Paul Kelly Local Democracy Reporter
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Local Democracy Reporter at JPI Media.

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507 Articles
3 months ago
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New £2.5m Co-op store will create up to ten new jobs in Selkirk, committee told

Supermarket switch on the cards.

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3 months ago
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Councillor’s plea to protect the most vulnerable from a ‘cashless society’

A concerned Berwickshire councillor is calling on his fellow elected members on Scottish Borders Council to protect t...

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3 months ago
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Extensive shake-up of bus services across the region could be just the ticket

Councillors are being asked to endorse bus changes.

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3 months ago
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Councillor labels university funding cut a “hammer blow”

A senior Scottish Borders councillor has labelled a planned cut to 1,200-funded university places as a “hammer blow” ...

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3 months ago
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Full steam ahead for entrepreneurial partnership with launch at former rail station

Launch of new tech partnership.

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4 months ago
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Historic house awarded a share of £421,857 windfall to celebrate anniversary

Paxton House reopens at the end of March.

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4 months ago
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Hopes of a U-turn for house at former Melrose hospital site

A developer is hoping for a U-turn to build a detached house at a former pioneering mental health hospital in Melrose.

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4 months ago
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Kelso folk divided on whether they want to wake up and smell the coffee

Kelso folk are divided on whether they want to wake up and smell the coffee as a bid for a second Borders Starbucks d...

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4 months ago
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Plans for almost 100 new homes in Newtown St Boswells

Plans have been placed on the agenda for almost 100 new homes in Newtown St Boswells.

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4 months ago
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Six formal complaints made against SBC elected members in 2022/23

Six formal complaints were made against elected members on Scottish Borders Council in 2022/23, it has emerged.

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4 months ago
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Six formal complaints made against SBC elected members in 2022/23

SBC's Standards Committee to meet this week v.1

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4 months ago
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Kiwi-born Peebles hotel boss looks to the future and says Scotland is “New Zealand in reverse”

New Zealand-born Bill Cross believes his decision to buy a Borders country house hotel was written in the stars.

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