Politics

Borders MP John Lamont says he is backing prime minister Boris Johnson’s newly-negotiated Brexit withdrawal deal.

Plans for a new driverless and electric car training centre have been given the green light despite claims it will put a historic site at risk.

Potentially hazardous offcuts of trees left on a path on common good fund-owned land in Hawick have been offered to anyone wanting them for firewood.

A move to “redress the gender balance” of Hawick Common Riding Committee was rebuffed on Monday night.

Scottish Government plans to allow councils to tax workplace car parks could drive up the cost of living for Borderers commuting to Edinburgh, fears one of the region’s’ two constituency MSPs.

A couple are urging council planners to rethink their rejection of designs for a house they want to build in the Ettrick Valley. 

Work has started on building a £1.5m new early learning and childcare centre in Peebles.

Scottish Borders Council has been accused of being Scrooge-like scroungers after it announced it was going to chop 10ft off every Christmas tree in the Borders.

A bid to extend a historic Borders hotel as part of plans to split it up into flats has been ditched due to concerns over the impact that would have on the 18th century building.

A house alongside the River Teviot south-west of Hawick is set to be demolished to make way for a larger, more modern home.

A dog breeder has been given the green light to convert old agricultural buildings on her farm into kennels for her 35 dogs.

Council bosses plan to use money raised by increasing tax paid on second homes to fund an affordable housing development. 

A £1.5m conservation area regeneration scheme for Hawick launched today, October 10, has been welcomed by the town’s six councillors.

Six buildings in Hawick town centre are being prioritised for facelifts as part of a £1.5m conservation area regeneration scheme launched today, October 10. Full story here www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/politics/six-buildings-first-in-line-for-repairs-as-part-of-1-5m-hawick-regeneration-scheme-1-5021680 and www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk/news/politics/councillors-welcome-1-5m-hawick-regeneration-initiative-1-5021708. They are ...

Six run-down properties in Hawick town centre look to be first in line for facelifts now a £1.5m regeneration scheme is up and running there.

Kelso must make its voice heard loud and clear if it is to have any hope of bringing a rail line back to the town.

The £6.7m Great Tapestry of Scotland visitor centre being built in Galashiels will soon be weaving a spell over tourists.

Campaigners’ hopes of seeing the Borders Railway extended 70 miles south to Carlisle have been hailed as a “rock-solid” prospect.

The discovery of several syringes discarded in a supermarket car park in Galashiels has sparked fresh public health concerns.