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Employability Day workshops offer support to people looking for a job.

Employability Day workshops offer support across the region

Travellers site at Victoria Park in Selkirk.

Councillors grapple with the thorny issue of finding a suitable site or sites fo...

Dog dirt discussed.

Councillors discuss the impact of a responsible dog ownership review in the Bord...

Concillor Mark Rowley.

Council tackles issue of empty homes in the Borders

Shona Haslam, leader of Scottish Borders Council

Syrian families doing well in the Borders

Shona Haslam will meet with deputy first minister John Swinney on Monday to push for relaxed Covid-19 restrictions for the Borders region.

Council leader to push for relaxed restrictions in the Borders

The new playpark at Harestanes.

Leader defends plans to shut small playparks in Borders

Earlston High School.

Old private-finance deals still taking Â£8.5m a year out of education budget for...

Scottish Borders Council leader Shona Haslam with pupils from Kelso High at the launch of the See Me programme at the town's racecourse on Monday.

New mental health service for youngsters now up and running in Borders

Hawick and Hermitage councillor Davie Paterson is calling for a crackdown on flyposting.

Calls go out for rethink on poster policy in Borders

Councillor Gordon Edgar, left, Scottish Borders Council's Executive Member for Roads and Infrastructure, with MSP Paul Wheelhouse during an inspection of works alongside the River Teviot in Hawick.

Â£3.8m handout will help cover cost of flood damage in Borders
Scottish Borders Council is to be given a Â£3.8m handout to help cover the cost of damage caused by last winter's storms.
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