Hawick’s Stuart Hogg has added his name to the line-up of almost 250 cyclists taking on a 1,600-plus-mile sponsored ride from the west of Scotland to Italy in memory of Borders rugby legend Doddie Weir.
Two Borders seminarians studying to become priests were sent home from their college in Rome last week, just before Italy went into lockdown.
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