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Last Updated: Friday, 20 October 2006, 20:38 GMT 21:38 UK
Person in wheelchair
Sanctions lifted at nursing home
A ban on accepting new residents has been lifted from a nursing home in Peebles.
Care home owner's closure claim

Dumfries police station Action plan as road deaths double
A sharp rise in deaths on Dumfries and Galloway roads leads to a crackdown on irresponsible driving.
Jedburgh Sheriff Court Man convicted of lurcher attack
A Kelso man has been found guilty of striking and kicking his lurcher puppy while he was drunk.

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Malayan Emergency Secret history
Veterans return to the battlefields of the Malayan Emergency

Asbos aim to curb street drinking
The first Asbos of their kind in Scotland are issued in Dumfries to stop individuals drinking on the streets.

Sex offender is 'free in Dublin'
A high risk sex offender from Stranraer who breached probation conditions in Northern Ireland is found.

Tarrant treated after heart scare
Television presenter Chris Tarrant is treated in hospital after collapsing in the Borders.

Two face drugs charges in court
A man and woman appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court accused of drug supply charges in Annan.

Legal aid growth 'widens choice'
Access to legal aid will be made easier with an expansion of the system of public defenders, ministers claim.

Secret history of a forgotten war
BBC Scotland's Cameron Buttle accompanies a party of Scottish war veterans as they fly back to Malaysia.



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