A 25-year-old man has made a private court appearance in connection with the discovery of £35,000 worth of heroin in Hawick this week.

A teenager has appeared in private at Selkirk Sheriff Court in connection with the discovery of a cannabis farm in the town said to be worth almost £500,000.

A man allegedly found with class-A drugs valued at almost £35,000 has been charged by police.

Police are stepping up patrols in Peebles after nine businesses in the town were targeted by thieves this week.

A cannabis farm worth almost £500,000 has been uncovered in Selkirk by a police raid.

A motorcyclist has been banned from the road for dangerous driving, thanks to evidence from the helmet camera of a friend killed in the accident that led to his prosecution.

A case against a Galashiels man charged in connection with indecent online communications with someone claiming to be a child last month has been continued until February.