Wealthy countries must more than double the amount of climate finance paid from taxpayers’ money annually by 2030, UN-appointed experts said. The Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance ...

A HAWICK man has been found guilty following a trial at Jedburgh Sheriff Court of communicating indecently with what he thought was a 12-year-old girl but turned out to be an adult decoy.

Dean Dempster, a response officer for Greater Manchester Police, assaulted the child while on duty in Oldham in December last year.

A national visitor attraction in the Borders has been praised for making Scotland's history accessible to all. The Great Tapestry of Scotland visitor centre, in Galashiels, has been recognised by ...

The witness told the inquiry that a sample of the nerve agent the size of ‘a third to a sixth of a grain of salt’ could be fatal to a human.

A woman who was with Nikita Hand in the hotel where she claims she was raped by Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor, has told a High Court she was “surprised” to learn of the alleged ...

Italian President Sergio Mattarella has sharply rebuked Elon Musk for weighing in on Italian court rulings that have set back ...

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has been urged to intervene after a Co Tyrone man was arrested in the UAE over an online review he posted. Craig Ballentine, 33, from Cookstown, was ...

CASH-STRAPPED Scottish Borders Council has made “significant improvement” as it bids to balance its books, senior councillors were informed ...

A Borders nurse has been awarded a national prize for her contribution to the NHS. Gemma Burdett, a senior addiction nurse from Galashiels, was given the Readers’ Choice Outstanding Contribution to ...

The new version of the song will feature voices from three previous editions of the song, Band Aid (1984), Band Aid 20 (2004) and Band Aid 30 (2014).

Emma Raducanu has been backed to play a starring role for Great Britain on her return from injury at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals. The former US Open champion celebrated her 22nd birthday in Malaga ...