Artist gets nine months
An artist found in Galashiels with a knife was jailed for nine months at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday.Fifty-seven-year-old Michael Kay, described as a prisoner in Edinburgh, appeared on indictment...
View ArticleYouth fundraiser
PEEBLES Youth Trust (PYT) holds a fundraising Christmas shopping fayre in the town’s MacFarlane Hall tomorrow (November 23), 7-10pm.There will be stalls selling bags, candles, toiletries, cookware and...
View ArticleJail term for knife-wielding shoplifter who terrorised staff
A shoplifter who terrorised staff by brandishing a knife has been jailed for 17 months.Employees at Aldi’s Galashiels store caught Jordan Renwick stealing from the King Street premises and were waiting...
View ArticleHelping a Borders charity to realise its dream
If there is one thing the Borders does brilliantly, it’s getting behind good causes.And this week TheSouthern is getting behind another fantastic local charity that aims to help alleviate some of the...
View ArticleAncrum Wright up for cup
Gala Hotspur 0Ancrum 5SOUTH CUP SECOND ROUNDANCRUM had the perfect warm-up for their Wright Cup final against Hawick Legion this Saturday with a comfortable win at Netherdale.The Bridgend club proved...
View ArticleLegion hit for six
Eyemouth Amateurs 6Hawick Legion 3BAL DIVISION BEYEMOUTH set the early pace and had Legion reeling by netting twice.But the Teries hit back and, after latching onto a Davie Fraser pass, Callum Hope...
View ArticleWaverley get their tactics spot-on
Hawick Waverley 3Penicuik United 3(aet – Waverley won 5-3 on penalties)SOUTH CUP SECOND ROUNDPenicuik were first to produce the scoring touch.Then Taylor Hope put Waverley level, tucking in a shot...
View ArticleSelkirk’s WAG back on form, but shaky moments remain
Selkirk 3Berwick Rangers Reserves 2EoS FIRST DIVISIONKENNY PATERSON reports from Yarrow Park THEY are never likely to be as formidable as the famous SAS – Shearer and Sutton – strike partnership of the...
View ArticleStreamers stay top
Coldstream 6Peebles Rovers 0EoS FIRST DIVISIONCOLDSTREAM ensured they went into their free week on the top of the pile with a clinical victory over Peebles Rovers.With Peebles having kicked off, it was...
View ArticleVictoria well beaten
Pencaitland 5Selkirk Victoria 1SOUTH CUP SECOND ROUNDDIVISION A champions Pencaitland proved too good for underdogs Selkirk.The Vics started well, however, and caused the home side plenty of problems...
View ArticleFraser livid as Gala drop points
Gala Fairydean 2Hawick Royal Abert 2EoS FIRST DIVISIONJOHN SLORANCE reports from NetherdaleFAIRYDEAN manager Garry Fraser was scathing about his players after the team scraped a point against...
View ArticleFourth loss in a row hurts Vale’s Image
Vale of Leithen 2Gretna 2008 3IMAGE PRINTERS CUP SECOND ROUNDDAVE RYCE reports from Victoria ParkIT’S SAFE to say that the past month has not been the greatest for Vale.Four straight defeats which have...
View ArticleSecond half charge
Hawick Legion Rovers 3Gala Athletic 1BAL DIVISION CATHLETIC scored the only goal of an evenly fought first half when Mike McCauley scored his second goal in as many games.Following the changeover,...
View ArticleScotland debut for Leithen lad Murray
INNERLEITHEN’S Murray Davidson has targeted further involvement with the Scotland team after making his international debut last week.The St Johnstone midfielder earned his first cap as a late...
View Articleopen country
The day before it was sublime; everything was captured in a moment of time that lasted all day – the waters were still and the world reflected perfectly in the deep blue. Quickening breath and limbs...
View ArticleBerwick – a bird watching paradise
Thanks a lot for all your waxwing sightings, which are still coming in. Most poignant was from A.F. who told me he had a solitary bird which he watched from his kitchen window. He was quite excited as...
View ArticleEuropean conservationists say cull grey squirrels
EUROPEAN conservationists were in the Borders earlier this month for a conference on saving red squirrels.More than 50 attended the cross-border conference co-organised by Saving Scotland’s Red...
View ArticleIt’s a Winn win situation
THERE will be music in the lecture theatre this month when the Royal Scottish Geographic Society welcomes its third speaker of the season. Jasper Winn is a freelance writer who has made life his study...
View ArticleMan to appear in court over alleged Peebles shop attack
A 41-year-old man will appear at Selkirk Sheriff Court this morning charged with an alleged assault in a Peebles shop.A 52-year-old woman was attacked at a premises on the High Street on Tuesday,...
View ArticlePolice search for missing Traquair man Angus Clyde
POLICE are appealing for information on a Traquair man who has been missing since Monday morning.Angus Clyde was last seen leaving his home at around 7.10am and his family believed he was heading to...
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