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Proud Teri Nick Bannerman has enjoyed a rare form of success in the world of business.

A good crowd took the advantage of some afternoon sun to enjoy what was the last-ever Selkirk Vintage Car Rally at Sunderland Hall, near Selkirk.

A Galashiels-based personal trainer managed to talk 22 of his clients into taking on a “Tough Mudder” course – just think loads of mud and obstacles – at Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfries in June, in order to raise funds for the stroke unit at the Borders General Hospital.

A suspected arson attack which saw vehicles set alight at a Jedburgh garage is being treated as suspicious by police.

The first meeting of Carers First took place at the Kingsknowes Hotel, Galashiels, this week, organised by the Borders Carers Centre.

Fears that persistent vandalism of Kelso’s public toilets could lead to them being lost altogether have led to calls for them to be properly locked and secured every night.

Whatever the decision by planning chiefs over Jedburgh’s scaffolding-clad town centre building, the future of the Market Place site is costing the public purse dear.

A pioneering arts administrator is to be remembered at a memorial concert featuring music he loved.

A Chilean flamingo chick being hand-reared by Mark Haillay and Owen Joiner at Bird Gardens Scotland at Oxton is the first to be born in Scotland this year.

A Borders restaurant is celebrating having been awarded an Automobile Association rosette and a four-star silver award in the organisation’s latest guide.

A Jedburgh car mechanic targeted by an overnight arson attack has vowed to carry on despite the feared cost to his business and reputation.

The Caddy Mann restaurant near Jedburgh is the only Borders eaterie to have made it to the finals of the Scotsman Food and Drink Awards.

Midday sunshine meant that crowds were eventually coerced to head to Sunderland Hall on Sunday for the last ever Selkirk Vintage Rally.

Fears that Kelso will suffer major traffic congestion problem if plans for the former high school site there are approved are dividing opinion.

A warning has been issued to a Borders care home worker for dressing up as one of the elderly women he was paid to look after to mock her.

Hawick’s new-look community council will meet for the first time later this month.

Crowds flocked to the 99th Yarrow and Ettrick Show at Carterhaugh Farm, Bowhill, on Saturday

The skirl of the pipes brought around 200 spectators to St Ronan’s School on Saturday for the 18th annual Innerleithen Pipe Band Championships.