Dumfries & Borders

Melrose councillors are urging townsfolk to give Scottish Borders Council’s new grass-cutting regime a chance before bringing in private contractors.

Staff and customers at the White Swan, Kelso, presented the magnificent sum of £1,000 to four members of staff from the town’s Scottish Ambulance Service this week in 1994.

A dedicated worker for a Hawick business has been forced to call it a day due to ill health after almost 30 years.

A landlord has been ordered to behave himself for the next nine months after getting involved in a struggle with a tenant over unpaid rent.

After more than two years in the making, Lauder Community Shed is up and running and hoping to build up its membership.

Police are searching for a teenage girl who has been missing since Thursday and may have been spotted in Carlisle.

An emu has been on the run for more than 24-hours after escaping during a visit to a care home in Dumfries and Galloway.

Works finished on Galafoot Bridge today (Friday), two weeks ahead of schedule, and the route is due to reopen in both directions at 3pm.

A plea is being issued for a level playing field for council funding for events and community groups in the Borders.

Consolation is at hand for customers hit hard by the unexpected closure of Hawick’s Sandbed Post Office as they will soon have an alternative outlet to turn to.

Hawick’s town centre post office has closed without prior warning, and it is not known when it will reopen.

Concerns are being voiced over the disappearance of free cash machines from towns and villages in the Borders.

A marble sculpture depicting one of Hawick’s most famous sons has finally found a new home not so far from his original home.

The Borders is no worse off than other regions when it comes to train cancellations, ScotRail bosses insist.

A 25-year-old man has been told he must take part in a domestic abuse rehabilitation programme after admitting breaching a non-harassment order involving a former partner.

A woman convicted of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner and struggling violently with a former partner has been fined £100 after behaving herself during a deferral of sentence.

Inquiries are ongoing into the death of a 50-year-old man who fell off his push bike near Galashiels at the weekend.

A Borders start-up has teamed up with Europe’s largest cannabis and hemp producer in a move it ­estimates will generate £5 million in annual sales.

Drivers can expect diversions to be in place from tonight as the A68 north of St Boswells closes between 8pm and 6am from tonight to Wednesday, May 15.