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Paul Beattie

Knife attack paramilitary jailed

A former loyalist paramilitary who admitted stabbing a man after a row outside a pub is jailed for six years.
Whitesands

New flood laws follow record rain

The environment minister visits south west Scotland to unveil new flood laws after the area was hit by record rainfall.

Gretna Green

Runaway wedding records go online

The records of thousands of 18th and 19th century marriages at Gretna Green are set to be published online.

Wildlife team stranded by storm

A man from Melrose is among a team of wildlife experts stuck on an island off the Northumberland coast.

Duns primary secures support

Details of 21 further schools which will benefit from the new building programme across Scotland, have been announced.

Pool jump risk notes 'inadequate'

An instructor tells an inquiry that risk assessment documents on pools where a teenager was fatally hurt were inadequate.

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