Schools
Parents' fury over council's £3000 park bench 
CASH-strapped council chiefs have been branded clueless after spending thousands of pounds on a park bench while slashing school budgets.
Scottish Borders Council spent £3000 on the new seating area in Galashiels which was unveiled this week.
ANXIOUS parents fear their children may be forced to take their own toilet rolls into school as budget-bursting cuts threaten to catch many short.
School site plans: SBC coughs up £100,000 to consultants
CASH-strapped council chiefs spent more than £100,000 on external consultants to design the planning briefs for the soon-to-be redundant school sites in the Borders.
SCOTTISH Borders Council employees’ cars are taking over a village, it has been claimed.
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