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.

Scottish Borders councillor Ron Smith said the discovery strengthened the links between William Wallace and Selkirk. A re-enactment of Wallace's appointment to guardianship could be held at the ...

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 ...