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- Non-essential shops are reopening today (Monday, April 26) in the Borders and across Scotland as coronavirus restrictions ease
- It marks the end of forced closures which began when Scotland went into a second lockdown on Boxing Day, 2020
- Salons, beer gardens, restaurants and cafés are also among the places allowed to reopen
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