A popular sledging slope and picnic area in a Peebles park will not form part of a wildflower planting project, councillors ...

Those most likely to get infected are usually people who are in close contact with birds, such as poultry workers. The strains that can impact humans include A (H5N1) or A (H7N9), with H5N1 ...

Councillor Leagh Douglas, Conservative representative for Selkirkshire, has written to SNP Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes ...

Norovirus can come on suddenly as it has an incubation period of 12 to 48 hours. Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhoea, abdominal pain, a high temperature, headache and aches and pains.

Snow and ice warnings remain in effect across the UK, which recorded its coldest night this winter, with temperatures ...

Brits have shared their top tips for getting through winter from old-fashioned favourites to inventive tricks.

Former Scotland rugby union captain Stuart Hogg has been sentenced to a community payback order after he admitted abusing his ...

Gala Harriers’ Darrell Hastie has set a new Scottish record time for his age bracket after completing an indoor 3,000m race ...

Tributes have been paid to veteran Kelso athletics coach Thomas Gray, better known as Addie, following his death at the age ...