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Garry Pearson and co-driver Jack Morton on their way to winning 2026’s Scottish Rally at Dalbeattie in July (Photo: Mark Cross)

Duns driver Garry Pearson targeting Scottish title at 2026 Grampian Forest Rally

Rowan Johnston, pictured at round three of 2026’s Scottish junior hill-running league at Broughton in May, was first female finisher in round four at Braemar on Saturday (Photo: Neil Renton)

Gala Harriers under-14 Rowan Johnston is first girl home at Braemar hill-race

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Duns driver Garry Pearson and Melrose sidekick Hannah McKillop en route to a fourth-placed finish at Friday and Saturday’s Grampian Forest Rally (Photo: Jordan Gullick/British Rally Championship)

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Hawick runner Thomas MacAskill celebrating winning 2024’s 800m Scottish grass-track championship title at this month’s Aboyne Highland Games

Hawick runner Thomas MacAskill wins half-mile Scottish grass-track championship

Garry Pearson and Daniel Barritt in prior British Rally Championship action (Photo: James Ward/Chicane Media)

Duns driver Garry Pearson setting sights on podium place at Aberdeenshire rally

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Borders double motocross champion Robbie Davidson to vie for British title this...

'Scotland's biggest snowball fight' has taken place in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire. Picture: RMR Creative Media / SWNS

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Hawick runner Thomas MacAskill with the half-mile grass-track championship medal he won at Lochcarron Highland Games on Saturday

Hawick runner Thomas MacAskill now British half-mile grass-track champion
Hawick athlete Thomas MacAskill is now Britain’s 800m grass-track champion.
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Hawick's Thomas MacAskill celebrating his 800m win at Aberdeen Highland Games on Sunday, his third win on the circuit in the space of two days

Hawick runner Thomas MacAskill celebrating hat-trick of wins at Highland games

Post Office to close several branches in the coming weeks

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Riders heading through Borders countryside en route for Edinburgh last September during 2021's Tour of Britain (Pic: Simon Wilkinson/SWpix.com)

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Engineers are still trying to restore power to thousands of homes across Scotland.

Storm Arwen: Thousands of Scottish homes still have no power

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Dan Withall, executive director, Border Union Agricultural Society, with chairman Ian Fleming at the Borders Events Centre in Kelso.

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Kelso's Jason Hastie, named Scotland's strongest man at a contest held in Peterhead.

Kelso’s Jason muscles his way to national strongman title

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Schools in Scotland are set to return for the Autumn term this week, but those looking ahead may be keen to know when pupils break up before the Winter term begins (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the Scotland school term dates for autumn 2020 - including holidays

Take a virtual tour...of Scotland's Gardens scheme director Terrill Dobson's fabulous garden in Angus.

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Gala FR aim to clear a corner by Formartine, in the red and white stripes.

GFR ahead twice, but must face replay

Rev Andrew Sarle (left), from Bainsford Parish Church, with Dr Mark Calder during his first pilgrimage, which took him to the Kelpies in Falkirk.

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All flavours of Macb water have now been recalled.

Scots soft drinks maker recalls all flavoured water due to "presence of mould"

Rare breed...with only 35 believed to exist in Scotland, the wildcat is the rarest animal in the world - 70 times rarer, in fact, than the giant panda. (Pic Adrian Bennett)

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Jed-Forest in action recently againt hoop-shirted Falkirk (picture by Bill McBurnie)

Borders trio in BT Cup quarter-finals

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