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"Scottish Borders" - Google News

Residents invited to attend NHS Borders annual review meeting - Peeblesshire News
'Inspiring' community centre praised during agriculture minister visit - Border Telegraph
Man, 65, in 'serious' condition after horror motorcycle crash in Scottish Borders as police launch probe - Scottish Daily Express
Edinburgh honours Scotland's first black professor who led 'incredible life' - Edinburgh Live
Scottish Borders Council begins fresh court proceedings to evict 'African tribe' from new site - BBC
'African tribe' served with another eviction notice - BBC
Court orders 'tribe' to be evicted from Scottish woodland - BBC
Man, 65, seriously injured after motorcycle crash in the Scottish Borders - STV News
Duke of Buccleuch's 'legacy of championing community spirit... will continue to inspire for years to come' - hellorayo.co.uk

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_by_findlay/54849002629/" title="Rugby in Selkirk "><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54849002629_943085ce8c_m.jpg" width="240" height="136" alt="Rugby in Selkirk " /></a></p>

<p>Selkirk RFC v Glasgow Hawks <br />
Philphaugh Stadium, Selkirk <br />
11th October 2025<br />
Selkirk 46 Glasgow Hawks 35</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/fotos_by_findlay/">FotoFling Scotland</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_by_findlay/54847896432/" title="Rugby in Selkirk"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54847896432_306ffe70c7_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Rugby in Selkirk" /></a></p>

<p>Selkirk RFC v Glasgow Hawks <br />
Philphaugh Stadium, Selkirk <br />
11th October 2025<br />
Selkirk 46 Glasgow Hawks 35</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/fotos_by_findlay/">FotoFling Scotland</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_by_findlay/54848728711/" title="Explorer in Stone: Mungo Park of Selkirk (Explorateur en pierre : Mungo Park de Selkirk)"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54848728711_5c99d88f81_m.jpg" width="197" height="240" alt="Explorer in Stone: Mungo Park of Selkirk (Explorateur en pierre : Mungo Park de Selkirk)" /></a></p>

<p>This statue on the High Street in Selkirk honours Mungo Park (1771–1806), a local-born explorer whose expeditions helped chart the River Niger and brought West Africa into the European imagination during the height of the imperial age.<br />
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Born at Foulshiels near Selkirk, Park trained as a surgeon and undertook two major expeditions to Africa for the African Association. His travels (1795–97 and 1805–06) involved enormous hardship, but also raised troubling questions: while Park himself did not engage in slave-trading, his journeys were closely aligned with British imperial interests, and the regions he explored were deeply enmeshed in the transatlantic slave economy.<br />
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He died during his second expedition, attempting to navigate the Niger, likely drowned near Bussa. He was 35.<br />
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The statue, sculpted by Andrew Currie of Darnick and unveiled in 1859, depicts Park with a book and compass — symbols of enlightenment, curiosity, and control. It stands as both a tribute and a prompt for reflection, reminding us that exploration and exploitation often travelled together.<br />
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🇫🇷 Cette statue située sur la High Street de Selkirk rend hommage à Mungo Park (1771–1806), explorateur né dans la région, dont les expéditions ont contribué à cartographier le fleuve Niger et à intégrer l’Afrique de l’Ouest dans l’imaginaire européen à l’époque impériale.<br />
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Né à Foulshiels près de Selkirk, Park s’est formé comme chirurgien et mena deux grandes expéditions pour le compte de l’African Association. Ses voyages (1795–97 et 1805–06) furent marqués par des épreuves extrêmes, mais posent aussi des questions difficiles : bien qu’il ne fût pas impliqué dans la traite des esclaves, ses missions servaient les intérêts coloniaux britanniques, et les régions traversées faisaient partie intégrante de l’économie esclavagiste transatlantique.<br />
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Il mourut au cours de sa deuxième expédition, probablement noyé près de Bussa, à l’âge de 35 ans.<br />
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La statue, sculptée par Andrew Currie de Darnick et inaugurée en 1859, le montre tenant un livre et une boussole — symboles d’érudition, de curiosité et de pouvoir. Elle rend hommage tout en invitant à la réflexion : l’exploration et l’exploitation marchaient souvent main dans la main.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/fotos_by_findlay/">FotoFling Scotland</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_by_findlay/54847578906/" title="Entrapment "><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54847578906_ddfe3730fc_m.jpg" width="240" height="232" alt="Entrapment " /></a></p>

<p>Selkirk RFC v Glasgow Hawks <br />
Philphaugh Stadium, Selkirk <br />
11th October 2025<br />
Selkirk 46 Glasgow Hawks 35</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/fotos_by_findlay/">FotoFling Scotland</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_by_findlay/54846657667/" title="Selkirk v Glasgow Hawks"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54846657667_70dc76e5ee_m.jpg" width="240" height="240" alt="Selkirk v Glasgow Hawks" /></a></p>

<p>Selkirk RFC v Glasgow Hawks <br />
Philphaugh Stadium, Selkirk <br />
11th October 2025<br />
Selkirk 46 Glasgow Hawks 35</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/fotos_by_findlay/">FotoFling Scotland</a> posted a photo:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fotos_by_findlay/54846580257/" title="Glasgow Hawks Players "><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54846580257_55f76c2666_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="Glasgow Hawks Players " /></a></p>

<p>Selkirk RFC v Glasgow Hawks <br />
Philphaugh Stadium, Selkirk <br />
11th October 2025<br />
Selkirk 46 Glasgow Hawks 35</p>

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<p>Floors Castle, in Roxburghshire, south-east Scotland, is the seat of the Duke of Roxburghe. Despite its name it is an estate house rather than a fortress. It was built in the 1720s by the architect William Adam for John Ker, 1st Duke of Roxburghe, possibly incorporating an earlier tower house. In the 19th century it was embellished with turrets and battlements, designed by William Playfair, for The 6th Duke of Roxburghe. Floors has the common 18th-century layout of a main block with two symmetrical service wings. Floors Castle stands by the bank of the River Tweed and overlooks the Cheviot Hills to the south.<br />
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Floors Castle is now a category A listed building, and the grounds are listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes, the national listing of significant gardens in Scotland. It is open to the public. <br />
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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/themynotts/">Bev & Paul Mynott</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Abbotsford was built as the residence of historical novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott between 1817 and 1825. It is a Category A Listed Building and the estate is listed in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland.(Information from Wikipedia).</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/themynotts/54840780703/" title="Sir Walter Scott's Study, Abbotsford"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54840780703_f2748c3039_m.jpg" width="175" height="240" alt="Sir Walter Scott's Study, Abbotsford" /></a></p>

<p>Sir Walter Scott’s later novels were written in this room, together with his nine-volume biography The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte (1827) and the delightful Tales of a Grandfather (1828-31) – a children’s history of Scotland written for his grandson Johnnie Lockhart.<br />
Though the great Waverley novels were produced in another room of the house, they were written at the desk now occupying this study.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/themynotts/">Bev & Paul Mynott</a> posted a photo:</p>

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<p>Sir Walter Scott's granddaughter Charlotte married James Robert Hope in 1847. In 1853 they added a private wing to Abbotsford, creating a dedicated tourist route through the gardens and through the historic house, while steering the ever-rising visitor numbers away from the family’s home. The Catholic Chapel was added in 1855.</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60349833@N02/54829662961/" title="2025 261-365 Meteorite Stane, Glentress"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54829662961_3ff181209c_m.jpg" width="240" height="181" alt="2025 261-365 Meteorite Stane, Glentress" /></a></p>

<p>Another of the 7 Stanes MTB areas, Glentress is a mecca for off-road cyclists, along with nearby Innerleithen. This is the Stane for Glentress, hidden just off one of the trails, which is carved with Klingon writing.</p>

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<p>Staying in Newcastleton, we cycled another of the 7 Stanes (having cycled 4 in Dumfries and Galloway in 2022). Sadly quite a bit of the red trail was closed due to tree felling as a result of diseased larch trees, but we managed as much as we could.<br />
Posing the bikes.</p>

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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/60349833@N02/54829915408/" title="2025 260-365 Hawick"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54829915408_e4dc163fce_m.jpg" width="240" height="195" alt="2025 260-365 Hawick" /></a></p>

<p>Heading on to Glentress, we stopped in Hawick for a coffee and a wander. There were quite a few empty shops, and I made a study of them. In the end I preferred just this one, with a plaque from the Hawick Archaeological Society to Si James A Murray, their co-founder, and the instigator of the Oxford English Dictionary, who was born and lived nearby until his move to London and subsequently Oxford.</p>

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<p>Coldstream</p>

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<p>In Milldown Bay near Coldingham, in the Scottish Borders</p>

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<p>In Milldown Bay near Coldingham, in the Scottish Borders</p>

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<p>In Milldown Bay near Coldingham, in the Scottish Borders</p>

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<p>In Milldown Bay near Coldingham, in the Scottish Borders</p>

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<p>In Milldown Bay near Coldingham, in the Scottish Borders</p>

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<p>In Milldown Bay near Coldingham, in the Scottish Borders</p>

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