A Berwickshire run charity has received a £50,000 boost from the Department for International Development to help provide care for children with Cerebral Palsy in Ghana.

Hawick’s Sandbed post office is set to reopen this week after it was suddenly closed over the weekend.

Details have now emerged about the SNP’s Car Park Tax and it is bad news for Borderers who commute to Edinburgh.

The Sandbed Post Office in Hawick has closed until further notice.

It is understood that the closure is due to circumstances beyond Post Office Ltd’s control.

Audit Scotland have published a report today (Thursday 2nd May) which concludes the Scottish Government “does not have a clear understanding of the key things needed to deliver all remaining benefits” and identifies a range of issues with the system as it stands.

A new report from consumer watchdog Which? has found that nearly half of all homes in the Borders are getting broadband speeds below the legal minimum which is due to come in to force next year.

Local MP John Lamont has hit out at bosses of big banks for failing to do their bit to protect their own branches and for misunderstanding their own customers like those in the Scottish Borders.

Members of Parliament have today (Thursday 25th April) been debating the future of the Post Office Network at a time when one in five postmasters are considering closing in the near future.

Rachael Hamilton MSP and John Lamont MP have expressed their anger at Nicola Sturgeon’s plans to hold another independence referendum by 2021.

Senior ScotRail executives are set to receive a grilling about the performance of the Borders Railway at a public meeting Galashiels.