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The corner shop sign.

Hawick’s ‘candy lady’ in not-so-sweet signage wrangle

Horsebox Trailer (SBC)

Horse-box trailer go-ahead for Melrose Rugby Club

Councillor Euan Jardine.

SBC leader holds “constructive” talks with First Minister over Council Tax freez...

Scottish ministers have signed an extradition order to enable rape suspect Nicholas Rossi to be extradited to the United States, the Scottish Government has confirmed. (Credit: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire)

Extradition order signed for US rape suspect Nicholas Rossi

Plans to build more than one 1,300 new homes on the agenda

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

Scottish Borders Council HQ.

Council has administered £74.3m of Covid-19 funds

The field at Netherbarns, near Abbotsford.

Plans to build 45 houses near Sir Walter Scott’s home need to be dropped

Councillor Hannah Steel didn't get the answer she wanted from Holyrood.

Scottish minister cries foul on council’s pooch poo plea

Councillor Robin Tatler.

SBC building reputation for providing ‘affordable’ homes

Boost for timber transport infrastructure.

Boost for timber transport infrastructure
Scottish Forestry has awarded £514,500 to Scottish Borders Council for two projects which will improve timber transport infrastructure in the region.

Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire.

End the violence in our schools, says MSP

Concillor Robin Tatler.

Councillor calls for a ban on single vape e-cigarettes

The new wheelchair boardwalk will be opened at Coldingham Bay next Thursday.

Wheelchairs on the boardwalk at Coldingham Bay

Councillor Robin Tatler.

Councillor calls for a ban on single vape e-cigarettes

Councillor Robin Tatler.

Views sought on important five-year housing strategy

Offshore wind farm.

Council decides not to oppose one of world’s biggest offshore wind farms on its ...

Councillor Hannah Steel won unanimous support from members for her bid to change dog fouling law.

Council in appeal for change of dog fouling law

The application was to insulate the upstairs flat at 68 High Street, Coldstream. Photo: Google.

Insulation bid for Coldstream home appealed

Duns Park. Photo: Google.

£40k back to nature project in Berwickshire park

Ralph Roberts, chief executive of NHS Borders.

NHS Borders deficit of £14.4m predicted

UK to trial new groundbreaking endometriosis treatment

Teachers strike Scotland 2023: Full list of dates EIS union members will strike in March and April

List of strike dates for teachers from EIS union in March & April

Christine Grahame MSP.

Child payment scheme hailed

The large hoarding was installed at the bottom of Hall St. Photo: Google.

Borders gym row is a sign of the times

Watched by anglers including RTC chairman, Peter Straker-Smith (right), Mairi Gougeon MSP blesses the River Tweed with a dram of whisky as she officially opens the river’s 2023 salmon fishing season. Photo: Phil Wilkinson.

Dram gesture in hope for tight lines

More than half of trains between Edinburgh and Tweedbank were delayed last year.

Most trains delayed on Border Railway

Councillor Mark Rowley.

‘Very difficult decisions’ ahead as council budget is set
Scottish Borders Council needs to take “some very difficult decisions” as the result of a £7.2m reduction in its spending power over the next financial year, councillors were informed today, Thursday, January 26.

SBC Headquarters in Newtown St Boswells.

Cash-strapped council facing funding cut of £7.2m

The offshore wind farm would be one of the biggest in the world.

One of world’s biggest offshore wind farm bids near to a final decision

Teachers are set to strike again this week.

Schools to close due to strike action

Council leader Euan Jardine.

Financial challenges faced by council are laid bare

Scottish Borders Council provided this site in Selkirk for travellers during lockdown.

Council to push ahead with gyspy site invitation

During Covid-19 restrictions, SBC provided temporary provision for travellers at the Victoria Park leisure facility in Selkirk, which didn't go down well with the locals.

Bid for a new £3m traveller site is on the agenda

The solar arrays could provide low-cost electricity for businesses.

Solar arrays set to provide low-cost energy boost for Selkirk businesses

Scottish Borders Council headquarters.

One-day schools strike means pupils must stay at home

Some of the pupils questioned said they had experienced bullying online.

Shock report reveals almost half of pupils at school have been bullied in last y...

From left: Greg Steel and Jimmy Louth (CLM), Robert Hewitt (facilities manager) Patrick Harvie MSP, Pete Smith (college principal) Jane Grant (executive director, enterprise & business innovation.

Greens chief visits college's award-winning facility

1 in 4 Scottish EV charging points faulty, claims BBC investigation

Rachael Hamilton, MSP.

MSP’s concerns over hunting bill

Zebra Growth founders Lee Fitzpatrick and Moh Al-Haifi have urged the Scottish government to re-think its ‘growth at all costs’ business model

Holyrood urged to change 'growth at all costs' business model

Kelso councillor Tom Weatherston.

Broadband offer alert

Doctor Andrew Doherty at the Borders General Hospital. Photo: Bill McBurnie.

Former BGH doctor launches scathing attack on NHS Borders management

Newcastleton GP Howard Kennedy was named the best in the country in 2019.

Time to vote for your favourite health workers

Kim Simpson of Greenspace Scotland.

Covid memorial for the Borders
A call has gone out to creative practioners in the Borders to devise a memorial project to remember those in the community who lost their lives to Covid-19, but also to mark the community spirit the pandemic engendered.

Sarah Horan, director of Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Professionals at NHS Borders.

Borders cancer waiting times better than national average

Tom Arthur MSP in Galashiels on Tuesday. Photo: Phil Wilkinson.

Galashiels put in minister’s spotlight

The Borders has the third-highest take-up for vaccinations in children aged five-11 in Scotland.

Borders kids in vaccine drive

Picture: Ian Georgeson

Labour MSP demands emergency Scotland-wide rent freeze

Robin Tatler

Poorest families to receive £150 to help with cost of living crisis

Hawick provost Watson McAteer says he has concerns over the extension of the Borders Railway through Hawick.

More doubts emerge over the future of Borders Railway extension

The site of the former Earlston High School.

£200k council grant needed to build 64 new homes at former Earlston High School ...

Homes to be built near to Earlston Primary School.

Scottish Borders Council asked to plug £200k housing gap to ensure new £12.2m ho...

Council leader Mark Rowley.

3% rise in Council Tax is confirmed in budget proposals

Vision of how hub will look.

Concern at delays to work starting on a Hawick business hub on former department...