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A Selkirk fundraiser has raised almost £1,400 for Meningitus UK charity, having completed the Lake District Eight Peak challenge this month.

Peter Hogg of Jedburgh has raised more than £1,300 for the Margaret Kerr Unit at the Borders General Hospital thanks to a charity bus tour which it ran last month.

Exiled Souters are heading home from a’ the airts this summer to support Colonial Standard Bearer Stuart Smith.

The region’s skies were busy with jets and transport aircraft last week, and that looks set to continue next week too.

Tributes have been paid to a Melrose lady, who dedicated more than 50 years of her life to training guide dogs, following her death last week.

Heriot youngsters voluntarily spent part of last weekend at the village school in a bid to raise awareness of homelessness.

Marking the first official rideouts for the Braw Lad and Lass of Galashiels, as well as the Royal Burgh Standard Bearer of Selkirk, Spurs Night is always great event for the young ones, and this year proved no different.

The towns of Selkirk and Galashiels enjoy a fierce rivalry on the rugby and football pitches .

Psychiatric reports have been ordered on a middle-aged Borderer after he admitted engaging in indecent online communications with someone claiming to be a child.

A bronze plaque commemorating pioneering geologist Charles Lapworth has been unveiled in his former home-town of Galashiels.

Community councillors in Melrose remain unimpressed by plans to build a 71-bedroom budget hotel at Tweedbank.

Borderers are being assured that Melrose is open to people scattering their loved ones’ ashes at beauty spots around the town.

Hawick cornet Connor Brunton experienced mixed weather but unwavering support as he led the traditional rideouts to Roberton and Priesthaugh this week.

A ninety-strong cavalcade followed cornet Connor Brunton to Priesthaugh on Tuesday.

Organisers of the annual May fair in Denholm have lined up a packed programme of events for this year’s event, which returns on Saturday.

A dedicated worker for a Hawick business has been forced to call it a day due to ill health after almost 30 years.

Jedburgh townsfolk filled the town square on Friday evening as the town’s best kept secret was finally outed.

The smile on the face of this year’s Jethart Callant, Euan Munro, as he walked onto the hustings on Friday left townsfolk in no doubt as to how much the role means to him.

Kelso’s ‘Bearded Ninja’ Ali Hay appears on your screens this weekend, after reaching the final of a top-rated ITV show by the skin of his teeth.