Jedburgh, Scotland News

A RITUAL handed down since the Dark Ages that has protected local communities from inadvertently committing incest, was how the public displaying of marriage banns in the Borders was decribed at last week's full monthly meeting of the local authority.

THE public benches are expected to be full on Monday week when the planning authority will, for the second time in five months, decide whether Jedburgh can have a new 5million supermarket, writes Andrew Keddie .

THE Campaign to End Child Poverty have published the first ever map of Scotland showing the rates of child poverty across every ward, council and constituency and it doesn't make for comfortable reading.

A SHORT movie about ghostly goings on at The Haining this week won a standing ovation - and special awards - for six gutsy and talented teenagers from Selkirk, writes Andrew Keddie .

HEALTH boss Dr Ross Cameron has revealed that he does not see a future for a dementia unit in the town.