UK-based utility ScottishPower has completed a GBP500,000 project to rebuild the 13km Kelso-Heiton power line in the Scottish Borders council area of Scotland, as well as building a new spur line to serve the community of Springwood Village, near Kelso.

A MAN has been arrested in connection with an alleged shooting of a parking warden as he dished out tickets in Edinburgh. Lothian and Borders Police say they have charged the 21-year-old following the incident in the city's York Lane last Thursdsay. (c) 2008 Daily Record; Glasgow (UK).

By ALASTAIR DALTON TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT THE planned Borders line could be the first in Britain to be run separately from the rest of the rail network, under radical plans to bridge its funding gap, The Scotsman has learned.

By Andrew Picken A DEDICATED police unit is to be created at Edinburgh Airport for the first time after airport chiefs agreed to foot the bill.

By BRIAN FERGUSON FLOODING and torrential rain caused widespread chaos across the UK yesterday, forcing the closure of key road and rail routes and threatening homes.