Teenager on booze charge
POLICE have charged an 18-year-old man from Tweedbank with culpable and reckless conduct after a 15-year-old youth was taken unconscious to the Borders General Hospital.He’s suspected of supplying...
View ArticleWinter call for blood donors
NEW blood donors are being urged to come forward amid fears that winter colds will hit regular donors.There’s a session at the Victoria Halls, Selkirk on Sunday between 10.15am and 12.30pm and 2pm...
View ArticleFairnilee clarification
IN our report last week on the fire at Fairnilee House we described Tracey Mason as the owner while she is fact the tenant. Mr Stephen Dean has pointed out to us that he is the owner. Our use of Yair...
View ArticleFlodden retold ahead of quincentenary
IT proved to be the most devastating defeat in the history of the Borders, writes Kenny Paterson.With the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden less than a year away, a series of events and...
View ArticleSupporters say Ogilvie’s work should be part of curriculum
ORGANISERS of an evening celebrating one of the Borders most respected poets believe his work should be taught in the region’s schools.Eckford Village Hall will host A Night Wi’ Will on November 23 and...
View ArticleCulvert block ‘caused flood’
A BLOCKED culvert has been blamed for the flash flood which hit Jedburgh in August, writes Kenny Paterson.A report by engineering consultants Halcrow, being presented to Scottish Borders Council’s...
View ArticleAmbulance service bosses fail to heed station warning, say SBC
PLANNING officials have revealed they warned the Scottish Ambulance Service against submitting an application for a new station at a site at Borders General Hospital.The bid at land north west of the...
View ArticleAsh disease in Berwickshire
A WOOD near Eyemouth has the deadly ash dieback disease.The area is one of five new sites discovered following Forestry Commission Scotland’s (FCS) unprecedented five-day survey of the country’s ash...
View ArticleMeet the Makar – in Hawick
Border writers’ group The Eildon Tree is celebrating its second big literary coup in a year, as it hosts The Scots Makar, Liz Lochhead, at the Heart of Hawick on Friday November 16.The talk at Tower...
View ArticleMargaret Kerr Unit appeal in push for final £100,000
THE appeal to raise the final £1million to build the Borders first hospice reached £900,000 this week thanks to a cheque for £26,500 from the Order of St John.Work continues on the palliative care unit...
View ArticleThe Haining hosts new storytelling festival for children and adults
A new Children’s Book and Storytelling Festival begins at The Haining in Selkirk this Saturday from 10am to 4pm.“We’ve such a heritage of oral history and ballads in the Borders,” festival organiser...
View ArticleCash taken in Jedburgh raid
POLICE have appealed for assistance following a break-in at flat in Lothian Road, Jedburgh.Cash, jewellery and an Xbox 360 computer were stolen sometime between 11.145am and 3.30pm last Thursday.A...
View ArticleBroadband boost
AROUND 8,100 homes and businesses in Galashiels will now benefit from faster broadband, according to BT.The roll-out means download speeds of up to 20 megabits per second – double the previous speed –...
View ArticleFilm captures vandal suspects
TWO teenagers suspected of being responsible for vandalism at Burnfoot Community School in Hawick have been reported to the procurator fiscal.It follows a police probe into an incident on August 16...
View ArticleBorders wind farms fact file
z 29 – number of businesses in the Teviot Valleys Special Landscape Area which responded from 45 surveyed – a return rate of 64 per centz 164 – number of full-time equivalent jobs in accommodation...
View ArticleClaims SBC pressurised on turbines
THE Scottish Government is ‘pressurising’ local authorities into tolerating marginally acceptable planning applications for wind farms, writes Mark Entwistle.So claims Councillor Michael Cook (East...
View ArticleReport blasts missed opportunities of border crossing’s panorama
SCOTLAND’S tourist industry is missing out on a major marketing opportunity by ignoring the unspoilt panorama at the Carter Bar, according to a report just published.It claims that Scotland’s failing...
View ArticleScottish bake-off queen set for Kelso
THE first person from Scotland to compete in the television programme, the Great British Bake Off, will be in Kelso next month.Lea Harris is one of the judges of the first Pharlanne Grand Gingerbread...
View ArticleTime to get on board and ensure rail link’s success
True to form, the train now approaching the Borders may be running late – a year we’ve been told – but at least it’s going to arrive.On Tuesday, Scottish Transport Secretary Keith Brown signed the deal...
View ArticlePledge on cash for roads
A LOCAL councillor has pledged to continue lobbying for more cash to help improve roads used by timber haulage firms, writes Mark Entwistle.Last week, TheSouthern reported that Scottish Borders Council...
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