Rotakids shoebox appeal
SOME children in central and eastern Europe will only be receiving Christmas presents this year thanks to the efforts of Selkirk Rotary Club’s Rotakids.Rotakids groups at Philiphaugh community and...
View ArticleBring on debate about future of Scotland, says Moore
BORDERS MP Michael Moore was one of the architects of the referendum agreement signed in Edinburgh on Monday.The Scottish Secretary worked with Scotland’s deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon to...
View ArticleCall for banks to do more to help house buyers in Borders
A REPORT published by The Bank of Scotland has shown that the Borders is the fifth least affordable area for new borrowers. The study showed that first time buyers and those taking out new mortgages...
View ArticleRobert has climate change down to a tea
NEW environment minister Paul Wheelhouse this week visited a climate change focus farm near Jedburgh.The Berwickshire-based MSP heard from farmers Robert and Jac Neill at Upper Nisbet about how they...
View ArticleCouncil furniture claims dismissed
THE local authority has been accused of using bogus health and safety claims to partly justify the possible spending of more than £50,000 to replace tables and chairs used in its council chamber at...
View ArticleHume welcomes new guidelines on forestry
RECOMMENDED restrictions on forestry planting on farmland have been welcomed by local MSP Jim Hume, writes Sally Gillespie.The former Yarrow farmer was reacting to the Scottish Government’s acceptance...
View ArticleGarment to help women undergoing cancer treatment
HEADWEAR using smart textiles is now a reality thanks to work by researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Galashiels.The new soft material is being used to make headgear for women with cancer-related...
View ArticleCouncillors fight for Peebles court
LOCAL councillors in Peebles are lobbying politicians to save the town’s sheriff court.Peebles Community Council has written criticising the proposal to shut the facility saying they “vigorously defend...
View ArticleContest cancelled due to lack of conkers
THE popular Scottish Conker Championships has been cancelled just days before it was due to go ahead, writes Sally Gillespie.Organisers Borders Forest Trust have been forced to pull the plug on the...
View ArticleTrue grit earns Selkirk bonus point win
Stewart’s Melville FP v SelkirkRBS NATIONAL LEAGUEFiona Scott reports from InverleithSELKIRK bounced back from the disappointment of the Biggar abandonment the previous week with a hard fought, gritty...
View ArticleEnd to end trail from Yetholm opens later this month
SCOTLAND’S new end to end walking route to or from Yetholm will be officially opened at the end of the month.The 470-mile hike – the country’s longest way – will be launched by Scotland’s First...
View ArticleFamily escape early morning Peebles flat fire
FIREFIGHTERS have described the survival of a family of three from a flat fire in Peebles this morning as a “very lucky escape”.The three occupants - a 42-year-old man, 41-year-old woman and a...
View ArticleSpeedway: Berwick Bandits roar into Premier Trophy final
TO PROGRESS to the Grand Final of the 2012 Premier Challenge Trophy, the Berwick Bandits travelled to the Glasgow Tigers on Sunday afternoon knowing a win, draw or defeat by no more than 12 points...
View ArticleCouncil’s chip and pin problems
SCOTTISH Borders Council have apologised after IT problems caused a delay to the introduction of chip and pin technology for its contact centres, registration offices and Jim Clark Room across the...
View ArticleProperty service calls for radical rethink of Scottish housing policy
THE property marketing service ESPC today called on the Scottish Government to shake up current housing policy in order to stimulate sales of existing homes in a bid to rejuvenate the housing market.In...
View ArticleRoad safety improvements must include demand for seatbelt in buses
As a regular bus user on the A7 I write to applaud Isobel Hutchison’s continuing efforts and Councillor Aitchison’s recent plea to the Scottish Government’s Transport Minister for improved safety to...
View ArticleSpeedway: Bandits look to end season with a bang at Trophy Final
BERWICK’S speedway Bandits have had a tough time during 2012, with injury after injury to key riders and Britain’s much-recorded wettest summer for over a century – yet the border boys have battled...
View ArticleScottish Borders Council appeal £250,000 data breach fine
Scottish Borders Council has appealed against its £250,000 data breach penalty - one of the biggest ever handed out to a Scottish local authority by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The ICO...
View ArticleBike theft
CALLOUS thieves stole a child’s BMX bike from a home in Tweedbank on Sunday.The green coloured Raleigh bicycle was stolen from a garden at Stobshaw Terrace between 10.30am and 1.30pm, and police are...
View ArticleYoung drivers checks
POLICE have put the brakes on young drivers travelling along a busy Galashiels road.Road policing officers carried out checks last Saturday on Melrose Road between 8pm and 9pm, following complaints...
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