But Ms Kaur, of Ettrick Drive, Bedford, said she had been set up by colleagues.

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Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire MSP John Lamont said it was great news for the town and the workers involved.

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Experts estimate that 3, 000 Atlantic salmon currently are having difficulty moving up the Ettrick and Yarrow Waters because of an inadequate flow in the rivers.

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Ravinder Kaur, 33, of Ettrick Drive, Bedford, was reprimanded after she left a patient in a dental chair and went to lunch, Blackfriars Crown Court heard.

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John Lamont, Scottish Conservative MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, said proposals to close Duns and Peebles Sheriff Courts were "a massive blow to the justice system" in the Borders.

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