MORE Borders summer festivals have been cancelled due to coronavirus. Selkirk Common Riding, St Ronan’s Border Games (Innerleithen), Lauder Common Riding and Duns’ Reivers Week have all been called off for the second year running. The decision follows advice from Scottish Borders Council. As reported last week, organisers of the Braw Lads’ Gathering, Peebles’ Beltane and Hawick Common Riding have also announced their annual festivities have fallen victim to the pandemic. In a statement, the provost of the Selkirk Common Riding Trust, Keith Miller, said: “Following full and careful consideration of the restrictions in relation to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, Selkirk Common Riding Trustees have decided there is no alternative available but to cancel Selkirk’s 2021 Common Riding, which was scheduled to be held on Friday, June 18.