Pictures: Borders pupils return to school as lockdown eases
CHILDREN in the Borders made their way back to school on Monday (February 22) as classrooms welcomed back little ones in nursery and P1-P3. For more than six weeks the only children in schools were those classed as vulnerable and the children of key workers. The Border Telegraph and Peeblesshire News spoke with eight parents sending their children off in their uniforms for the first time since Christmas. In Galashiels, Jennifer Duff said her daughter Fallon (P1) was “a bit nervous” ahead of her first day back. “She [Fallon] was excited this morning and was really happy when ...