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Fringe 'veterans' share top tips for those going to the festival this year
The Edinburgh Fringe is back for another year, seeing some of the most talented acts descend on the Scottish capital for a whole month. While the festival can be a fantastic experience, it can also be a gruelling one with lots of walking and waiting
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Man admits charging at group of youngsters brandishing glass bottle in Borders
A 32-YEAR-OLD man appeared from custody at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday and admitted charging at a group of youngsters while brandishing a glass bottle. Graham McBeth also pleaded guilty to culpable and reckless conduct by throwing the bottle
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Silence planned by Tweeddale peace group to honour victims of war and conflict
VICTIMS of war and conflict will be honoured in Peebles next week. A gathering will be held on the banks of the River Tweed on Tuesday, marking the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during the Second World War. Organised by Tweeddale
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Scottish tourism expert will promote the £25m River Tweed Trail
A DESTINATION development specialist is looking to make a splash as part of a £25 million River Tweed project. The scheme, called Destination Tweed, will see a 113-mile trail opened from Moffat to Berwick-upon-Tweed. Former VisitScotland marketeer
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Exhibition to celebrate mill workers who put Tweeddale on the map
WORKERS in the mills which transformed Tweeddale from a sleepy backwater to a world centre of textile manufacture are celebrated in a special exhibition. ‘Remembering our Mills: memories of the textile industry that shaped Tweeddale’ is on at Peebles
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Borders health bosses rubber-stamp £1m funding for ‘Hospital at Home’ scheme
BORDERS health bosses have rubber-stamped funding of £1 million on the second stage of a virtual ‘Hospital at Home’ programme. The virtual ward model was based on monitoring patients in their house, with regular clinical follow-up and access to
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Everything you need to know about the bin strikes in Scotland this August
Cleansing workers from the Unison, Unite and GMB unions have announced that they will be staging industrial action across most of Scotland later this month. Workers from 26 local authorities will walk out after a 3.2% pay offer from councils was
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Borders man punched his partner in face and cut her lip, court hears
A MAN who assaulted his partner by punching her on the face and cutting her lip has been fined £500 at Jedburgh Sheriff Court. Fifty-seven-year-old Troy Hood had been drinking with the woman at his Reston home from 5.30pm and by midnight an argument