A a self-styled "African tribe" living in woodland in the Scottish Borders have been ordered by a court to leave.

On Friday members of the so-called Kingdom of Kubala, who have been camping in woodland near Jedburgh for the past few weeks were warned they had to vacate the privately owned land. The three members of the self-proclaimed "kingdom" have said they are reclaiming land that was stolen from their ancestors 400 years ago.

But issuing the order at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Friday morning, Sheriff Peter Paterson said it would come into effect immediately. The civil action was brought after the group ignored a previous eviction notice, which instructed them to leave their encampment by 5pm on Monday September 8.

The group is made up of leader Kofi Offeh, 36, the self-proclaimed

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