Machinery sale
a Farm finishing displenishing sale of vehicles and machinery is taking place at Swinside Townfoot, Oxnam, on behalf of E. Taylor & Sons on Friday, October at 10.30am.By permission: Dowdeswell 3m...
View ArticleChalmers looking for big impact against Llandovery
CRAIG CHALMERS has made two changes to his team ahead of Melroses’ second British & Irish Cup match against Llandovery this weekend, writes Fiona Scott.Roddy Grant is available from Edinburgh and...
View ArticleWinning formula works for Gala
THERE are no surprises in George Graham’s Wales bound side this week as the Gala coach has stuck with his winning formula, writes Fiona Scott.Selection was straightforward after the great result the...
View ArticleCo-op’s Kelso date
THE Co-op has now revealed that its reopening of part of the former Haldanes store in the town’s Roxburgh Street, will take place on December 6.Closed by Haldanes last summer with the loss of 50 jobs,...
View ArticleJed floods report soon
ENGINEERING consultants Halcrow, looking into floods which raged through Jedburgh town centre in July, are expected to report back to Scottish Borders Council by the end of next week.Their findings...
View ArticleBlaze probed
POLICE have launched an enquiry into an incident of wilful fireraising.It follows a blaze at farm near Greenlaw on Sunday morning.Fire crews were alerted around 7.10am when a number of straw bales were...
View ArticleTurf Talk: Champions line up for Frankel Day
CHAMPIONS DAY, or Frankel Day for many, is upon us and with this being the last chance to see him on the racecourse the anticipation is sure to reach fever pitch by 4.05pm!He has lit up our racecourses...
View ArticleIconic fashion label Chanel buys Barrie, saving almost 180 jobs
There was jubilation in Hawick this week, with news that the French luxury fashion house Chanel has saved almost 180 local jobs by acquiring the town’s under-threat cashmere manufacturer, Barrie...
View ArticleTransport minister must act before A7 takes more lives
How many more lives must be lost and people seriously injured before extra cash is sanctioned to allow improvements to the stretch of A7 north of Galashiels?Research by one bereaved mother suggests one...
View ArticleSpeedway: Berwick Bandits head west for place in final
BERWICK’S speedway Bandits’ next match will be at Glasgow’s Ashfield (on Sunday with tapes going up at 4pm) and even a narrow defeat for the Border boys would offer the team a place in the...
View ArticleEarlston offender cultivated cannabis ‘cure’
WHEN police forced their way into Elliot Grieve’s Earlston home, they uncovered a cannabis cultivation with a potential value of £8,000.Grieve told officers he was growing the crop for his own use,...
View ArticleHgggggggggg
A CARE assistant has been suspended from her job after assaulting a frail 91-year-old woman in a nursing home, Selkirk Sheriff Court was told on Monday.The elderly patient was left with a red hand mark...
View ArticleBorders young farmers stick in at Kinross
COMPETITORS drove to Kinross to take part in the east region sports day when Ettrick and Lauderdale JAC came third in the hockey competition, beaten by winners Reston and Strathearn.The Ettrick and...
View ArticleCall out for community councillors
ATTEMPTS are being made to resurrect two community councils in the Borders.The Greenlaw and Hume council folded in March when not enough people came forward to form a council.A petition signed by 20...
View ArticleQuite a lot of quilts
Nine members of Selkirk-based Souter Quilters took part in a national quiltathon aiming to make the Guinness Book of Records for the most quilts made in one day in Scotland. The quilts, all of the same...
View ArticleNewtown ghost walk
ORGANISERS are expecting more than 250 people to enjoy a Night of Ghouls in Newtown St Boswells later this month.Newtown Community Centre is holding its annual ghost walk on October 27, leaving from...
View ArticleCrook Inn £25,000 boost
THE CAMPAIGN to save the historic Crook Inn in Tweedsmuir received a boost this week when a Clyde wind farm pledged £25,000.Locals are trying to buy the former coaching inn from owner James Doonan and...
View ArticleAnimal charity saved
ANIMAL lovers voted overwhelmingly to safeguard the future of Borders Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) by appointing a co-ordinator at the charity’s AGM earlier this month.The new post will attract a...
View ArticleVeterans mourn death of former KOSB and SAS commander
TRIBUTES have poured in for Colonel Clive Fairweather, former commanding officer of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and deputy commander of the Special Air Service (SAS), who has died from a brain...
View Article‘World’s unlikeliest film star’ in Gala for Jed director’s debut
The homeless bum who beat alcoholism to become lucky mascot to every New York movie set will appear at Galashiels’ Pavilion Cinema this Sunday, following the Scottish premiere of a documentary about...
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