The General Election in the Borders is about beating the SNP so we can get all of the focus onto creating good jobs, reducing NHS waiting lists, fixing the roads, investing in schools and improving public services.
I am pleased we have been able to secure a new free-to-use cash point in Duns and I want to thank the team at the local Post Office for introducing it.
The SNP have been accused of leaving 20,000 visitors to the Borders "in the dark" after Visit Scotland announced they would close the Jedburgh tourist information office.
There was a "worrying drop" in the percentage of Borders patients starting cancer treatment within the target time in the last quarter, new statistics from Public Health Scotland show.
I recently revealed more details of new food labelling plans that would give consumers more information about produce and help Borders farmers during a speech to the National Farmers Union of Scotland (NFUS).
Reports have revealed "significant and radical decisions" will be made about local healthcare services in the coming months as a result of the perilous financial situation at the local health board.
On Friday, the Borders College Principal and CEO, Pete Smith, said the current Scottish Government budget "will have a significant negative impact on learners, businesses and the government’s own ambitions to grow the Scottish economy and…