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People in the Borders will be able to meet in groups of six from six households from Friday (April 16). Photo: Zac Goodwin/PA Wire THE latest coronavirus lockdown rule changes announced by Nicola Sturgeon will help people’s mental health, says an NHS Borders director. In an unscheduled briefing on Tuesday (April 13), the First Minister revealed that from Friday people will be able to travel across Scotland, as long as they do not stay overnight. The rule of meeting four people from two households will also be eased so that six from six households can gather outdoors. There were also...

August 16 Indicative start of a phased re-opening of libraries, library contact centres and standalone contact centres. Earlier opening may be possible in certain circumstances August 30 TBC Live Borders facilities which are currently supporting COVID-19 vaccination and testing programmes Services will not be able to reopen to pre-COVID opening times or capacities in order to comply with coronavirus restrictions.  Simon Mountford, depute leader of SBC I am delighted that we can announce this positive news today. A significant amount of effort and planning has gone into developing this ...

Tests will be offered in a number of Borders towns next week. Photo: Danny Lawson/PA Wire NEXT week, Galashiels residents without coronavirus symptoms will have another chance to get tested. In a press release issued by NHS Borders, the health board outlined plans for rapid testing sites across the region. NHS Borders announced last month that tests would be given in Galashiels between March 25-28. And coronavirus tests will now be offered again in the Volunteer Hall between 10.30am-3pm on April 12-15. READ MORE: NHS Borders’ director of public health, Dr Tim Patterson, said: “A...

The fight for campus access for faith-based student groups scored another legal victory this week. A district court judge ruled on Monday that Wayne State University violated the First Amendment with a 2017 decision that temporarily denied InterVarsity Christian Fellowship its status as a student group over the chapter’s requirement that its leaders be Christian. Wayne State’s nondiscrimination policy, according the 83-page opinion by Robert Cleland, “violated plaintiffs’ rights to internal management, free speech, freedom of association, freedom of assembly, and free exercise as a ma...

BORDERS residents are being urged not “to bend the rules early” following Nicola Sturgeon’s latest coronavirus lockdown announcement. On Tuesday (March 16) the First Minister outlined a number of key changes to lockdown rules in the coming weeks, including the reopening of gyms, pubs and hairdressers. The 'stay at home' requirement will also be replaced by a temporary message to 'stay local' from April 2 as Scotland continues its phased route towards greater normality. READ MORE: Following Ms Sturgeon’s announcement on Tuesday, NHS Borders' director of public health Tim Patter...