Biggs bags Rosebowl at Braidwood
AT BRAIDWOOD on Sunday John Ross (Whitburn) had the opportunity to defend the Ian Graham Cup.At the same time, the Whinneybrae Rosebowl, for a member with the highest score who has not yet won a...
View ArticleBeale, Vaughan, Brown and Noble record victories
OCTOBER saw the start of the winter season at Selkirk Rifle Club, with the shooters heading indoors.In the first of the winter club competitions, the Monthly Medal was won by Robert Beale and the...
View ArticleClassy performance from Reivers
A GLORIOUS autumn weekend in the Trossachs brought a double-header for Borders orienteerers last weekend.The final round of the Scottish Urban League was held in and around the streets of Dunblane,...
View ArticleTory Teries turn up the heat
WEEK five of the Store-age.org.uk Border Snooker League provided no surprises at the top of the table as Hawick Conservative Club A consolidated their top spot with a 6-0 thrashing of the hosts at St...
View ArticleWhat’s on
TodaySEX & GOD (THEATRE): Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. 7.30pm. £14. Tel: 01721 725777. www.eastgatearts.comTomorrowA TALE OF TWO SHAKESPEARES (THEATRE): Walkerburn Public Hall. 7.30pm (doors open...
View ArticleFolk trio return to Eastgate
Bain Möller Molsky, a melodically and rhythmically exciting collaboration by three of the world’s leading folk musicians, makes a welcome return to Peebles’ Eastgate Theatre next Tuesday (October...
View ArticleMadge Wildfire at Gala’s String Jam Club
If you thought that Madge Wildfire was a demented old madwoman from a Sir Walter Scott novel, then think again.The Heart of Midlothian character has been artfully reincarnated as an all-female trio of...
View ArticlePeebles silver band trumpets horn player
Peebles Development Silver Band has announced its delight that Jonathan Bates, the first tenor horn player with the world famous Black Dyke Band, will host a free workshop at Peebles Rugby Club from...
View ArticleBob, Brandy and Ballads as Sir Walter returns to Liddesdale
It is a well-known fact that Sir Walter Scott was descended from Auld Wat of Harden, a notorious border Reiver, and was brought up with vivid tales of his ancestor’s daring exploits. So when young...
View ArticleStrauss, Prokofiev and Shostakovich
Two outstanding young musicians return to Kelso Music Society at the town’s high school on Friday, November 2. Cellist Philip Higham, and Alasdair Beatson on the piano, play three of the greatest cello...
View ArticleVerdi’s La Traviata takes to Gala in stylish 1950s Paris production
A stylish new production of Verdi’s beloved tearjerker La Traviata kicks off Scottish Opera’s unprecedented 50- date tour across Scotland, with a performance in Galashiels’ Volunteer Hall on Thursday,...
View ArticleScene set for ‘biggest and best’ VOMO festival
A dozen short films made by 100 young Borderers over the last 12 months, and shot in local towns such as Duns, Gala, Selkirk, Jeburgh, Kelso and Hawick, will be screened at this year’s Voice Of My Own...
View Article200 packs of medication stolen from Hawick doctor’s surgery
POLICE have confirmed 200 packs of medication have been stolen from a Hawick GP surgery.The drugs taken from Hawick Medical Practice include Dihydrocodeine, Diazepam, Codeine Phosphate, Zopiclone,...
View ArticlePets of the week
Orson, above, is the softest cat you will ever meet. He is four years old and just loves attention. Unfortunately, the presence of other animals in a home scares him and causes him to spray, so he will...
View ArticleSentence deferred on care worker who struck patient
A CARE assistant who assaulted a frail 91-year-old woman in a local nursing home, after claiming she had tolerated repeated nipping from the dementia sufferer, has had sentence deferred for nine months...
View ArticleTown centre disturbances
POLICE arrested a 35-year-old man in Galashiels for breach of the peace last Friday evening. He was issued with an ASBO fixed penalty fine.Meanwhile, last Thursday, a disturbance in Channel Street...
View ArticleScam warning
POLICE have issued a fresh warning on the dangers of being duped by conmen targeting the Borders.Already this year several members of the public have been scammed out of money totalling tens of...
View ArticleLauder driver charged
A LAUDER woman has been charged with driving with no insurance or MOT.The 40-year-old was stopped by police officers at around 5.30pm last Friday on the A6091 Melrose bypass because her Renault car had...
View ArticleCash-strapped mum stole Christmas party money
A MOTHER organised a Christmas party night for other nursery group mums, but kept the money to help her own finances.First offender Bryony Russell collected a deposit from several people, and arranged...
View ArticleArrest
A 30-year-old man in Newcastleton has been arrested for an alleged breach of the peace. The man was charged last Thursday evening following a disturbance on South Hermitage Street, which runs through...
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