Councillors will discuss plans to build up to 200 new affordable homes in the Borders next Wednesday at a full meeting in Kelso.

Phone lines to Borders General Hospital have been restored over seven hours after first being reported.

A Borders MSP has raised concerns about Scottish Borders Council’s handling of a £420,000 bequest left for the elderly people of Galashiels.

Lilliesleaf, Ashkirk and Midlem Community Council is holding an election for the eight available places on the organisation.

A man pulled from the River Tweed near Caddonfoot has been taken to the Borders General Hospital.

Emergency services are heading for Caddonfoot near Galashiels where a person is reported to be in the water close to the former school.

A drive to get people to ‘Think twice, tattoo once’ has been launched this week at Selkirk High School by the council and NHS Borders.

The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay, Prince Charles and Camilla, are visiting three leading Borders textile organisations today.

Johnston Press plc, the parent company of The Southern Reporter and the Selkirk Weekend Advertiser, has won a top award at the prestigious Association of Online Publishers Awards.

Inspectors have praised the behaviour of children at Philiphaugh Community School in Selkirk, but called for improvements to develop the curriculum.

Borders Railway is hosting a new series of community drop-in sessions this month, starting on Thursday at Gala Rugby Club.

Borders MSP John Lamont has written to the Transport Minister Keith Brown to complain about delays caused by traffic lights on the A68 south of Jedburgh.

A Selkirk church has again been targeted by vandals, with another stained glass window being smashed.

NEW Provost David Anderson has followed the lead of his predecessors by praising the public for their generous response to the annual Common Riding cash appeal.

Former president of Selkirk Rugby Club George Thomson believes that while the team’s fortunes might vary, the Common Riding will always be in the top flight.

Proposed by-laws to ban drinking alcohol in designated public places would let police stop trouble, according to a Selkirkshire councillor.

Mothballed Ettrick Primary School has been found a new use, providing a summer home for the James Hogg

Selkirk Community Council will have just seven members after an appeal for new councillors appears to have fallen on deaf ears.

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SAFETY concerns raised by both the police and mounted marshals have led to the Common Riding Trust making changes to stewarding arrangements.