Actor Jack Lowden has urged a council not to close the nursery in the village where he grew up.
The Slow Horses star went to Channelkirk Nursery in Oxton in the Borders which is under threat of being mothballed.
Lowden posted on Instagram that he hoped the local authority could find a way of keeping it open – along with others being proposed to shut this summer.
The council has blamed falling child numbers for the move and says alternative provision is available within an "acceptable distance".
A council report said a facility in Fountainhall had been shut this school year and it is proposed to remain mothballed.
A further six – Channelkirk in Oxton, Cockburnspath, Ednam in Kelso, Walkerburn, Westruther and Yetholm – are being recommended to be mothballed for 2025/26 due to falling numbers.
The local authority said there would be consultation carried out before any final decision was made.
It prompted Lowden to post on Instagram – along with a childhood photo in a Channelkirk uniform – that he hoped the council would not go ahead with the move.
