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New Channel 4 show to follow Brits as they attempt a refugee's journey to UK
Channel 4 is to broadcast a new social experimental series that follows a group of opinionated Brits attempting the “perilous” journey refugees and migrants make to the UK. The four-part series is billed as taking an “unflinching look at the truth
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Borders NHS chief signs armed forces pledge
NHS Borders has reaffirmed its promise to service people by again signing the Armed Forces Covenant. Last week NHS Borders chief executive Ralph Roberts met with Duncan Evans, regional employer engagement director from the Lowland Reserve Forces
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Conversion plans unveiled to safeguard future of historic Borders church
PLANS have been revealed to safeguard the future of an historic village church with its conversion into a four-bedroom family home. Smailholm Church, which avoided demolition during the reformation, is believed to date back to the 12th century.
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IN PICTURES: Sell-out crowd packs Galashiels hall for Muay Thai clashes
ON Saturday night the Volunteer Hall in Galashiels played host to the Battle of the Reivers. It was a show of the finest local Muay Thai combatants against opponents from as far as Aberdeen and Ayr in an entertaining evening of martial arts.
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Temporary timetable introduced for rail services amid pay dispute
SCOTRAIL has introduced a temporary timetable for rail services in the Borders due to a reduced number of drivers being available for overtime. The train operator has announced the new timetable, which will affect services between Tweedbank and
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Plans to extend Borders cemetery are rubber-stamped
PLANS for the expansion of Eyemouth Cemetery have been rubber-stamped. Scottish Borders Council submitted an in-house planning application for the change of use of land to extend the cemetery, including alterations to existing parking bays, new
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OPINION: Take care on Borders roads this summer
WE are now fully in the swing of summer and while Scottish weather can be unpredictable at best, we should (hopefully) see a prolonged period of warmer, dryer days, that extend to lighter evenings. This, coupled with the fact that schools are now
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Borders MP given shadow cabinet position
A BORDERS politician has been appointed to former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's shadow cabinet. John Lamont MP, who was returned as the Conservative MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk at last week's general election, has been named as Mr
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Man, 25, ‘punched police officer in the face’ at Borders General Hospital
A 25-YEAR-OLD man who punched a police officer in the face to his injury at Borders General Hospital has been given a night-time home curfew. Martin McGroary, who gave an address in Kelso, pleaded guilty at Selkirk Sheriff Court to the offence