Borderer in New York marathon disappointment
BORDERER Keith King was one of thousands disappointed when the New York Marathon was cancelled in the wake of Superstorm Sandy last week.The 42-year-old from Galashiels had flown to the city earlier...
View ArticleSecond bridge decision will be ‘one of biggest in Peebles’ history’
COUNCILLORS have been urged today to back the latest report on Peebles multi-million-pound second bridge proposal, which recommends narrowing down the options to three potential crossing sites.And the...
View ArticleFashion show fundraiser
FASHION shops in Galashiels and Peebles raised £300 for Cancer Research UK.The money was raised when the Galashiels M&Co hosted a fundraising fashion show at the end of last month.A company...
View ArticlePulling for Pudsey
EIGHT Earlston men are limbering up to pull a lorry through the town to raise money for charity on Saturday.The team of Neil Walker, Andrew Reid, Robert Beattie, Keith Veitch, Steven Cockburn, Chris...
View ArticleTrekkers raise over £6,500 for charity
THE Teviothead Trekkers raised over £6,500 for charity when they walked the West Highland Way in the summer.The group of 10 friends announced the final total this week. The money will be split between...
View ArticleThree of the best from Panton McLeod
EMPLOYEES of the Borders water technology firm Panton McLeod have raised more than £2,000 for charity in the last six months, writes Sally Gillespie.The fundraisers abseiled the Waterloo Monument at...
View ArticleEarlston High School ceiling collapses
THE local authority has denied that one of its three new flagship schools, opened just over three years ago, is suffering from extensive problems.The rebuttal came after an incident at Earlston High...
View ArticleDay care services axed
THE popular Reivers Industries service for people with learning difficulties in Tweedbank is set to close next spring.Scottish Borders Council will not renew its £490,401 annual contract with the...
View ArticleSBC equality action plan report reveals persistent homophobia
LESBIAN and gay members of the community feel that the Borders still harbours a homophobic culture, according to a new report.Safety in the community was another concern, not just for those in the...
View ArticleJedburgh demolition saga enters final stage
WORK was scheduled to start on the long-awaited demolition of 31 High Street in Jedburgh at the beginning of this week.A Glasgow firm is the contractor which submitted the successful tender bid for the...
View ArticleSound of top brass in Selkirk
Selkirk came top in the Borders’ brass bands as more than 400 musicians descended on the Royal Burgh’s Victoria Hall last Saturday for the 11th annual Borders Entertainment Contest, organised by the...
View ArticlePeebles housing approved
AN AFFORDABLE housing scheme in Peebles has won the backing of Scottish Borders Council – despite calls for it to be put on hold until a location for the town’s second bridge is agreed.Eildon Housing...
View ArticleTeri soldier’s Christmas wish is a Tennent’s
A HAWICK soldier is back in the UK after a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan – and is looking forward to a pint of his favourite lager in the town at the New Year.Brian Turnbull, 25, is a lance...
View ArticleLeslie Robertson Adams
Leslie Robertson Adams JP, better known as Les, a retired builder and cabinet maker, and well-respected member of the Yetholm and Kelso communities, died at the age of 90 on September 12.The youngest...
View ArticleClive Fairweather
WITH the death of Colonel Clive Fairweather on October 13, at the comparatively young age of 68, Scotland has lost one of its most able men.Clive was someone who really had a sense of compassion and a...
View ArticleFRAMED IN TIME
Thirlestane Castle at Lauder fell to the Napoleonic French army on the last Sunday of March in 1988.But their occupation was short – the castle was regained the following day by the might of a European...
View ArticleYoungsters are happy with Garvie
THE appointment of the Borders’ civic head to the prestigious post of children and young people’s champion at Scottish Borders Council has been welcomed by youngsters involved in helping redraft the...
View ArticleSBC to create 30 apprenticeships as part of structure review
A MINIMUM of 30 new apprenticeships will be created over the next five years as part of the review of the local authority’s environment and infrastructure services.At its last full session meeting,...
View ArticleJanitor sues
A FORMER Galashiels Academy janitor is suing Scottish Borders Council for £50,000 after suffering serious injuries following an alleged prank.Linda Gillie received head and leg injuries in the incident...
View ArticleChemists targeted
POLICE are hunting thieves who targeted a Hawick chemists.Crosby pharmacy on North Bridge Street was broken into in the early hours of Monday but police say the culprits did not make it into the main...
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