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Queen's Baton relay route announced

The route for the Queen's Baton relay has been announced ahead of this Summer's Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

The relay was launched by the Queen and Sir Chris Hoy at Buckingham Palace in October.

It's been travelling the world since, and is due in Scotland in mid-June. On 18 March it will be in the Scottish Borders.

Starting in Duns, it will go to Greenlaw, Earlston, Melrose, the home of rugby Sevens, Tweedbank, Selkirk, Kelso, Jedburgh and Hawick.

The next day it's in Dumfries and Galloway.

It starts in Langholm it then moves to Gretna, Eastriggs, Dumfries, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, which is the Southern most point on the route, Newton Stewart and Stranraer.

It's final destination is Glasgow for the start of the Games on 23 July.

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