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Borders restaurateur who drove at 'excessive' speeds on A7 gets penalty points
A RESTAURATEUR from Hawick who admitted careless driving on the A7 has been fined £600 and had his licence endorsed with six penalty points. Forty-four-year-old Simone Falcone pleaded guilty to driving at excessive speeds on the major road near
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'There's no real explanation': Man admits stealing ex-partner's wheelie bin
STEALING his former partner's wheelie bin from her home in Cuddyside, Peebles, cost Scott West £210. The 48-year-old from Peebles pleaded guilty at Selkirk Sheriff Court to the offence which happened on February 2. Selkirk Sheriff Court heard
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CGI donates more than £14,000 of kit to 28 community clubs in the Scottish Borders
GLOBAL IT and business consulting services company CGI has donated more than £14,000 of kit to 28 community sports clubs, music bands and dance groups in the Scottish Borders this year. The company, whose Borders headquarters is in Tweedbank, provided
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Plans for major Borders battery plant on farmland is put on the agenda
A LARGE swathe of Borders farmland – the equivalent of more than 30 football pitches – would be lost if plans for a battery storage plant in Coldstream receive the green light. A screening request has been submitted to Scottish Borders Council
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Applications for Scotland Christmas Home of the Year 2023 are now open
COULD you be the next winner of Scotland’s Christmas Home of the Year? Applications for Scotland Christmas Home of the Year 2023 are now open. It’s almost that most wonderful time of the year again and new judge, architect Danny Campbell, joins
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'Persistent and heavy' rain plus risk of flooding predicted for Sunday
PARTS of the Borders can expect "persistent and heavy rain" this weekend. A yellow warning for rain has been issued for parts of the Borders on Sunday, September 24. Between 4am and midnight on Sunday areas, including Peebles, Ettrick and Tweedsmuir
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Borderer Rory Sutherland starts for Scotland against Tonga but Darcy Graham on bench
BORDERER Rory Sutherland will start for Scotland for Sunday’s World Cup pool B match against Tonga. But fellow Hawick man Darcy Graham has to settle for a place on the bench. Head coach Gregor Townsend has made four changes in total to his
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Borders council meeting abandoned as only one elected member attends
A SCOTTISH Borders Council meeting had to be abandoned after only one councillor attended it. More than a dozen attendees gathered via Microsoft Teams for a meeting of the Teviot and Liddesdale Area Partnership on September 19. They included
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Off peak ScotRail tickets will allow passengers to travel all day from October 2
SCOTRAIL customers can now view and book tickets from Monday October 2 onwards with off-peak fares now updated in ticketing systems ahead of the six-month trial. The exciting trial will introduce cheaper and simpler fares on ScotRail services and
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Darren completes 'wee wander' at Kiltwalk to raise funds for GFR Para Disability team
BORDERER Darren Thomson completed his ‘wee wander’ at this year’s Kiltwalk in Edinburgh on Sunday. And now he is preparing for an even bigger challenge. Darren uses a wheelchair following a stroke. READ MORE: Officers draw attention to
