Crash victim named
A MAN who died after a minibus overturned, leaving 23 people injured, has been named by police.
Ross Jones Barker, 59, was a passenger on the private minibus carrying a group from Newtongrange to Kelso where it is thought they were heading to the races.
Police said that six men remain in hospital with serious injuries, but all are considered stable.
The crash happened on the A6089, between Carfraemill and Gordon in the Scottish Borders. JENNIFER Saunders has said Dame June Whitfield “lived and worked with an extraordinary grace” after the veteran screen star died at the age of 93.
The pair played mother and daughter in Absolutely Fabulous for five series of the hit sitcom, as well as in the 2016 film.
Saunders penned the series, based on a sketch she created with Dawn French, and asked Dame June to play Edina Monsoon’s mother.
Saunders said: “It’s so tremendously sad to lose June. I will always be grateful that she agreed to be in Ab Fab and even more grateful that she became a dear friend.
“She lived and worked with an extraordinary grace. Everything June did was perfectly measured. She was so loved and I will miss her hugely.”
Dame June “passed away peacefully” on Friday, according to her agent.
Heartfelt tributes have been paid to the talent and warmth of the star, whose career in acting spanned eight decades.
During her life in showbusiness, she tackled bawdy comedy in the Carry On films, and starred in the long-running sitcom Terry And June.
Joanna Lumley, who played Edina’s harddrinking and promiscuous friend Patsy Stone, said she was “heartbroken”.