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The 10 biggest National Lottery and EuroMillions prizes ever won by Brits
The National Lottery and EuroMillions have seen hundreds of people become millionaires overnight with many winning close to £200 million. First established in 1994, The National Lottery is best known for its Lotto game in which players pick up
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'Check your change': The rare 50p that sold for more than £150 on eBay
Everyone is being urged to check their change for a rare 50p coin after one sold for more than 300 times its face value at auction this week. The coin, a Kew Gardens 250th anniversary coin, sold for £152 on online auction site eBay. It is one
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Borders leisure centre swimming pool reopens after power issues addressed
A BORDERS leisure centre swimming pool has reopened after power issues were addressed. Eyemouth Leisure Centre closed after contractors working in the area cut through cables. Live Borders, which operates the facility on behalf of Scottish
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Bin strikes avoided in the Borders as ballot threshold 'narrowly missed'
BIN strikes are set to take place across Scotland next month – but no disruption is planned in the Borders. The strikes, between August 14-22, will affect 14 local authorities and comes after members rejected a new pay deal. But the number
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'Work to do' at tapestry centre as 'disappointing' figures revealed
COUNCIL leader Euan Jardine has admitted there is “work to do” to make a Galashiels attraction a success. The £6.8 million Great Tapestry of Scotland centre opened in the town in August 2021. But new figures show that Scottish Borders Council
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Three taken to hospital following collision on major Borders road
THREE people were taken to hospital following a collision on a major Borders road this week. Yesterday (Tuesday, July 30) two vehicles were involved in a collision on the A1 near Cockburnspath at 10.35am. Emergency services were called to the
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Third person who died in fatal motorcycle crash named
THE family of the third person who died following a fatal motorbike crash say they are "devastated". Jason Gibbon, a 37-year-old man from Northumberland, has been named as the third person who died following a crash on the A6088 on Sunday, July
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Two people who died in motorcycle crash on Borders road named
TWO people who died in a motorcycle crash on the A6088 in the Borders have been named. Twenty-nine-year-old Andrew Lartey and his pillion passenger, 23-year-old Georgia Tate, both from Newcastle upon Tyne, died in the crash between Bonchester Bridge
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Borders man threatened to set fire to neighbour’s home during dispute, court told
A HAWICK man threatened to set fire to a neighbour’s home during a drunken dispute, Jedburgh Sheriff Court has been told. Forty-year-old Michael Reid pleaded guilty to a charge of threatening or abusive behaviour at his home in Ramsay Road on the