Almost 20 pubs in the Borders have made it into the latest Campaign for Real Ale Good Beer Guide and 11 are listed in the rival Good Pub Guide, with four meriting mentions in both.
A Chilean flamingo chick being hand-reared by Mark Haillay and Owen Joiner at Bird Gardens Scotland at Oxton is the first to be born in Scotland this year.
Earlston High Street residents are objecting to plans by a takeaway there to extend its opening hours, fearing that would lead to a rise in littering and antisocial behaviour.
A stretch of the A708 Selkirk-Moffat road is to be closed during daytime hours for three weeks to allow resurfacing and drainage works to be carried out.
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