FAMOUS Scottish actor Jack Lowden has hit out at plans to close a number of nurseries in the community he grew up in ...

The future of several rural nurseries across the Borders are hanging in the balance today after councillors were divided over controversial closure proposals.

A council has voted to press ahead with plans which could see a number of nurseries closed despite a protest from parents. The local authority in the Borders revealed proposals to shut six rural sites ...

Following an emotional debate that lasted almost three hours, parents have been left frustrated with their councillors' decision not to fully ...

Of the seven nurseries recommended for mothballing – Channelkirk, Cockburnspath, Ednam, Fountainhall, Walkerburn, Westruther and Yetholm – six only learned that they were in consideration last Tuesday ...

The books that made the shortlist were: The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry (Canongate); The Mare by Angharad Hampshire (Northodox Press), The Book of Days by Francesca kay (Swift Press), Glorious ...

Saturday the 12th of April saw the Scottish Junior National Surfing Championships return to Fraserburgh on what would be the 50th Anniversary of Scottish Surfing Federation. The first ever Scottish ...

A sixth person has been arrested in connection with vandalism at Donald Trump’s golf course in South Ayrshire. Red paint was thrown over the Turnberry clubhouse while the greens were dug up and marker ...

Two further people have been charged in connection to damage at US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course. Police Scotland said a 75-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman were arrested ...

A 75-year-old man and a 66-year-old woman were arrested in Oban on March 26 before being released. On Tuesday, April 15, Police Scotland said the pair had been charged. They are the sixth and seventh ...

AN NHS Borders worker has been nominated for the prestigious RCN Award. Rhona Morrison, a quality improvement facilitator with the organisation, has been shortlisted for the People's Choice Award at ...

ON Wednesday, the UK Supreme Court will deliver its judgment on the legal meaning of woman in a case involving the campaign group For Women ...