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Samantha Kinghorn presenting Melanie Woods with her trophy for winning the 2024 Jed Renilson 10km wheelchair race (Photo: David Ferguson)

GB wheelchair athlete Mel Woods becomes first female to win Jedburgh 10km race

Borders hockey star Sarah Robertson during Team GB's Paris 2024 kitting-out in Birmingham on Tuesday (Photo by Barrington Coombs/Getty Images)

​Olympian pair to be put to question in Selkirk

Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901 and the Tudor period were other areas of interest

History buff Brits consider WWII to be the most interesting period

Gold medallist Samantha Kinghorn after winning the 100m T53 final on day seven of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games at Stade de France last Wednesday (Photo by Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images for IPC)

Wheelchair-racer Sammi Kinghorn takes Paralympics medal haul to five and fellow ...

Sammi Kinghorn with her women's T53 100m gold medal won at the Paralympics in Paris (Pic Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images for IPC)

Sammi Kinghorn celebrates winning women's T53 100m Paralympic gold medal

Stephen Clegg with his Paralympics men's 100m backstroke gold medal (Pic by Alex Davidson/Getty Images)

Super Stephen and Sammi in medals at Paralympics

Samantha Kinghorn competing in the 800m T53 final at the 2023 Para Athletics World Championships in Paris at Stade Charlety last July (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images)

Borderers Samantha Kinghorn and Stephen Clegg going for gold at 2024 Paralympics

The Big House Multibank distributes to families in need across Fife, Edinburgh, Dundee and Perth

Amazon team in Edinburgh pack and donate thousands of back-to-school kits to loc...

The couple bought the business in 2022.

Borders restaurant named one of the best in Britain

Scott Brash on Hello Jefferson in an individual jumping qualifier on day ten of the Paris Olympic Games at Versailles on Monday (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)

Borders showjumper Scott ​Brash happy with team gold medal at Paris Olympics des...

Lisa Thomson and her GB team-mates are out of the running for Olympic medals (Pic by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Borders stars in action at Olympic Games in Paris

Hawick rugby star Lisa Thomson’s dream of landing an Olympic Games medal as part of Great Britain’s women’s sevens squad was dashed in Paris on Monday as Team GB suffered a 17-7 defeat to the USA in the quarter-finals.

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Kinghorn wins women's 100m T53 at 2023 world championships in Paris (Pic Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

Team GB star Samantha Kinghorn earns selection for Paralympics in Paris

Lisa Thomson at a Team GB Paris 2024 kitting-out session at Birmingham's NEC Arena earlier this month (Photo by Barrington Coombs/Getty Images)

Irish first up for GB rugby sevens squad featuring Hawick’s Lisa Thomson at Pari...

Great Britain rugby sevens captain Robbie Fergusson and, left, Ross McCann after their 29-5 pool win against Uganda on Saturday in a World Rugby Sevens repechage tournament in Monaco (Photo: Mike Lee/KLC Fotos for World Rugby)

Ex-Melrose winger Ross McCann to miss out on Olympics

Lisa Thomson at yesterday's Team GB Paris 2024 Olympic Games women's rugby sevens squad announcement at Weetwood Hall Estate near Leeds (Photo by Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

Borderer Lisa Thomson named in women’s rugby sevens squad for Paris Olympics

Borders hockey star Sarah Robertson during Team GB's Paris 2024 kitting-out in Birmingham on Tuesday (Photo by Barrington Coombs/Getty Images)

Borderer Sarah Robertson named in GB hockey squad for second Olympics on trot

Athletes reunited to launch new ‘Athlete Community’

Former Scottish Paralympian proud to be part of ParalympicsGB Athlete Community ...

Driving test pass rates are higher in some places.

Gala named one of the best places to take your driving test in Scotland

Ex-Melrose winger Ross McCann has agreed a two-year contract with United Rugby Championship side Edinburgh (Photo: Edinburgh)

Ex-Melrose winger Ross McCann signs two-year deal with Edinburgh

Ross McCann training with Scotland's Six Nations squad at Edinburgh's Oriam last month (Photo by Craig Williamson/SNS Group/SRU)

Ex-Melrose winger Ross McCann to be inducted into club’s sevens hall of fame

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Going Green: Change can happen at all levels and it all counts

Is your dog's diet correct?

I’m a pet food expert - avoid these 5 ingredients in your dog’s food

Lucy Hope at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka in Japan last July (Pic: Clive Rose/Getty Images)

Jedburgh swimmer Lucy ​Hope off to world championships in Qatar as part of build...

Strictly Come Dancing 2023: Meet paralympian Jody Cundy

Great Britain's Tom Pidcock celebrating winning the men's elite cross-country Olympic mountain bike race during this year's UCI world championships at Glentress Forest on Saturday (Photo by Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Borders hosts Britain’s first elite mountain bike cross-country world title win

The Nottingham Panthers are devastated to report that forward Mike Hammond has passed away.

Great Britain ice hockey player Mike Hammond dies in car crash aged 33

Concillor Robin Tatler.

Councillor calls for a ban on single vape e-cigarettes

Councillor Robin Tatler.

Councillor calls for a ban on single vape e-cigarettes

'Zombie' batteries causing fires at recycling plants v.1

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Hundreds of car accidents take place each day in the UK

How to avoid fines and driving points following a crash on the roads

Full list of Michelin star restaurants in the 2023 Michelin Guide

Berwick Bandits skipper Leon Flint with his town mayor’s achievement award

Accolade goes to speedway team skipper Leon Flint

10 sausage-centred recipes to conquer the ‘teatime rut’ – including Sausage Trif...

24 restaurants have been added to the 2023 Michelin Guide United Kingdom & Ireland.

24 new restaurants added to the 2023 Michelin Guide UK & Ireland

Award-wnning Borders hockey coach Janet Jack (Photo: Sportscotland)

Borders hockey coach Janet Jack’s far more than all right, according to national...

George Roberts sits opposite the ‘experts’ on an episode of Married At First Sight UK.

George Roberts from Married at First Sight UK arrested

These are the top 10 best boating destinations in the UK, according to Heather K...

Prime Minister Liz Truss reads a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, following the announcement of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Picture date: Thursday September 8, 2022.

Queen Elizabeth II Dies: what Prime Minister Liz Truss said

Married At First Sight cast

Full Married at First Sight 2022 line-up

Being able to afford a home of their own is impossible for many in the UK.

Home ownership 'impossible' due to low wages, struggles to save and house prices

Sarah Robertson helped team GB to a women's hockey bronze medal at last summer's Olympics (Pic by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

Super Sarah seeks Commonwealth Games hockey glory

From left to right: Ella Gibson takes gold in Medellin, Compound Women’s Team win silver, Recurve Women’s Team win silver.

Great Britain's female archers secure three medals at the 2022 World Cup stage 4...

Britain puts brakes on mandatory speed limiter technology

GB mixed category competitors (photo: Dean Alberga, World Archery)

GB archers strike gold, silver and bronze at World Cup in Paris

Dylan Parry and dad Leahn at Oulton Park in October

Lauder dad and lad out to defend British duathlon titles at the double this week...

Join Coca Cola's Hero the Driver campaign, just launched with Spencer Matthews Sally Burton

Lisa Thomson scoring Scotland's third try against Japan this month in Edinburgh (Pic: Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Borderer Lisa Thomson gets call-up to GB rugby seven squad for Dubai tournament

Dame Sarah is Great Britain’s most successful Paralympian (Photo: Getty Images)

Dame Sarah Storey claims 17th gold to become Britain’s most successful Paralympi...

Dame Sarah Storey rode to victory in the women’s C5 time trial (Photo: Getty Images)

Dame Sarah Storey rides to victory to claim 16th career gold at Tokyo 2020

Jump in serious drink-drive casualties

Sarah Robertson in action against India (photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Selkirk's Sarah scores as GB&NI hockey women clinch Olympic bronze medal

Hannah Mills (L) and Eilidh McIntyre of Team Great Britain celebrate following the Women's 470 class medal race on day twelve of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

Hannah Mills wins gold and becomes Team GB’s most successful female sailor

Britain's Sky Brown reacts during the women's park final during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Ariake Sports Park Skateboarding in Tokyo on August 04, 2021. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images)

Sky Brown, 13, becomes Team GB’s youngest ever Olympic medallist

Dylan Fletcher and Stuart Bithell (left) claimed the narrowest of victories in the 49er before Giles Scott (right) successfully defended his Finn title (Getty Images)

Great Britain’s sailing team win dramatic double gold and silver at Olympics

Gold medalist Edward Clancy of Team Great Britain poses for photographs after the medal ceremony for the Men's Team Pursuit on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

Olympic cycling champion retires from Team GB after pulling out of Tokyo Games

Medal rush continues for GB swimmers as Duncan Scott wins silver and Luke Greenb...

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