TRIBUTES have been paid to a father of three who died in a crash on the A7 on Thursday.

Iain Burnett, 40, from Edinburgh was killed in a two-vehicle collision at around 5.40pm near Stow.

He was driving a white Fiat Doblo, when it was in collision with a black Nissan X-trail.

Emergency service crews rushed to the scene but Mr Burnett sadly died at the scene.

In a statement his family said: "Iain was a much adored, husband, son, brother and father of three. Iain will be very sadly missed by all who knew and loved him.

"We would like to commend Police Scotland for their support and professionalism and extend our thanks to the ambulance crews for their work.

"We would like to ask for privacy to grieve at this difficult time."

Officers are still looking for witnesses who have not yet come forward to get in touch, particularly if they stopped at the scene.

Anyone with information is asked to contact officers on 101 quoting incident 3006 of August 10.