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Scotland rugby sevens squad captain Ross McCann pictured playing for Edinburgh in April 2025 (Photo: Ross Parker/SNS Group/Edinburgh)

Borderer Ciaran Beattie oversees comeback for Scotland’s rugby sevens team

Scottish Thistles’ Freddie Owsley after being named as player of the tournament at 2026’s Melrose Sevens at the Greenyards in May (Photo: Mark Scates/SNS Group/SRU)

Two former players at Melrose’s Greenyards added to Scotland rugby sevens squad

From left, Jacob Adkin, Finlay Todd, Thomas Hilton and Andy Douglas in Italy at the weekend (Photo: Scottish Athletics)

Borderers help Scotland to fourth-placed finish at mountain-running competition

Scout Adkin on her way to finishing as first female in Saturday’s Giir di Mont uphill race in Italy (Photo: Marco Gulberti/World Mountain-Running Association)

Borderer Scout Adkin still in pole position in mountain-running world cup

Scout Adkin on the run at Briancon in France at the weekend (Photo: Jonathan Wyatt/World Mountain-Running Association)

Borderer Scout Adkin doubles lead at top of world mountain-running cup rankings

Scout Adkin on her way to the first of two runner-up finishes at Chongli in China at the weekend (Photo: Marco Gulberti/World Mountain-Running Association)

Borderer Scout Adkin still top of mountain-running world cup leaderboard

Scout Adkin on the run in Italy on Sunday (Photo: Marco Gulberti/World Mountain-Running Association)

Borderer Scout Adkin still top of mountain-running world cup leaderboard

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A family of lions passed right by our jeeps (Photo: Amber Allott/NationalWorld)

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Harry Borthwick on the ball for Southern Knights during their 39-38 Fosroc Super Series Championship win at home to the Fosroc Future XV at the Greenyards in Melrose in July (Photo by Ewan Bootman/SNS Group/SRU)

Second visit by Future XV will be a test, says Southern Knights gaffer Alan Tait

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Monroe Job is likely to feature against Ayrshire Bulls (Pic Ross Parker/SNS Group)

Bulls will be tough test says Southern Knights boss

Ex-Southern Knights winger Finn Douglas scoring a try for Scotland's under-20s against the USA at the World Rugby U20 Trophy in Kenya last Thursday (Photo by World Rugby)

Two tries by Hawick’s Corey Tait not enough to get Scotland through to World Rug...

Southern Knights winger Finn Douglas scoring a try for Scotland's under-20s against the USA at the World Rugby U20 Trophy in Kenya yesterday (Photo by World Rugby)

Borderers Corey Tait and Finn Douglas on scoresheet for Scotland U20s

Southern Knights winger Finn Douglas watching Ben Afshar scoring a try for Scotland against Zimbabwe in their World Rugby U20 Trophy pool game on Saturday (Pic: Tony Munge/World Rugby)

Five Borderers named in Scotland U20 rugby squad to face USA

Matt Reid playing for Selkirk against Edinburgh Academical in September (Pic: Bill McBurnie)

Six Borderers named in Scottish side to contest World Rugby U20 Trophy in Kenya

Finn Douglas in action for Edinburgh during a pre-season friendly versus London Scottish at the DAM Health Stadium in the capital in September 2022 (Photo by Ross Parker/SNS Group/SRU)

Borderers on scoresheet as Scottish U20s prepare for rugby trophy with win

Queen Elizabeth II Coronation carriage and procession coming through Admiralty Arch on the way from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace

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Prince William has written a tribute in memory of his friend Mark Jenkins who was killed in a plane crash this week

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Hawick's Lisa Thomson, a member of the Great Britain Olympic rugby sevens team, during a Tokyo 2020 kitting-out on June 18, 2021, in Birmingham (Photo by Karl Bridgeman/Getty Images for British Olympic Association)

Hawick’s Lisa scores try for GB in Tokyo

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Teaching children in Ethiopia...was Dominic Taddeis first stop in Africa, before moving on to Kenya and Uganda.

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The price of a box of teabags could be set to rise by up to 40 per cent due to a tea shortage in Kenya (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why your cup of tea could soon become much more expensive

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Settled Scotland 7s squad sticks with Melrose trio

More than 800,000 children under five are severely malnourished and at risk of starving to death.

Disasters Emergency Committee launches East Africa Crisis Appeal

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New Fairtrade film challenges Scots not to feed exploitation

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