内容摘要：Following a series of police raids by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) in 2020, a handful of Black Axe members were arrested, paving the way for the exposure of a far wider network.

Following a series of police raids by the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) in 2020, a handful of Black Axe members were arrested, paving the way for the exposure of a far wider network.

The company hopes to submit its planning application this summer in order to allow building work to start in 2027.Mr McKinlay was speaking ahead of the company's latest information day in the area being held in Selkirk.

Center Parcs currently attracts millions of visitors a year to its six sites across the UK and Ireland.Its chief executive said they had identified the Borders as a "real opportunity"."It fits so many of our criteria in terms of the area, in terms of the demographic profile of people around the area," he said.

He said the company already had a large number of Scots going to holiday villages in England."It was staring us in the face as the obvious place to look to put our next village," he added.

Mr McKinlay said they would look "wherever possible" to employ locally and offer opportunities to stop people leaving the region.

"We've found in our other village areas that lots of young people who've typically left an area in search of career opportunities have actually stayed in the area," he said."He faced motor neurone disease with great courage, and he would talk to anybody about it," said Tony.

"He wanted everybody to know. So this is great, because it's letting people know."He carried the baton for as long as he could, and then when he couldn't carry it any more, we've taken it on for him."

Ian's wife, Catherine, was also there supporting the swimmers, hoping for "a world free of MND".She said, when people were diagnosed, she wanted doctors to be able to "just go bang, here is a jab... so that sufferers are all fine again".