Moffat for Loretto
KELSO author Alistair Moffat is to deliver the next Loretto Lecture at the Musselburgh boarding school.The writer is a former director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and one-time head of programmes...
View ArticlePolice hunt scar-faced Peebles attacker
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a suspected assault in Peebles last Saturday.A 41-year-old woman was making her way to a family member’s house in Northgate at around 12.45am when her top was...
View ArticleTeenage mountainbiker airlifted to hospital after Glentress crash
A TEENAGER mountainbiker has suffered a serious head injury at one of the Borders most popular courses.The 14-year-old boy from Bathgate was injured while cycling at Glentress Forest yesterday...
View ArticleFlood alert for the Borders
THE BORDERS is currently under a flood alert after heavy rain hit the region on Monday and is expected to continue this morning.A spokesperson for the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency said: “A...
View ArticleBag a prize in BSPC competition
DO YOU have a favourite view in the Scottish Borders?If so, the free-to-enter competition run by Borders Solicitors Property Centres (BSPC) could see your photograph being chosen to appear on a BSPC...
View ArticlePolice round up - Tuesday morning
OFFICERS are hunting a thief who stole a charity box from the Plough Hotel in Town Yetholm, believed to have taken place on November 4 or 5. In Lauder, three Silkie chickens valued at £180 have been...
View ArticleSpeedway: Bandits future still hangs in the balance despite AGM declaration
BERWICK BANDITS’ fans have been checking for news from this years’ BSPA AGM which took place last week and will be no doubt be delighted to learn that the meeting confirmed the exciting French teenager...
View ArticleMan charged with Peebles car thefts
A 26-YEAR-OLD man will appear at Duns Sheriff Court on Wednesday charged with stealing cars in Peebles.The man was arrested after allegedly threatening drivers and taking the cars across a number of...
View ArticleFord dropped for Tonga test
KELSO’S Ross Ford has been dropped from Andy Robinson’s team ahead of theis weekends EMC Test against Tonga in Aberdeen.The Scotland coach has made five changes in personnel from the team that started...
View ArticleThe sporting week ahead
EAST DISTRICT CROSS-COUNTRY LEAGUE SECOND LEG: Saturday, November 24 – Hosted by Lothian Running Club at Deans, Livingston (juniors, 12.30pm; seniors 1.05pm)IMAGE PRINTERS CUP THIRD ROUND: Saturday,...
View ArticleWeather slows building
BAD weather is hitting some subsidy-supported capital projects, NFU Scotland has been told.Farmers who gained Rural Priorities support to carry out major works during 2012 are concerned they might not...
View ArticleJack set to drop the hammer at 48 years
ONE of the Borders farming community’s most “weel-kent faces”, Jack Clark, has brought his auctioneer’s hammer down on countless livestock sales across the region.But next year will see him call time,...
View Articlelandlines
A recent survey by the consumer organisation Which? found that price is the priority for most food shoppers, and 65 per cent of those asked said that it had become even more important because of...
View ArticleIndians floored by firewater
Hawick Linden 59Ottawa Indians 17TOUR MATCHHAWICK Linden played hosts to Canadian tourists the Ottawa Indians at Mansfield Park and an entertaining game was served up with the extra pace of the home...
View ArticleTouch and go for Gala rugby stars at fun Brydon Cup event
ANOTHER fun night down Netherdale way took place last week when teams from Galashiels Academy, Gala YM, Gala Star Vets, Gala Red Triangle, Gala Wanderers, Gala Mini Maroons coaches, Gala and Gala A...
View ArticleThere was no Hyding place for Scots against South Africa
ON SATURDAY we saw the Jekyll and Hyde face of Scottish rugby. The first 50 minutes of Scotland’s clash with the Springboks at Murrayfield were riddled with errors and effectively cost the hosts the...
View ArticleMighty Melrose pushed all the way by Tweedsiders in Border League classic
Kelso 16Melrose 19BOOKER BORDER LEAGUEFIONA SCOTT reports from Poynder ParkDESPITE winning the try count 2-1 against Premiership outfit Melrose on Friday night, Kelso were just squeezed out of this...
View ArticleMaroons in struggle to dispatch Souters
Gala 28Selkirk 17BOOKER BORDER LEAGUELAING SPEIRS reports from NetherdaleAFTER the elegant way in which they had disposed of Stirling, Gala were forced to turn to a very different style on Friday...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
WOOLERAT their weekly Primestock Sale held at Wooler last Wednesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 1,228 lambs and 223 ewes.Lambs forward in larger numbers, many heavyweights on offer and all...
View ArticleDrunken yob caused fracas at mum’s BGH workplace
A drunken man was told he should be “thoroughly, thoroughly ashamed” of his disruptive behaviour at Borders General Hospital, where his mother works.Imposing an alternative sentence to custody, Sheriff...
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