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Hurricanes coach Clark Laidlaw poses for a photo with his family after winning the Super Rugby Grand Final against the Chiefs in Wellington, New Zealand, in June.

Clark Laidlaw says he would welcome conversation with Scottish Rugby

Borders Book Festival.

Book festival suffered 'significant blow' after Baillie Gifford exit

Five Scottish Tech 50 companies breaking new ground

Duncan Findlater, Amy Findlater, Ben Reade and Hollie Love Reid

New £170k East Lothian mill to connect Scottish farmers and bakers

Part of the proposed site for the Whistlaid forestry plantation

Views sought on one of the Borders’ largest commercial forests

The wind farm will be visible from the Isle of Iona, the NTS said

NTS opposes giant offshore wind farm amid threat to views from islands

Daniel Young, last year’s winner, tees off in the final round of the Scottish Challenge supported by The R&A SCHLOSS Roxburghe near Kelso

Why Scottish Challenge is worth a trip to beautiful Borders

Sandie Peggie has ben granted the chance to appeal the findings (Jane Barlow/PA)

Sandie Peggie granted leave to appeal employment tribunal's findings

Proposals to replace Eyemouth primary have been ongoing for 11 years

A Borders town and an 11-year fight for new primary school

Explore the Border Reiver country

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A little egret at Melrose on the River Tweed. Picture: Bruce Low

Little egret is on at the Storytelling Centre on Sunday

Hutchisons Flour Mill Kirkcaldy. Men filling the bags of flour.

‘Proud to be in Kirkcaldy’ - Carr’s Flour Mill celebrates 200 years

Items in the Ayton Castle contents auction.

Alan Carr sells unwanted items from his Scottish castle for £140k

The Hardys 60L Multi Purpose Compost is suitable for seeds, containers, raised beds and indoor plants

More than 5,000 shoppers bought this compost and it's now 20% off

Herds of feral goats roam Langholm Moor

Calls for closed cull season to protect Scotland's wild goats

Visualisation of Data Centre located on the Roxburgh Estate, just south of the Watch Fly Reservoir in the hills south east of Edinburgh, UK.

New £2bn Borders data centre aims to harness wasted wind power

Independence would 'risk cultural identity' of England-Scotland border

The winning Glasgow Warriors team from the 2015 Melrose Sevens (Pic: SNS)

Remembering the Glasgow Warriors team that conquered Melrose in 2015

Kylie Reid, founder of egg

Scotland needs to invest in female founders

Former Scotland rugby captain has become an official ambassador for Schloss Roxburghe

Golf and rugby combine on two fronts at Borders venue

Tommy Robinson

Tommy Robinson 'did good work on grooming gangs', says Thomas Kerr

The Borders Book Festival is to return in June.

Life after politics top of agenda for post-election book festival

The accident happened on the A701 at around 2.40pm on Friday

Driver arrested after boy, 15, dies after crash in Scottish Borders

Scottish investors back pioneering firm behind rival to Elon Musk’s Starlink

SaxaVord spaceport on Unst, Shetland, where rockets carrying satellites will be launched this summer in a UK first.

Scotland 'on track' to become key centre in European spaceflight

Borders estate agency Paton & Co expands across Scotland with ‘strategic merger’

Curator Dr Matthew Knight holding the Bronze Age shield discovered in Beith with five other shields, discovered in the Borders and Aberdeenshire in the 19th century

Bronze Age shield returns to Scotland for first time in 230 years

Windo boxes are a great way for those who don't have a garden to get growing.

Best Plants For Window Boxes 2026: Top 12 colourful flowering plants

Ian Ford pictured at Mounthooly Driving Range near Jedburgh, where he does his private golf coaching

How young Borders golfers are benefitting from champion's passion

Some flowering plants to add colour to sandy borders.

What Plants Grow in Sandy Soil 2026: 13 flowers for sandy borders

Three flowering plants perfect for shaded borders.

Plants for Shaded Borders: 12 flowering plants for dark garden corners

Whether you're living in quiet Tobermory or buzzing Glasgow, council tax is many people's biggest outgoing (Picture: Oli Scarff/AFP via Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: It's time to rework Council Tax from top to bottom

Tourette's campaigner John Davidson was heard interrupting the BAFTA Film Awards ceremony with vocal tics including strong language and one instance where a racial slur was used while actors Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo were presenting an award.

Tourette's campaigner 'deeply mortified' after Bafta racial slur

The feral goats roam the Langholm moors

Feral goats roaming the Borders denied legal protection from culls

Todrig farm from the air

Court hearing begins into controversial 500-hectare forestry scheme

Nearly ten years ago, Mohammad Al Najjar established Mohammad Al Najjar Advocates and Legal Consultants in Dubai.

Ad Feature Legal voice in Dubai strives to become international industry leader

Energy bills for both households and businesses are to rise yet again in January Picture: Michael Gillen

Communities condemn 'lack of joined up thinking' on renewables

A valley near Eskdalemuir

Exclusive Ministry of Defence objects to turbines over national security concern

The House in the Hill

Rent a luxury off-grid Borders retreat with roof terrace and hot tub

Ian Weir, pictured, died in hospital weeks after a crash in the Scottish Borders

Man dies in hospital weeks on from Borders crash as family pay tribute

The by-law could ban the feeding of gulls.

By-law proposed to ban feeding of gulls after spate of attacks

The feral goats are popular with visitors and locals alike in the Langholm community

Plans for 18 turbines revealed where goats are culled for 'rewilding'

Top-flight English football remains one of the most-watched sporting properties globally.

Ad Feature Nomad eSIM brings global connectivity to Premier League pitchside

Darcy Graham at Murrayfield ahead of his 50th Scotland appearance which will be against Argentina.

Graham on dreams, nightmares and the photo that inspired him

Tory MSP Dr Sandesh Gulhane called the figures 'shocking'

Exclusive 'Marathon' Scottish NHS shifts revealed, including 19-hour days

“Remittances are the invisible bridge that keeps families united, even when separated by distance," says Rashid Ashraf

Ad Feature Migrant workers in UK and EU send home $63 billion annually

Fife College's St Brycedale Campus in Kirkcaldy (Pic: Scott Louden)

Exclusive SNP accused of favouring city colleges over towns and villages

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries