£50m Borders golf course gets go-ahead

Work is set to start within months on a £50m golf complex in the Scottish Borders after planners gave it the green light.

The five-star resort will contain a 150-room hotel, leisure club, restaurant and conference centre. It will be built next to the existing Rutherford Castle Golf Club in Peebles-shire.

The project, which is being developed by hotel chain De Vere, is due for completion in 2010, according to the Scotsman.