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- Updates from the Borders Events Centre, Kelso, as votes are counted for the Scottish Parliament election
- Scotland went to the polls on Thursday, May 6
- The result for the Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire seat will be announced on Friday, May 7; the outcome of the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale contest will be declared on Saturday, May 8
- Mike Thomson and Callum Hodgson are reporting for the Border Telegraph and the Peeblesshire News
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