Police have confirmed that the remains found in a wood close to Gordon last month are those of Colin Law who went missing 14 years ago.

Of the children entering school whose weight was measured in the NHS Borders region, 13.7% are overweight with 5.9% of them being considered obese.

Local MSP John Lamont has welcomed a statement from ITV pledging to provide full and in-depth coverage of the debate on whether Scotland should separate from the rest of the UK.

Youngsters should be playing a role in deciding how communities should look in the future, which is why a new‘Young Placemakers’ scheme has been started.

Swinton and Ladykirk Community Council have been announced as the winners of the 2013 Keep Berwickshire Tidy Award.

An application to convert an industrial storage building in Coldstream into a children’s soft play centre has been recommended for refusal by Scottish Borders Council.

Duns Community Council is back in business following recent successful elections and its first meeting is on Tuesday, May 28.

A new puffin census is under way on the Farne Islands to determine how many breeding pairs of the birds live at the main breeding site.

A 24-year-old man has been taken to hospital with suspected spinal injuries after being cut free from his car, which left the road and crashed into a dry stone dyke on the A699 road near Kelso.

Rangers on the Farne Islands have revealed the first video of a puffin laying an egg as they begin their five-yearly census.

Parking at Dunbar Station, an additional morning peak service to Edinburgh, and more services between Dunbar and London Kings Cross were discussed when East Lothian Council transport spokesman, Councillor Michael Veitch, met with Tim Hedley-Jones, stations and property director at East Coast Trains, last week.

Councillor Veitch reported that the UK Government has approved dualling of the A1 from Berwick to Newcastle.

On Saturday, May 11, 12 scouts from the Duns Scout Troop, re-established in December 2012, enjoyed a day’s introduction to fly fishing courtesy of the Whiteadder Angling Association.

Forestry Commission Scotland is holding two drop-in sessions for the public to get views on how Glentress Forest and the Tweed Valley corridor could be developed for tourism and recreation in the future.

A special concert is due to take place on June 1, in Coldstream Parish Church to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden.

This year’s Ladies’ Race Day, a defibrillator fundraiser event,in Grantshouse Village Hall is on Saturday, May 25, at 1pm.

Coldstream Burns Club held their annual Tweed Bridge Ceremony on Sunday to commemorate the visit of Robert Burns to the town in May 1787 when he crossed over the bridge and stood on English soil for the first time.

A veterans’ roadshow held in the Borders attracted an audience of over 100 people

The future’s looking orange once again - for the tenth running of the Borders Fun Run to raise money for the Border branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Visitors to Eyemouth can now get an exhilarating boat ride skippered by former off-shore powerboat champion Tim Grimshaw.