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Christine Grahame MSP has hailed the digital launch of the shop local card.

Digital ‘shop local’ cards are a 'force for good'

Christine Grahame MSP.

Child payment scheme hailed

SNP MSP Christine Grahame says Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak must resign after they were fined by police for breaking lockdown laws.

Johnson and Sunak must go, says MSP

"We want to see more from the Police Community Action Teams" says Tweeddale coun...

The Enchanted Florist.

MSP given green light to move office into a retail property in Galashiels

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It's business as usual for a Galashiels florist as she prepares for a long goodb...

The public toilets at Greenlaw are still closed.

Scottish Borders Council urged to spend the pennies and reopen public loos

Christine Grahame MSP

Free bus travel for under-22s welcomed

Paul Wheelhouse of the SNP missed out on a list seat this time.

Wheelhouse misses out

Christine Grahame of the SNP held onto her Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale seat by an increased majority.

SNP's Christine Grahame holds onto Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale

Countiing is under way in the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency, at Springwood Park, Kelso.

Counting under way in the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale election
We’re back at Kelso for the second day of counting in the Scottish Parliament elections.

Borderers will be heading to the polling stations on May 6. Who'll get your vote?

Candidates for Scottish Parliament elections announced

Council leader Shona Haslam at Scottish Borders Council's Newtown headquarters.

Council leader says budget is still uncertain

NHS Borders says all residents over 80 will have been offered a vaccine by Friday, February 5.

All over 80s will have been offered a vaccine by next Friday, says NHS Borders

Christine Grahame MSP at the Scottish Parliament.

Parents urged to claim for new child payment scheme

Calls for better road treatment as cold snap hits

Shona Haslam says she will not step down as council leader while she campaigns for a seat at Holyrood.

Leader pours scorn on call to step down

The new smoke alarm laws will now come into force in 2022.

Smoke alarm law delayed to 2022

Christine Grahame MSP asks about mobile flu clinics for the Borders at First Minister's Questions.

MSP proposes mobile flu jab clinics for the Borders

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon launching the Protect Scotland app on September 10. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

First minister backs Borders MSP’s plea for phone rule change to allow app to pr...

Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale MSP Christine Grahame is hoping to add to her 21 years in Holyrood.

Veteran Borders MSP to defend seat at 2021 Holyrood election

Borders MSP Christine Grahame unveiling a new Scottish Water top-up tap in Galashiels Market Square, one of 25 installed nationwide as part of a campaign to cut plastic waste.

Free drinks now on tap in Galashiels as part of bid to cut plastic waste

First minister Nicola Sturgeon wearing a tartan face mask during a visit to shops in Edinburgh in June. Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/pool/AFP via Getty Images

Borders MSP calling for tougher action over face coverings

Greenloaning Mansion at West Linton, alias Linton Lodge, which has played host to several large parties during the lockdown. Such gatherings will be deemed an offence as from tomorrow.

Large house parties an offence from tomorrow

Christine Grahame SNP MSP

Council issues face mask guidance for pupils

Christine Grahame MSP

Tories refute ‘hypocrisy’ claim

Litter left alongside St Mary's Loch by campers.

Borders MSPs call for action to tackle litter-lout campers

Nicola Sturgeon taking first minister's questions at the Scottish Parliament today, August 12. (Photo by Fraser Bremner/pool/Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon adds voice to concerns over West Linton party house
Scottish Government first minister Nicola Sturgeon has added her voice to the chorus of concern over coronavirus transmission risks sparked by the reopening of a party venue in the Borders.

Borders General Hospital.

Borders patients urged to consult with community pharmacies for minor conditions

John Lamont MP.

NHS is not for sale, says Lamont

The MSPs want drivers going over the border to be given information on the Covid-19 regulation differences.

MSPs in plea to warn drivers

UK chancellor of the exchequer Rishi Sunak leaving 11 Downing Street in London yesterday to unveil a mini-budget to help kick-start the UK economy following the Covid-19 lockdown. (Photo by Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

UK Government’s post-lockdown economic rescue package meets with mixed reaction ...

UK prime minister Boris Johnson announcing his £5bn new deal in Dudley this week. (Photo by Paul Ellis/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Boris Johnson urged to back Borders Railway extension bid as part of £5bn new de...

Manchester United's Marcus Rashford applauds following a one-minute silence commemorating victims of the Covid-19 pandemic prior to his side's 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur last Friday. (Photo by Matt Childs/pool via Getty Images)

£27.6m school meal deal welcomed by Borders council bosses

Nicola Sturgeon at the Scottish Parliament last Wednesday. (Photo by Fraser Bremner/pool/Getty Images)

Borders MSP’s hopes of regional R number breakdown to boost tourist industry das...

Christine Grahame MSP

MSP thanks volunteers during pandemic

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 26: Chief Advisor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings leaves his home on May 26, 2020 in London, England. On March 31st 2020 Downing Street confirmed to journalists that Dominic Cummings, senior advisor to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, was self-isolating with COVID-19 symptoms at his home in North London. Durham police have confirmed that he was actually hundreds of miles away at his parent's house in the city having travelled with his wife and young son. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images,)

Borders Tories elect not to condemn Dominic Cummings

First minister Nicola Sturgeon laid out the plans for a gradual ease of lockdown restrictions today in Holyrood.

Route out of lockdown is welcomed

Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire.

Borders MSP calling for change to law on fly-tipping

Shoppers at a garden centre in Blackpool in Lancashire reopened today.

Updated: Borders MSPs calling for green light for garden centres to open again

Tony Hooman pays his respects ahead of VE Day, in Edinburgh yesterday. Please credit: Mark Owens/Poppyscotland.

Borderers urged to show support for online VE Day 75 events

Borders MSP Christine Grahame.

Borders MSP welcomes home deliveries of groceries and toiletries for those most ...

Borders Buses.

MSP praises bus operator for its efforts in keeping the Borders moving

Christine Grahame MSP

MSP in call for more help for self-employed during coronavirus lockdown

Masons of Melrose, which used to home the post office service.

Post office van visits to Melrose set to be cut by quarter
Mobile postal service visits to Melrose could be cut from four days a week to three.

MSP Rachael Hamilton at the Borders General Hospital.

Health chiefs calling for Borders hospital’s laundry to be spared from axe as pa...

Scottish Government education secretary John Swinney paying a site visit to fire-hit Peebles High School, accompanied by Borders MSP Christine Grahame.

Borders council chiefs and Scottish Government step up row over funding for new ...

Councillors Shona Haslam and Carol Hamilton at Peebles High School.

Row breaks out over bill for replacement for Peebles High School

Roxburgh Village in the shadow of the old Victorian viaduct

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Energy minister Paul Wheelhouse has announced a ban on fracking.

Borders MSP and campaigners welcome Scottish fracking ban

SNP MSP Christine Grahame speaking at the Borders College to girls from various secondary schools from around the Borders about getting into the construction industry.

MSP leads Addaction debate in Holyrood

MSP urges dog owners to chip their pets

John Lamont MSP Scottish Conservative Party pictured in his office in the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood in Edinburgh

Lamont responds on jobs issue

Welfare cuts ‘cost 200 jobs’

General Election2015 Count results for Berwickshire , Roxburghshire and Selkirk. Springwood Park Kelso. A recount has been called for the seat. Called at nearly 5am. Conservative candidate John Lamont , looking apprehensive as he awaits the result of this mornings recount. PIC PHIL WILKINSON info@philwilkinson.net www.philwilkinson.net 01316186373 - 07740444373

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