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Relief map celebrates bond between Scotland and Poland

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Share your family’s World War One story with us

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Langholm Cornet Iain Little with his right and left-hand men Stuart Murray and Simon Tweddle.

Sun shines on Iain as he leads Langholm’s day

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Almost a third of Hawick walking festival hikes now sold out

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Memorial to German prisoners planned at Hawick to mark centenary

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Hawick art gallery putting on show before shutting up shop

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Hawick death not regarded as suspicious

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Ian Niblo, owner of the High Level Bar in Hawick.

Last orders about to be called at oldest bar in Hawick

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The Gluepot pub in Overhaugh Street, Galashiels.

Hawick woman admits violent struggle with staff at Galashiels pub

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Catfish and the Bottlemen frontman Van McCann at Kendal Calling. Photo: Scott Salt/Kendal Calling.

A hard rain was going to fall, but 2018’s Kendal Calling was anything but a washout

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Amythyst Kiah, alt-country blues singer/songwriter, plays at The County Hotel, Selkirk on Friday, July 27.

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Images from the 2018 RISE Symposium, on Arts and Mental Health.''RISE was delivered in partnership by CABN, Live Borders and the Joint Health Improvement Team (Scottish Borders Council/NHS Borders). This event took place to coincide with the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival ' with events taking place across Scotland from 7 ' 27 May 2018.''Speakers included:''Kevin Harrison ' Director (CEO) Artlink Central " Susheila Jamieson, Artist " Haylis Smith ' Mental Health Strategy & Commissioning Manager, Scottish Borders Council " Allyson McCollam ' Associate Director of Public Health " Siobhan McConnachie ' Head of Education, National Galleries of Scotland " Scott Wright, Grant Pringle ' Workplus " Sharon Quigley ' Artist " Clare de Bolle ' Chief Officer, Youth Borders " Soundcycle " Tom Swift ' VOMO " Niall Campbell, Catriona Barquist ' Borders College " Arabella Harvey ' Roundtable Projects, NHS Lothian " Shaureen Lammie ' Museums & Galleries, Live Borders " Niamh Allum ' Gala Resource

The arts offer a powerful contribution to mental health

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Sounds like a good idea...Martin Suckling, associate composer with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, needs our readers help to compose a new piece of music for Armistice Day 2018, the centenary of the end of World War One.

Still time to share your church bells for new composition

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A refugee family returning to Amiens, looking at the ruins of a house, September 17, 1918. � IWM (Q 11341)

This is why The Battle Of Amiens was so important 100 years ago and how it led to the Armistice

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Following the capture of Grevillers by the New Zealand Division, Men of the Royal Garrison Artillery pose beside one of the 4.2 inch guns of a captured battery at Grevillers, 25 August 1918. Note the camouflage netting on the ground, which was designed to prevent the guns from being spotted from the air. � IWM (Q 11243)

What was The Battle of Amiens and why was it so important in bringing about the end of the First World War?

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