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The festivities kicked off at 7pm with tea, coffee and biscuits and a superb display by the Peebles Burgh Silver Band

Roy Keane overtakes Malky MacKay as favourite to be Hibs next manager

Ahead of the UK’s biggest festival for young filmmakers, we asked the BFI Film Academy Young Programmers which films and events have got them most excited this year.

A COMMUNITY group said it planned to "press ahead" with plans for a community buy-out of a North Queensferry hotel.

A team from TotalEnergies Marketing UK Limited, has raised £2,100 for The Prince of Wales Hospice by successfully completing a 160-mile cycling challenge.

Property development and investment company Hammerson has confirmed that four major brands are to open at the Highcross shopping centre in Leicester.

HUNDREDS of people are calling for Steve Coogan to host the One Show in character.

Partially-sighted residents and people with mobility problems say pavement cafes can be dangerous PAVEMENT cafes are making it difficult for disabled residents and visitors to go into York city centre. A partially-sighted resident said it is now too dangerous for her to walk down some streets because tables and chairs from pavement cafes almost meet in the middle of the road and are not enclosed by a barrier. And while temporary toilets have been installed for visitors - the council was n...

VILLAGERS in North Queensferry are to be have their say in the development and delivery of future initiatives in the village. A charrette to develop an action plan is being formed and will include consultation with local residents, community groups and schools. A report examined by Fife Councils South and West Fife area committee last week said the initiative would lay out a "shared vision and a deliverable land-use strategy" to shape community decision-making and investment. "The overa...

HOSPICES in North Wales continue to receive less than half of the funding awarded to counterparts in the south of the country. St David’s Hospice in Llandudno, St Kentigern Hospice, St Asaph, and Wrexham-based Nightingale House Hospice are only given 16 per cent towards the cost of running their services every year. That leaves them to secure the other 84 per cent - which equates to millions of pounds – through public donations and fundraising. In comparison, hospices in South Wales...