Borders MSP Rachael Hamilton has written to the newly-appointed Scottish Transport Minister, Kevin Stewart, urging him to work with local campaign groups to progress plans to extend the Borders Railway to Carlisle through Hawick and Newcastleton.
Former Selkirkshire councillor Michelle Ballantyne has been given the role of shadow social security secretary by Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson.
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