Border Jedburgh

Around 100 rally crews are arriving in Jedburgh for the Border Counties rally. The event is the second round of the Scottish Rally Championship and is being held across forests around Tweed Valley for the first time since the late 1990s.

Competitors will rally over 45 stage miles, with the quickest driver crowned the overall winner on Saturday afternoon.

The rally is the first to be held in the Borders since three people were killed in June at the Jim Clark Rally. Organisers are urging spectators to listen to all safety marshals and to only stand in designated spectator areas.

Castle Douglas driver Jock Armstrong is favourite going into the event, after winning the season opener, the Snowman Rally, last month. However, he'll face tough competition from five-time Scottish champion David Bogie, aswell as Kirtlebridge's Mike Faulkner.

Police in the Borders have confirmed that William Notley was found yesterday afternoon in the Jedburgh area.

He has returned to the care of his family.

Officers would like to thank all those who helped with the search.

Police in the Borders have recovered a body as part of their search for missing Jedburgh man Charles Bird.

It was found at around 1:40pm today in the Bedrule area.

The next of kin have been informed.

A 68-year-old man has been reported missing in Jedburgh.

Charles Bird was last seen leaving his home in Exchange Street at 11am yesterday and has not been seen or heard from since.

His Mitsubishi L200 car was found in a wooded area on the Denholm to Bedrule road at around 9.30pm last night.

Anyone who can assist police in finding him is asked to come forward as concern is growing for Mr Bird's welfare.

He is described as white, 6ft 2ins tall with a stocky build, grey hair round the sides of his head and bald on top. He was last seen wearing a bluish green beanie hat, a blue body-warmer and a black sweatshirt.

October's gone and it's time to think Christmas. Already the Christmas trees, which will decorate our city centres, are being cut down and transported.

Many of them come from Kielder in Northumberland, including the one that will be in the centre of Jedburgh in the Borders. Derek Proud went to see how they get the giant trees out of the middle of a dense and boggy forest.

Around 900 runners are taking part in 10k and half-marathon races in Jedburgh today.

It is part of the town's annual running festival which is now in its 13th year.

The ultra marathon, wheelchair race and dog race took place on Saturday (25th October).

The runners were piped up to the start line in the town centre before they set off.

Proposed plans for the second stage of Jedburgh's flood protection scheme have been unveiled.

The town has suffered from heavy flooding over the past few years, and Scottish Borders Council is determined to help people help themselves. Lori Carnochan's been to see what they're doing.

A herd of rare Greek horses is breeding well in the Scottish Borders.

Sheilagh Nisbet Brown took on 12 Skyrian ponies two years ago at her farm near Jedburgh, her newest addition is just two months old.

Sheilagh is aiming to encourage more people to take on some of the protected species.

Jedburgh Castle Jail is currently hosting an exhibition looking at the local men who served in World War I and the impact on their lives.

The exhibition includes photographs supplied by the Jedforest Historical Society, such as a picture of volunteers leaving Jedburgh Station in 1914 to go to serve in the war.

Also on show are reproductions of recruitment posters, which aim to show the pressure on men to volunteer before conscription was introduced in 1916.

Life at the front line is illustrated through objects, many of which are on loan from the Jedburgh branch of the Royal British Legion.

These include brass shell ends made into containers by soldiers in the trenches, a soldier’s water bottle and an officer’s knife and fork, as well as postcards sent to loved ones at home.

The exhibition runs until Sunday, 2 November.

Common Ridings season is drawing to a close in the Scottish Borders - and today (July 11) it was Jedburgh's turn.

The event draws riders and crowds alike from across the Borders, and marks the historical battles between the Scottish and the English that took place hundreds of years ago.

Now, however, the event is more of a social affair as Jenny Longden reports.