Aussie on the run in Borders
AN AUSTRALIAN ran through the Borders at the weekend to raise money for cancer charities.Harald Ulriksen is running unsupported from Inverness to Brighton over two weeks, expecting to arrive at the...
View ArticleOver 1,300 sign BGH pool protest in fortnight
WITH a new patients protest group and 1,300 signatures added to paper and online petitions in just two weeks, pressure is mounting on Borders health chiefs over the possible closure of the hydrotherapy...
View ArticleKelso man jailed for selling banned bullets to police officers
A Borderer released early from prison was jailed for 45 months at the High Court in Edinburgh this week, after selling banned bullets, which are designed to expand on impact, to undercover police...
View ArticleDon’t Postpone ‑ Just Phone
Border Sports and Leisure Trust have launched an initiative which may just help chase away the winter fixture blues.Instead of putting matches off because of the weather local football and rugby clubs...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
WOOLERAt their weekly Primestock Sale held at Wooler last Wednesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 1,200 lambs and 226 ewes.Lamb numbers curtailed by adverse weather conditions selling vendors...
View ArticleJohn Swan’s Christmas Cracker cheer for charity
Channelkirk primary schoolboy Toby Dawson won John Swan’s young auctioneers competition in the St Boswells company’s first Christmas Cracker, which saw four finalists – pictured right – auction a lamb,...
View ArticleTry to see the bright side of babysitting
I KNOW it can be annoying if you’re asked to babysit a little brother or sister, but instead of seeing it as a chore, I think we should remember there are also good points to it.I have a little...
View ArticleProfiling Borders ASP athletes Week 3:
Name: Ruairi HowarthAge: 16HomeTown: StowSport: RugbyPosition/Discipline: Flyhalf/fullbackClub/Team(s): Gala Wanderers & Scotland U16 SquadCoaches: Al Christie, Shane Hawkins & Gus FraterYour...
View ArticleNHS says vacancies not cause of delays
MORE THAN 30 nursing and midwifery vacancies at NHS Borders are not causing undue delays to patient treatment, according to local health chiefs, writes Mark Entwistle.The health authority was...
View ArticleWhole lot of Santa
SANTA is helping raise money for a children’s charity in Melrose on Saturday.Admission to Santa’s grotto at the Whole Lot in High Street is by donation to Cash for Kids.Mr Claus will be accompanied by...
View ArticleMelrose get back on track with bonus-point win at Goldenacre
Heriot’s 22Melrose 25RBS PREMIERSHIPFIONA SCOTT reports from GoldenacreWITH coach Craig Chalmers held up in London it was to former Scotland, Hawick and Melrose back Cammie Murray that the men from the...
View ArticleSeniors and gents record good victories
GALASHIELSTHE club’s Christmas wine and dine will be held on Sunday, starting at noon.All welcome, and payment can be made at the door.TWEEDBANK A BUSY and largely successful past week for the club...
View ArticleJed youths weather the storm
TEN Borders under-16 rugby teams played their final league matches at the 3G Arena, in Galashiels, with Jed-Forest scooping the title.The facility, with its all-weather pitch, guaranteed the matches...
View ArticleLinden lose early lead
Berwick 21Hawick Linden 8RBS BORDERS SHIELD LINDEN’S game went ahead on a bitterly cold but sunny day at Scremerston, with the pitch suprisingly soft considering the frosty weather.The Teries went in...
View ArticleHolly Shepherds out Scots against NZ
HOLLY SHEPHERD from the Gala Mini Maroons was one of the Scotland mascots at the recent Scotland Autumn test against New Zealand.Holly is a key member of the primary 6 mini maroons squad and attends St...
View ArticleWoodland course offers a chance to branch out
THE FIRST graduates of a woodland exercise to help mental health in the Borders celebrated completion of their three-month course last Thursday, writes Sally Gillespie.The Borders’ first Branching Out...
View ArticleKids plant jubilee wood at Gorrenberry Farm
SCHOOLCHILDREN from Newcastleton and Langholm helped plant trees in a Diamond Jubilee wood in the Hermitage Valley last week.Primaries four to seven from Newcastleton and primary seven from Langholm...
View ArticleWee bird took to stripping in my garden
Further to last week’s scribblings about my unsuccessful trip to Gretna to watch the spectacular annual starling murmuration, W.B. of Galashiels emailed to say that they have moved their roost from...
View ArticleGingerbread houses build up nicely for Children 1st
JUDGES had a tough task in the hotly-contested first Pharlanne Grand Gingerbread House competition in Kelso to raise money for charity last week. The event raised an estimated £700 for Children 1st...
View ArticleTeries turn it around and catch themselves three points at the seaside
Eyemouth United 2Hawick Royal Albert 3EoS FIRST DIVISIONJOHN SLORANCE reports from Warner ParkTHE game had five minutes to go. Hawick Royal Albert were trailing by a goal and appeared to be heading for...
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