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I have started a campaign to stop community hospital closures across the Scottish Borders.

NHS Borders have said they may soon suggest closing the 92 community hospital beds in Kelso, Duns, Hawick and Peebles.

The SNP have been accused of leaving 20,000 visitors to the Borders "in the dark" after Visit Scotland announced they would close the Jedburgh tourist information office.

There was a "worrying drop" in the percentage of Borders patients starting cancer treatment within the target time in the last quarter, new statistics from Public Health Scotland show.

I joined in the fun at Eyemouth's Easter Bike Bash over the weekend.

The event by Sea the Change, a charity dedicated to encouraging environmentally-friendly outdoor community projects, took place on Friday and Saturday.

By John Lamont MP

This week, the Hate Crime Act will officially come into force for people in the Borders and across Scotland.

I am deeply concerned about the impact this new law will have on freedom of expression.

SNP agency Visit Scotland announced on Wednesday they would close all 25 visitor information centres across Scotland, including the Jedburgh location.

This is bad news for Jedburgh and deeply unhelpful to efforts to increase tourism, especially repeat visitors, to the Borders.

By John Lamont MP

I have recently been overwhelmed by the number of local people who are extremely concerned at the state of roads across the Scottish Borders.

Borders businesses won big in the 2024 Scottish Countryside Alliance awards, dubbed the ‘rural Oscars’ by organisers.

Lauder’s Black Bull won best local food and drink, the Gordon Arms won best pub, and Foston’s Fine Meats in Duns won the award for best butcher.

By John Lamont MP

In my book, the Borders is already the best place in the country to live and work.

But our communities would still benefit from improvements to our public services and our economy.

I recently hosted farmers from the Scottish Borders at an event in Downing Street to honour people 'backing Scottish and British food and drink'.