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Funding bids are being encouraged.

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Chambers Institution.

Council shares in near-£23m ‘Levelling Up’ funding bonanza

Councillor Pam Brown

Date set for Jedburgh by-election

An illustration of how the shelter would look

‘Teen shelter’ for Peebles Victoria Park moves closer to reality

Councillor Fay Sinclair

Councillors urged to ‘Say Pants to the Tax’

Sean Elliot with fellow campaigners (National World)

‘Illegally closed’ Hawick day service for the elderly set for restoration

Peebles Swimming Pool

Radical shake-up of sporting, leisure and cultural services on the agenda

Councillor Pam Brown

SNP Councillor resigns from Scottish Borders Council

An illustration of the plans.

Newtown St Boswells auction mart revamp go-ahead

Creating areas of biodiversity also encouraged less regular cutting cycles.

Council planning changes to its grass-cutting regime

Village transformation (H&H)

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Redevelopment set for approval.

Councillor Robin Tatler.

Voluntary parking charges pilot scheme on the agenda in Innerleithen

The corner shop sign.

Hawick’s ‘candy lady’ in not-so-sweet signage wrangle

Peebles Swimming Pool (Live Borders)

Lessons must be learned from Peebles Swimming Pool ‘debacle’

SBC Headquarters

SBC policy review after Israeli colours lit up its headquarters

West Linton's public toilet facilities. Image: Ian Reid.

West Linton toilet sell-off to be considered behind-closed-doors

Kilbucho Dairy Site (SBC)

Former Peeblesshire dairy could be a home sweet home

Councillor Euan Jardine.

SBC leader holds “constructive” talks with First Minister over Council Tax freez...

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SBC blame ‘operational issues’ for missed recycyling collections

Scott Hamilton

Deputy leader nominated as ‘Young Councillor of the Year’ no longer feels quite ...

Scottish Borders Council's Newtown St Boswells headquarters.

Move to light up SBC headquarters in Israeli colours divides opinion

Keir Starmer is interrupted by a heckler. Credit: Getty

Keir Starmer Labour conference speech crashed by protester

Councillor Mark Rowley (SBC)

Council staff working from home has not hindered performance, meeting told

Refuse collection delays.

Staff shortages blamed for missed bin collections in Hawick

How Cavers Castle will look following restoration. Image: SBC

Planning committee today agreed restoration of 15th century Hawick castle

Plans to build more than one 1,300 new homes on the agenda

Councillor Scott Hamilton (SBC)

Five organisations receive a £850k ‘Levelling Up’ economic boost

Eyemouth Swimming Pool.

Two leisure facilities facing closure unless £329k repairs carried out
Senior councillors asked to endorse cash bid.

Campervans On Common Haugh

Motor-homes car parking request put on hold after public backlash

Council representatives paid a visit to the Hogeweyk dementia village in the Netherlands, to look at new way of providing care services.

‘Milestone’ reached as consultation launched over £14m Tweedbank Care Village

The gates at Church House can stay after all.

Villagers rally in support of couple’s timber gates bid

East Station car park. Photo: Foursquare.

No change to car park charging regime in Peebles

Scottish Borders Council HQ.

Council has administered £74.3m of Covid-19 funds

Colin Smyth MSP.

Call for hourly X95 bus service

The woodland hut conversion site has been given the green light.

Green light is given for Galashiels hut plans

Peebles Swimming Pool will reopen on Monday following a major refurbishment.

Peebles pool set to reopen on Monday

The controversial Salt 'N' Fire signage.

Controversial Kelso restaurant sign can stay in place despite objections from co...

The woodland hut in question.

D-Day for pioneering retailer’s woodland plan in Galashiels

The West Linton dog care facility was built without permission.

Dog care facility in West Linton constructed without planning permission

Watson Lodge will now be a residential home.

No more reservations at Galashiels B&B as conversion bid agreed

Laidlaw Memorial Pool in Jedburgh.

Jedburgh swimming pool and fitness centre about to make a splash

The woodland next to Dunsdale Coachworks.

New car park agreed for Selkirk despite concerns over loss of trees

The field at Netherbarns, near Abbotsford.

Plans to build 45 houses near Sir Walter Scott’s home need to be dropped

The Two Rivers Veterinary Practice in Peebles' Old Town.

Peebles veterinary practice relocation appeal gets the green light

Borthwick Hall.

Baronial country house guest house conversion bid is withdrawn
Plans to convert a country house in a Borders village into a six-bedroom guest house and ‘spiritual retreat’ have been withdrawn after facing local opposition.

How Polwarth Kirk Would Look

Blessing sought for Berwickshire church’s conversion into a ‘music hall’

Cow shed to home bid refused

SBC Headquarters.

Council tax rise plans for larger homes criticised

Douglas Hope and his new book on planning in the Scottish Borders.

New book examines planning in the Borders

An arial view of Holm Hill.

Newcastleton active leisure plans take form

Dead seabirds have been found on the coastline, infected with avian influenza.

SBC in bird flu warning

Council representatives paid a visit to the Hogeweyk dementia village in the Netherlands, to look at new way of providing care services.

‘Going Dutch’: 60-bed care village at Tweedbank on the agenda

It's believed the site is a former waste water treatment works. Photo: Google.

Container plant bid for Innerleithen

Scottish Borders Council.

New directors take on roles in council

Councillors Scott Hamilton and Sandy Scott at Allerley Well Play Park. Photo: SBC.

£270k Jedburgh play park officially opened