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Parent Power 2024: The Times releases its list of Best UK schools & league table

Breaking The Sunday Times releases Parent Power 2024 UK guide

Darcy Graham going off injured during Scotland's Rugby World Cup knockout by Ireland on Saturday, October 7, in Paris (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Rugby star Darcy Graham’s comeback bid after injury hit by further setback

Peter Horne at a Fosroc Super Series Sprint match between Ayrshire Bulls and Glasgow Warriors A at Millbrae in Ayr in April (Pic: Ross MacDonald/SNS Group/SRU)

​Ex-Melrose player Peter Horne joins Scottish national rugby team’s coaching set...

Glen Young and, right, Jamie Ritchie during Edinburgh's 24-22 loss at home to Benetton on Friday (Pic: Bryan Robertson)

Scotland lock Glen Young shows appreciation for Jed-Forest

Councillor Julie Pirone, Executive Member for Community and Culture.

Borders campaign launched to tackle gender-based violence

Funding bids are being encouraged.

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Darcy Graham playing for Scotland at 2023's Rugby World Cup versus Romania in Lille in France in September (Pic: Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Borders rugby star Darcy Graham’s bid to get back on ball hit by hold-up

Darcy Graham after Scotland's 84-0 Rugby World Cup win against Romania in Lille in France at the end of September (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)

Borders rugby star Darcy Graham targeting December comeback

The Tri-Fitness team pick up their award.

Boost for SBC’s under-fire leisure provider as Galashiels gym receives national ...

9 in 10 Scots believe they aren't as glum as stereotypes suggest

Scotland rugby head coach Richie Dixon during a training session in January 1997 (Photo by Dave Rogers/Allsport via Getty Images)

Nine more Borderers awarded retrospective Scotland rugby caps
Borderers account for half of the latest round of 18 retrospective caps awarded by the Scottish Rugby Union.

Chloe Rollie playing for Scotland in their WXV 2 match versus USA at Cape Town's Athlone Stadium last Friday (Pic: Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Borderers Chloe Rollie, Lana Skeldon and Lisa Thomson in starting line-up for Sc...

Undated handout photo issued by Police Scotland of Wendy Taylor, 57, who died after being swept into the Water of Lee, Glen Esk, on Thursday. Issue Date: Sunday October 22, 2023. Credit: PA

Family tribute to woman who was swept into river during Storm Babet

Scotland loosehead prop Rory Sutherland during a training session at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, near Lille in northern France, at the end of last month (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images)

Borderer Rory Sutherland signs for French rugby club Oyonnax

Scott Hamilton

Deputy leader nominated as ‘Young Councillor of the Year’ no longer feels quite ...

Parts of the UK will experience highs of 26C this weekend, with experts describing the October autumn weather as "unusual". (Credit: Getty Images)

Scotland hit with amber flood warnings as 'heatwave' approaches south

Alan Tait of Scotland is tackled by Dion O''Cuinneagain of Ireland during Scotland's 30-13 Five Nations win at Murrayfield on March 20, 1999 (Pic by Jamie McDonald/Getty Images)

Scotland legend Alan Tait previews crunch Ireland World Cup match

Hawick Royal Albert beat Lochgelly Albert (Pic Brian Sutherland)

Hawick RA go third after win over Lochgelly

The RNLI has warned that conditions around coasts could be treacherous as Storm Agnes prepares to hit the country. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK braces as Storm Agnes prepares for landfall

School support workers, cleaning staff and janitors are currently on strike in Scotland as the Unison union remains locked in a pay dispute with education chiefs. (Credit: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)

Scottish school support staff stage strike in pay dispute

Over half of Scotland’s popular beaches ‘blighted’ with raw sewage. (Photo: Getty Images)

Over half of Scotland’s popular beaches ‘blighted’ with raw sewage

Rory Sutherland at Scotland's squad announcement for 2023's Rugby World Cup in August at South Queensferry (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Hawick’s Rory Sutherland in Scots’ starting XV for Rugby World Cup game v Tonga

A £3.5m Scottish mansion is up for grabs in a breast cancer fundraising prize draw. The six-bedroom home is the first-ever Scottish house to be available in the Omaze Million Pound House Draw Ð which is raising funds for Breast Cancer Now.

Home worth £3.5m with golfing simulator will be raffled off by Omaze

Pedestrians walk past a branch of a NatWest bank in London.

36 more bank branches to close across UK next year - full list

Chloe Rollie, left, and Lana Skeldon celebrating after helping Scotland beat Ireland 36-10 in rugby's Women's Six Nations at Edinburgh's DAM Health Stadium in April (Photo by Ross Parker/SNS Group/SRU)

​Three Borderers named in Scotland women’s rugby squad for WXV2 contest in South...

Wetherspoons will introduce a much welcomed price slash on several items for a limited time in January.

Wetherspoons to make huge price change which will delight punters

Yellow weather warnings in place for thunderstorms in the UK

Darcy Graham warming up for Scotland's captain's run today ahead of their Rugby World Cup opener against South Africa on Sunday in Marseille (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Borderer Darcy Graham named in Scotland team for Rugby World Cup opener
Scotland have named their match-day squad for their 2023 Rugby World Cup opener against South Africa on Sunday and Hawick’s Darcy Graham has been given a starting place.

Darcy Graham at Scotland's squad announcement for this year's Rugby World Cup at South Queensferry last month (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Hawick’s Darcy Graham declared fit for Scotland’s Rugby World Cup opener

Ally Connell, 38, was only a mile from shore on a fishing trip when he saw a massive shark fin poking out of the water.

Kayaker spots large shark fin circling around him off UK coast

Kelso rugby legend John Jeffrey pictured in 2021 (Photo by Ross Parker/SNS Group/SRU)

Scotland’s 2023 Rugby World Cup squad their best ever, reckons Borders sporting ...

Scotland's Freddie Carcas winning the under-20 men's race the last time the home countries hill-running junior international was held at Cademuir Hill, in 2017 (Pic: Woodentops)

​Borders to host international junior hill-running event

Winger Darcy Graham at Scotland's squad announcement at South Queensferry on Wednesday, August 16, for 2023's Rugby World Cup (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Scotland winger Darcy Graham unfazed by sharing Rugby World Cup pool with Irelan...

Buses are a great way to get around. Photo: Adobe

Going Green: Buses are a Great British institution

Watch Commander Dave Farries QFSM has hung up his helmet after 55 years of service.

Hawick-born Dave calls it a day after 55 years

Scotland' winger Darcy Graham at Wednesday's 2023 Rugby World Cup squad announcement at South Queensferry (Photo by Craig Williamson/SNS Group/SRU)

Borderers Darcy Graham and Rory Sutherland named in Scottish Rugby World Cup squ...

Craig Hoy MSP.

Call for defibrillators at Borders railway stations

Ex-Melrose full-back Craig Redpath at 2022's Scottish Premiership final as head coach of Marr in April 2022 at Edinburgh's Malleny Park (Photo by Mark Scates/SNS Group/SRU)

12 retrospective Scotland rugby caps to be awarded to Borderers

Sanjeev Kohli and Jane McCarry, best known for their Still Game characters Navid and Isa, are heading to Melrose next month.

Navid and Isa in Melrose!

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

Bulls will be tough test says Southern Knights boss

Isla Short in biking action (Pic by Lauren Stewart)

Peebles moutain-biker Isla Short is first British female at world cross-country

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Galashiels charity supporting people with learning disabilities is rated ‘weak’

The woodland hut conversion site has been given the green light.

Green light is given for Galashiels hut plans

The Aonach Eagach ridge in Glen Coe is notoriously dangerous

Bodies of 3 missing hikers found on UK ‘bucket-listed’ mountain

Kelso golfer Jack McDonald in action

​Golfer Jack gets third time lucky for first Scotland cap
​Kelso golfer Jack McDonald has hit it third time lucky after being called up to represent Scotland at the sport’s 2023 amateur home internationals in Wales this week after just missing out twice.

Mark Gibbs woke from a coma convinced he was in California, had won £50k - and Rihanna was on her way to see him.

Man woke up from coma convinced he was going to meet Rihanna

Andrew Hogley, CEO of British Wool, Jim Robertson, chairman of British Wool and Cammy Wilson from The Sheep Game.

New Selkirk depot raises the game for Borders wool

JD Wetherspoons operates almost 900 pubs across the UK, including 16 in Sussex, which are known for a budget menu and sometimes inhabiting historic buildings

Wetherspoons: 2 more close & 13 set to close - is your local on list?

Peebles rider Isla Short training at Glentress (Photo: UCI Mountain Bike World Series)

​World’s biggest cycling event ever about to arrive in Borders

Selkirk's Monroe Job pictured at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium in January (Photo by Ross Parker/SNS Group/SRU)

Borderer Monroe ​Job scores three tries on debut for Scotland U20s

Darcy Graham scoring Scotland's first versus Italy at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium on Saturday (Photo by Craig Williamson/SNS Group/SRU)

Darcy Graham targeting fellow Borderer Stuart Hogg’s try record after scoring 18...

A student was expelled from University of Dundee after he posted a video of human dissection on social media.

Student expelled for posting video of human dissection online

New Glenrothes Rugby Club head coach Cosmin Popescu (Pic: Glenrothes RFC)

New head coach and captain in place at Glenrothes ready for next rugby season

Hockey ace Ella Mundell starred for Scotland in Spain

Super sisters making their mark

A Smit weaving loom (Source: Smit Weaving)

Italian job at Lochcarron