A co-driver has been killed in a crash at the Jim Clark Rally in the Scottish Borders.

Emergency services were called to the incident at the closed-road event near Duns at around 10:50.

The 39-year-old man died at the scene. The 27-year-old driver was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh with serious, but not life-threatening, injuries.

Organisers, the Jim Clark Memorial Motor Club, cancelled the remainder of the event as well as the Jim Clark Reivers Rally scheduled for Sunday.

Police Scotland said that no one else was injured in the crash.

Supt Vincent Fisher said: “Our thoughts are with the family of the man who has died and inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances.”

Around 100 drivers were expected to compete over the weekend.

First held in 1970, it is named after Formula One champion, Jim Clark who grew up in the Scottish Borders.

It is round of the Probite British Rally Championship, Asset Alliance Group Scottish Rally Championship and Protyre National Asphalt Championship.

In 2014, three spectators were killed and six more were injured at the event when two cars lost control and veered into a viewing area.

A fatal accident inquiry later found the deaths could have been prevented if people had been clearly banned from standing in the area where the crash happened.

The event returned five years later in 2019, after “rigorous steps” were taken to ensure safety.