A bridge near Selkirk may take more than a year to repair, a councillor has admitted. Broadmeadows Bridge, on the A708 at Yarrowford, may have to close entirely while the work takes place.

The routes for the 50mph (80km/h) trial are the A7 north of Galashiels, the B6357 from Carter Bar, the A708 Moffat to Selkirk and the A6088 from Kielder to Bonchester Bridge.

Zounds! A historian from the Scottish burgh of Selkirk (“best known for bannocks, a dried fruit cake” in case you were wondering) has uncovered a lost Sherlock Holmes story in his attic. After ...

6 February 1857, letter from Geneva, New York, to Selkirk, Scotland (North Britain), prepaid 24-cents for a single rate letter up to .5 ounce. PAID/24 handstamp applied at Geneva. New York credited ...

They guard the roundabout leading to Selkirk, but I keep my loyalty cards in my pocket, drawn on by a historic town swimming in tales of Willam Wallace’s proclamation as Guardian of Scotland and ...