Local MP John Lamont has urged Borderers to back this year’s Poppy Scotland appeal by volunteering their time for the charity and by buying a poppy.

John Lamont MP attended the launch of this year’s Poppy Scotland appeal at Dover House, home of the Scotland Office in London.

The UK Government has this week announced the creation of a new Office for Veterans’ Affairs, backed up by £5 million of Government funding and lead by Colonel David Richmond CBE.

Despite repeated claims from EU negotiators and opposition MPs that the previous Brexit deal would not be reopened, the Prime Minister has renegotiated a new deal and scrapped the controversial Northern Irish backstop.

Local MP John Lamont is calling for more police officers for the Borders after joining the Hawick Community Policing Team on the beat.

In the last 24 hours we have seen some promising signs that the EU and the UK may be able to come up with a new Brexit deal.

The Scottish Government has finally announced that BT will be awarded contracts for its key broadband programme a year later than previously planned.

R100, or the Reaching 100% programme, is the SNP’s pledge to roll out super-fast broadband to 100% of Scotland’s inhabitants by 2021.

Borderers will be able to withdraw cash at their local post office thanks to a new agreement signed with 28 UK banks.

A number of key businesses in the Scottish Borders are set to be hit with significant duties as a result of a trade dispute between the US and EU.

Local MP John Lamont is calling for extra funding for NHS Borders, after new figures show the health board is cancelling operations and failing to meet key A&E targets.

Scottish Borders Council is facing a £30m black hole in its finances over the next 5 years.

The figures have been revealed as the local authority launches a new public consultation ahead of its next budget, which will be set in February 2020.