John Swinney

First Minister John Swinney was a very welcome guest at the Burns Supper.

First Minister attends Burns Night celebration in the Borders

Leanne Gordon, a Partner in the Rural - Land & Business team team at Lindsays.

Rural lawyer issues ‘think carefully’ call amid inheritance tax furore

John Swinney.

£3.1m extra Government pay offer cash boost

Team DSM cyclists Marius Mayrhofer, Chris Hamilton, Cees Bol, Leon Heinschke, Oscar Onley and Max Poole heading from Hawick to Duns on Monday during stage two of 2022's Tour of Britain (Picture by Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com)

Hopes high that Tour of Britain cyclists’ latest visit to Borders will yield tou...

Record numbers of school leavers are going on to university or further education (Photo: Shutterstock)

Record numbers of school leavers are going on to university or further education

Three people have died after 'serious incidents' at a Scottish hospital - what h...

Could there be another UK lockdown in January? Here’s everything you need to kno...

Galashiels Academy.

£100m festive school bonanza

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

(Photo by Fraser Bremner - Pool/Getty Images)

Scotland could be gearing up for a ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown - here’s what that...

Added protection...the Bill aims to respect, protect and fulfil children’s rights. Scotland will be the first country in the UK to incorporate the convention into domestic law.

Monumental decision to protect Scottish children

Scotland will become the first country in the UK to directly incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into domestic law.

Julie Currie

The Scottish government has said facemasks should be worn by adults and pupils in secondary school while they are in corridors and communal areas where physical distancing is difficult to maintain

Facemasks to be worn in Scottish schools

Secondary school pupils in Scotland will have to wear face coverings in corridors, communal areas and on school buses from Monday 31 August (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pupils over the age of 12 at schools in Scotland will have to wear face covering...

Christine Grahame MSP

Tories refute ‘hypocrisy’ claim

Pupils, from left: Duncan Little, Emma Brown, Cayley Webster and Jay Bathgate, flank head teacher Susan Oliver at the new campus.

Jedburgh’s new school opens to all pupils today

Deputy first minister and education secretary John Swinney delivering his ministerial statement on exam results in the Scottish Parliament yesterday, August 11. (Photo by Fraser Bremner/pool/Getty Images)

Borders MSP calls for inquiry as controversy over exam grades continues

Jedburgh Grammar Campus headteacher Susan Oliver and pupils taking delivery of the keys to the £32m building in March, unaware at the time that they wouldn't get to use them for a further five months.

Plans for reopening Borders schools in August to be revealed within next two wee...

Deputy first minister and education secretary John Swinney today at the Scottish Parliament. (Photo by Fraser Bremner/pool/Getty Images)

Rethink over school reopening plans welcomed by Borders council chief

Scottish deputy first minister John Swinney. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Two more coronavirus cases confirmed in Borders, taking total to 283

Borders MSP Christine Grahame.

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

This is what you need to know about schools after they've closed (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is how schools will looks after vulnerable children and kids of key workers...

This is what you need to know about nurseries during the pandemic (Photo: Shutterstock)

Have nurseries closed due to the coronavirus outbreak?

Scottish deputy first minister and education secretary John Swinney. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Number of coronavirus cases in Borders up to eight as Scotland-wide death toll d...

This is what you need to know about exams in Scotland (Photo: Shutterstock)

Exams in Scotland have been cancelled - this is what you need to know

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon at a briefing in Edinburgh today. (Photo by Andy Buchanan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Borders schools to be shut in bid to curb spread of Covid-19

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 ...

Launching a new skills and learning network at Borders College's Galashiels campus are, from left, interim South of Scotland Enterprise chief executive Nick Halfhide, college principal Angela Cox, business and skills minister Jamie Hepburn, college regional board chairman Tony Jakimciw and council chief economic development officer Bryan McGrath.

New £6.6m digital learning network now up and running in Borders

Shona Haslam launching her election campaign in Lanark and Hamilton East.

Borders council leader denies claims of inciting sectarianism in bid to be MP

Borders council boss Shona Haslam has hit back at allegations of promoting sectarianism during her failed bid to swap Newtown for Westminster.

Paul Kelly

The campus in December 2018.

Townsfolk jump at chance to visit Jedburgh’s new campus site

HGS global CEO Partha DeSarkar meeting Scottish deputy first minister John Swinney at the Indian companys headquarters in Bangalore.

Selkirk call centre's expansion plans will create 150 jobs

John Swinney with the dig party, which includes local school pupils, council leader Shona Haslam and local councillors.

VIDEO: John Swinney at Jedburgh intergenerational school campus site

Councillor Carol Hamilton supervises as council leader Shona Haslam and deputy first minister John Swinney help pupils Sana Saukawa (Howdenburn), Kira Renilson (Jed Grammar) Alice Hickson (Howdenburn), Harry Brown (Jed Grammar) and Ella McGovern and Ellie Scott (both Parkside) get the earth moving on the new campus on Monday afternoon.

John Swinney hails Jedburgh's '˜real prize' as model for future

The EIS says teachers' salaries have gone down 20 per cent in real terms in the last decade.

Teachers urged to send clear message to John Swinney calling for a '˜fair pay in...

A snowplough in Selkirk on Thursday.

Council staff only paid for one day off during snow

Snow ploughs have been out in force across the region.

Amber warning period ends, but danger remains on our roads

A snowplough in Scott's Place in Selkirk today.

Borders no longer seeing red but still on amber alert for snow

What the proposed Jedburgh inter-generational campus will look like.

Work set to start on £32m Jedburgh school after go-ahead given by Scottish Gove...

Deputy First Minister John Swinney.

Independent panel to oversee named person service

John Swinney wants to drive down attainment gap

Measuring the attainment gap in Scotland

Deputy First Minister John Swinney has welcomed the survey results.

Survey reveals more Scots feel they are managing well financially

David Buchanan recommends a career as an STEM teacher.

Teacher recruitment campaign expanded

Baby Box registrations reach 10,000

John Swinney speaks with career adviser Nicole Grant during his visit to the SDS centre.

Helpline goes live for exam results advice

EIS welcomes Scottish Government intervention

FE lecturers striking again on Tuesday and Wednessay

Further Education Lecturers across Scotland are on strike again today (Tuesday) and tomorrow in a continuing dispute over management's refusal to honour a deal that was signed over one year ago.

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Minister for Higher and Further Education Shirley-Anne Somerville made the announcement during a Scottish Parliament debate.

LGBTI equality in schools is to be reviewed

Closing the attainment gap

EU student status confirmed

Status quo '˜not an option': Swinney

Parents are being urged to share their childrens dreams as part of the Scottish Governments Read, Write, Count campaign.

Parents urged to share their children's dreams for the future

Parents and children enjoyed a speicial Future Me launch event, attended by childrens author Simon Puttock, in Glasgows Riverside Museum.

'˜Future Me' campaign launched

Education Secretary John Swinney.

'˜Teaching Makes People' campaign launched

SBBN NFUS demo at Holyrood

Farmers protest hitsHolyrood

Borders secures funding to fix flood damage

Finance secretary John Swinney unveiled his draft budget to MSPs in the Scottish Parliament this week.

SBC examining Swinney’s budget, as Lamont slams SNP

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