Article: Businesses in the east rise to the challenge.

THREE Borders businesses are in the running for awards in Scotland's Best Rural Retailer competition, writes Bob Burgess.

But traders from the central and western Borders are missing - all three are from Berwickshire.

Cockburnspath Post Office, Borders Fayre in Duns and St Vedas Hotel at Coldingham are all through to the final stages of the prestigious competition organised by the Scottish Countryside Alliance.

Co'path Post Office, run by Claire Wright for the past three years, is shortlisted in the village shop category. According to one customer: "Many of the young mums and pensioners who live here could not cope without the services she ...

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