Border War memorial

Two war memorials in Dumfries and Galloway are set to benefit from a £5,000 makeover.

The War Memorials Restoration Fund has awarded the money to Kirkconnel and Moffat.

It's part of a wider restoration programme to mark a 100 years since the start of the First World War.

Lori Carnochan reports:

A memorial in the Scottish Borders honouring those who died in conflict will take months to repair after being vandalised.

Now, people in Selkirk are calling for commmunities to be better educated about our wartime history. Jenny Longden reports.

A Scottish Borders community are calling for more education about the war dead, after a memorial honouring soldiers killed in conflict has been vandalised.

Arrows and marks, including the letters LOL, meaning "Laugh Out Loud" have been scratched into the stonework at the monument in Selkirk.

Members of the local community have described the engravings as shocking and disrespectful.

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with vandalism in connection with the incident, and is being reported to the children's panel.

A group of war veterans are claiming victory after one of their toughest battles - this time against their local authority.

Dumfries and Galloway Council wanted to build parking spaces around the War Memorial in Moffat.

However, it had not taken into consideration the fighting spirit of former servicemen.

Matthew Taylor reports:

A group of war veterans who have been campaigning to save the area surrounding Moffat's war memorial claim they have won their fight against the council.

Dumfries and Galloway Council were planning to create 12 parking spaces next to the memorial as part of a redevelopment.

The veterans, who said that this would be disrespectful to their fallen comrades, are now claiming that the council has made a u-turn on the decision.

A group of former servicemen are trying to prevent the area around a war memorial being turned into car parking.

The veterans have been protesting in the centre of Moffat today.

They say a council plan to build 12 parking spaces is disrespectful to their fallen comrades.

Dumfries and Galloway Council says the move will encourage visitors to come to the market town.

Matthew Taylor reports:

A group of former servicemen have been protesting in Moffat against the creation of car parking spaces that they say it is disrespectful to their fallen comrades.

A group of former servicemen are trying to prevent the area around a war memorial being turned into car parking.

The veterans, some aged in their nineties, have been protesting in the centre of Moffat.

They say a council plan to build 12 parking spaces is disrepectful to their fallen comrades.

Archie Wilson, who served with the 7th Battalion the Kings Own Scottish Borderers, says that he uses the memorial to reflect on his time spent fighting for his country:

An 85-year-old war veteran is leading a camping to stop the Moffat war memorial being surrounded by parking spaces.

Billy Duncan is against an application lodged with Dumfries and Galloway Council requesting twelve parking spaces to be assigned around the memorial.

Mr Duncan believes that the parking spaces will restrict the ability for armed forces parades and is highly disrespectful to fallen soldiers.