The Hearts and Heroes endurance challenge is an endurance event with a difference - it's the only major challenge that can be completed in 12 hours and lets you set your own personal challenge - choose to walk or run 12, 21 or 29 miles.

The Berwickshire village of Chirnside is celebrating the 300th anniversary of the birth of its world famous son, the philosopher David Hume, with a Philosophy Festival and Enlightenment Evening on Saturday 30th April.

TweedLove 2011 - a Week of Bike Riding and Good Times in the Tweed Valley from 11- 19 June.

This is a global, annual event when international attention turns to the elimination of all forms of violence against women. The event normally takes place from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10 December (International Human Rights Day), thus making the link between women’s human rights and their experience of violence.

The Borders is filled with wonderful shops, each with their own individual character, bursting with all you need for a great Christmas. A whole host of local events are also planned to get you in the festive spirit and provide some great gift ideas…. and by shopping locally you’ll help boost the local economy!

The Business Excellence Awards 2010-11 will celebrate the best of Scottish Borders businesses. Applications will be invited soon, and all businesses in the Borders will be eligible to enter.

The winners of the "Our Scottish Borders" photography competition have been announced, and entries will be showcased in an exhibition at the Heart of Hawick from 18-21 November 2010.

The Scottish Borders is taking part in the worldwide event 16 Days of Action to eliminate all forms of violence against women. The exciting and varied free event programme runs from 25 November - 10 December incorporating International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 November) and International Human Rights Day (10 December), thus making the link between women's human rights and their experience of violence.

The creative heart of the Border landscape, its woods, wild moorlands, meandering rivers, historic towns and castle dotted coastline, lies in the studios and workshops of local artists and craftspeople: the painters, potters, wood turners, textile and glass artists.

Butchers are a blessing to the Borders. We're lucky to enjoy their counters stocked with local beef, lamb, pork, chicken and game, all reared on local land by local farmers, and skillfully prepared by hand in their back room.

The Borders Music and Comedy Festival returns from 1st - 7th November with an initial announcement of two fantastic UK chart topping artists and four top Scots comedians plus many more big names still to be announced.

To commemorate the handover of the Commonwealth Games flag from India to Scotland, Bolly Borders is a visual feast of music, song and dance. This FREE fun day will take place on Thursday, 14 October in the Volunteer Hall and Bank Street Gardens in Galashiels.

When I was a boy, I loved walking with Dad into Roland Tait's ironmongers in Selkirk. Cubby holes of wartime boxes of bits and bobs. Walls of hanging wood and iron tools. Sprays of brooms, brushes and white cotton mops. Shelves of glass bottles filled with coloured liquids. Bright, shiny plastic buckets and dustpans. Corridors of boxes. Off-rooms of tiny drawers spilling nails, screws and tacks.

The second annual Borders Heritage Week highlights the history of conflict along the region's historically shifting frontiers. The many fortifications, battles and skirmishes fought in the Borders since the Bronze Age nearly 5,000 years ago have left deep impressions in the landscape.

The 4 Abbeys Cycle Challenge is a fantastic event that gives both novice and experienced cyclists the opportunity to experience the beautiful scenery around the 4 Abbeys of the Scottish Borders.

Launched on 1 July 2010 the Scottish Borders Rape Crisis Centre helpline provides free, confidential information and support for women and young girls in the Scottish Borders who have experienced rape or sexual violence.

Celebrate the glory of Border bookshops! We explore the unique and diverse wonders you can buy in the Borders so you can discover the surprises around you and help our shopkeepers survive the recession. Never has it been more vital to shop in the Borders and spend what little money we have to help local businesses.

Innerleithen will ring with the sounds of many languages on May Bank Holiday weekend as a large European contingent arrives for the first round of the iXS European Downhill mountain bike cup.

Our Scottish Borders photography competition

In celebration of National Bread Week (3-9 May), Warbuton's is exploring the country to find the nation's favourite picnic spots and our very own St Abbs has made it to the final selection!

The Welcome to the Scottish Borders guide has been designed to provide useful information about a range of key public and private services for people who come to work, live and visit or who are travelling through the Scottish Borders