The Scottish Borders County, Scotland News

A man has appeared in court accused of starting a blaze which caused damage of 20,000 to a house after a firework was pushed through its letterbox.

Marsali Taylor recounts the history of the Reverend John Turnbull, ill-fated minister of Tingwall parish.

The fiancee of a security guard who was shot dead in Iraq weeks before she gave birth to their child, has spoken about her sense of loss.

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JEDBURGH faces a dental crisis as the town looks set to lose one of its two practices after no replacement was found for a soon-to-be retired dentist.

Next summer more than 100 people will be cycling down the Outer Hebrides by day and celebrating by night to raise money in the name of a special and much missed 11-year-old. Dancer Katie McKerracher from Ettrickbridge near Selkirk died earlier this year from a inoperable tumour on her brain stem.

A PLEA has been issued for residents of a Borders town to rally round a vital youth project which has hit a funding crisis.

A GLASGOW man who travelled down to Eyemouth to stay with a mate after a fall-out with his father has started a five year jail sentence after attacking three local men with a knife.

A MOTORIST who offered a man money and then drove him home after knocking him down on a pedestrian crossing in Galashiels has been fined a total of 470, disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to resit his test.

A PETTY criminal who claimed he got hooked on heroin after being sent to prison begged a Sheriff to send him back so he could rid himself of the drug.

ST ANDREANS have been left shocked by the sudden death of one of the town's best known residents.

A Borders MSP has renewed calls for speed cameras to be installed on a stretch of road where a biker was caught travelling at 166mph.

THE BORDERS' top police chief this week blamed television programmes such as BBC 2's Top Gear and car magazines for glorifying speed on the region's roads.

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Police have confirmed there will be no charges in connection with the death of a cyclist in the Borders last year.

A man has appeared in court charged with a serious sexual assault on a woman in the Scottish Borders.

A Borders man has denied sending offensive mail containing threats and racial abuse to a Lib Dem MP and MSP.

A motorcyclist who hit the highest speed recorded on a Scottish road has been jailed for nine months.

THE number of young people being killed on roads in the Borders is disproportionately high for the number of young people driving in the area, it has been claimed.

As of Monday, November 2, a reduced service will run between the two Borders towns to the capital.