Dumfries & Borders

A 39-year-old man involved in several drunken incidents in Hawick and Galashiels has been jailed for a total of 14 months.

A motorist has been banned from the road for driving a van on the Melrose bypass and the A68 while more than double the legal alcohol limit.

Stena Line ferry staff are being investigated after failing drug and alcohol tests on board a vessel sailing between Cairnryan and Belfast.

In his first year as herald, Rob Reid’s main focus has been making sure everything runs smoothly for his callant.

Jethart Callant Euan Munro’s big week was blessed with sunshine and plenty of support from townsfolk.

Wanted: a star signing with hawkish instincts and excellent aerial skills, who is able to fend off attackers and keep a clean sheet - and for that, matter, a clean stadium.

The death toll claimed by drugs in the Borders has hit a record high, figures out today, July 16, reveal.

A Borders couple have won a national award for their efforts to help others, like them, hit by the tragedy of losing babies.

Mark Henderson, this year’s Kelso Laddie, is leading the way at this year’s Kelso Civic Week.

A Borders community council chairman and political activist has fallen foul of race hate laws after a social media row with a 21-year-old student.

A woman is in a serious condition in hospital after a crash involving a marked police car.

Police are appealing for witnesses after a car was set on fire in a layby on the A7 between Selkirk and Galashiels.

Around £11,000 worth of a toxic material has been stolen from a pharmaceutical factory in Dumfries and Galloway.

Much like the leaning tower of Pisa, a historic fountain in the grounds of Selkirk’s Victoria Halls is becoming vertically-challenged.

A man has appeared from custody at Jedburgh Sheriff Court accused of assaulting a woman in Hawick with intent to rob her.

A 47-year-old fraudster described in court as an old-school conman has admitted using a Borders woman’s bank cards to run up £350 worth of hotel bills.

A pensioner has died after her car left the road and crashed into a tree in the Borders.

The 47th annual Earlston Civic Week served up beautiful sunshine for each of its various events last week.