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£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

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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

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

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

Dr Aileen McLeod is visiting Hawick tomorrow morning.

Flooding minister on her way to Hawick
Flooding minister Dr Aileen MacLeod will visit to Hawick tomorrow morning to see first-hand the impact of recent flooding on the local community.

Former Jed paperboy to take top role with Scottish Enterprise

Deputy First Minister John Swinney MSP and Calum Kerr, Westminster candidate for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk,were in Galashiels to officially open the SNPs general election campaign hub on Bank Street.

Election: John Swinney opens SNP campaign hub

John Swinney will be pushing the case for independence

Referendum countdown: Campaigners in final push for votes

To mark five years since the first meeting of the South of Scotland Alliance and the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth, Alliance chair Councillor Stuart Bell made a presentation to John Swinney MSP of a Border Reiver statue.

Alliance meet to tackle rural economy issues