4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (29+ words) Border Telegraph Readers' picture of the week: Smailholm Tower Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services....

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (153+ words) MORE than £1,400 has been raised for a group working to provide vital life-saving equipment to the community. Biggar and Broughton First Responders group launched a JustGiving page several months ago after being asked by the community to make donating to…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (422+ words) Bob Johnson and Sam McKinnon in front of Ben Nevis (Image: Gala Harriers) DESPITE summer drawing to a close, members of Gala Harriers have not slowed down in taking part in a number of activities across the country. Here is…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (78+ words) Border Telegraph SSE announces more than £440,000 for Borders projects COMMUNITY projects across the Borders have been awarded more than £440,000 in funding from an energy company. History made as new nursery opens in the Scottish Borders Best of Borders business celebrated…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (302+ words) Nepal has held a day of mourning to remember people who died in the August 26 floods with government offices lowering flags and family members concluding mourning rituals. More than 1,300 people were killed in the flooding in Nepal and Tibet 13 days…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (796+ words) Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv, the Kremlin said, as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow in a bid to revive efforts to end Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine....

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (491+ words) Russian attacks have killed four people in Ukraine overnight, as Moscow and Kyiv await the arrival of US envoys to begin a new push for peace. It is hoped the planned visit by Steve Witkoff and US president Donald Trump’s…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (171+ words) Rescuers in Nepal have pulled a Chinese national alive from a hydropower tunnel after deadly flooding, officials said. The latest rescue brings the total to three workers pulled alive from the Trishuli hydropower project. Two Nepalese workers were rescued from…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (197+ words) A TRIBUTE has been paid to seafarers for their service and sacrifice. Scottish Borders Council raised the Merchant Navy flag on Thursday (September 3), to mark Merchant Navy Day, which honours the contribution of merchant seafarers past and present. Councillor John…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (412+ words) Some survivors sheltering in relief camps after the deadly floods in Nepal are struggling to obtain essential medicines and cash, even as authorities provided food and other basic supplies to thousands of displaced people. The shortages are adding to the…...