Lorry pulls in £2,200 for charity
EARLSTON villagers raised more than £2,200 for Children in Need on Saturday.Residents and visitors donated as eight local men pulled a nine-tonne truck from the village’s primary school to the Square...
View ArticleOrgan donors urged to sign up
HEALTH chiefs have launched a fresh plea for people to make their organs available for transplant following their death.Three people die each day in the UK waiting on a transplant and there are 600...
View ArticleTireless Tweedsiders pipped at the post by Melrose
Kelso 16 Melrose 19BOOKER BORDER LEAGUEFiona Scott reports from Poynder ParkFOR the opening 20 minutes of this evening fixture at Poynder Park it was the hosts who had all the possession.Melrose...
View ArticleNo more “it’s aye been”
“I’M going to be fairly blunt. We have to work together in the next 50 years, either we do it or die.”So says Borders environmentalist Chris Badenoch who will speak at a land use debate in Melrose on...
View ArticleAnn merits horse award
JEDBURGH horsewoman Ann Fraser has been awarded a national leading horse charity’s award of merit.Mrs Fraser of Overwells received the British Horse Society’s (BHS) recognition from BHS president...
View ArticleBeef farm’s final destiny
BORDERS farmers Robert and Jacqueline Neill are finalists in the Scotch Beef Farm of the Year award.The new accolade, run by Agriscot and Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), is aimed at highlighting...
View ArticleBorders playwrights have a bit of a banter
Borders Banter, a comedy double bill written by two local playwrights Oliver Eade and Dorothy Bruce, begins its three week tour around the Borders next week. The first of the five performances, which...
View ArticleNew gazebos to gaze at
Scott’s Selkirk has bought more than 20 new pop-up market stalls for this year’s festival, thanks to almost £13,000 of funding.The Scott’s Selkirk Association celebrated a double windfall in October,...
View ArticleGalashiels loses out on pay-parking cash
GALASHIELS has been deprived of thousands of pounds due to a missing pay-parking machine, writes Kenny Paterson.The Stirling Place meter generated nearly £20,000 in the 17 months before it was...
View ArticleFurniture boost for local hall
NEW chairs and tables will be purchased for St Boswells village hall, thanks to a £600 financial boost from phone and broadband provider, TalkTalk. The hall will be sponsored by TalkTalk for the next...
View ArticleBlack Path safety concerns
A GALASHIELS police officer has denied the Black Path is a no go area of the town.Sergeant Duncan Marker said reports last month of anti-social behaviour on the popular cycling and walking route turned...
View ArticleLand reform talk
SOUTHERN Upland Partnership’s director Pip Tabor will be one of the speakers at a meeting about land reform next month.The Borders group of the John Muir Trust (JMT) is co-organising the open event in...
View ArticleSmoking mums cause health concerns
NEARLY a quarter of Borders women are still smoking while pregnant, writes Kenny Paterson.Scottish Government figures have shown 23.2 per cent of expectant mums were still using cigarettes when...
View ArticleLights not out as Sparky the survivor dog returns home
CELEBRITY adventurer Bear Grylls would be impressed, after a Selkirkshire dog survived 16 days on his own in the Dumfriesshire countryside.The Collie cross is recovering well from his fur-raising...
View ArticleExclusive peek at new Margaret Kerr Unit
As fundraisers for the Margaret Kerr Unit Appeal close in on its £1million target, and with only two months to go before its expected opening in January, TheSouthern was this week given an exclusive...
View ArticleYarrow Valley’s Gordon Arms sets the stage for its first concert since reopening
The historic Gordon Arms Hotel, once the haunt of famous Border bards, is getting ready to host its first traditional music concert on Sunday, November 25, four months after reopening, with two local...
View ArticleRural cash boost for Borders
A TOTAL of £1.25million has been invested into the Borders agricultural and forestry industries through the Scottish Government’s Rural Priorities funding.The biggest Borders award went to Duns-based...
View ArticleSelkirk mill flat plans
A FORMER Selkirk mill is set to be turned into housing.Developer Matthew Claridge has submitted an application to convert the former High Mill on Dunsdale Road into 16 flats and maisonettes.Mr Claridge...
View ArticleAnother award for Kibosh
WALKERBURN inventor and plumber Ross Dickinson has won another award,The 36-year-old invented the Kibosh, a temporary repair for burst pipes made in Selkirk, and last month was highly commended in the...
View ArticleDemand for action over school faults
THE local authority is being urged to seek compensation for what a former councillor for Earlston has described as an on-going series of defects with the village’s flagship secondary school.Together...
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