Scottish Borders

British

noun

a council area in SE Scotland, on the English border: created in 1996, it has the same boundaries as the former Borders Region: it is mainly hilly, with agriculture (esp sheep farming) the chief economic activity. Administrative centre: Newtown St Boswells. Pop: 108 280 (2003 est). Area: 4734 sq km (1827 sq miles)

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Not, however, for the king of The Celebrity Traitors castle Alan Carr who has snapped up Ayton Castle in the Scottish Borders.

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It was only during the pandemic he opted to join his siblings by returning to the Scottish Borders, with him eventually settling in Selkirk.

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Scottish Borders Council was the first council to agree on an increase, an 8.5% rise which is more than 2.5 times the current rate of inflation.

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The comedian has bought 19th Century Ayton Castle in the Scottish Borders, which has 17 bedrooms and comes with 160 acres of land and its own working railway.

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The sprawling Scottish Borders estate, set in more than 160-acres, is one of only two baronial buildings designed by architect James Gillespie Graham.

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