Tardiness and bad luck leave Gala hanging onto Coldstream’s coat tails
Gala Fairydean 1Coldstream 6EoS FIRST DIVISIONKENNY PATERSON reports from NetherdaleTO LOOK solely at the scoreline of this top-of-the table clash would suggest a Coldstream rout – and it was. The game...
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IT CAN’T be easy being a middle-ranking banker in one of the surviving rural offices. No, don’t laugh, it can’t be easy to be caught between head office insisting on tough rules and no quarter given,...
View ArticleScotch beef is on the menu at Carfraemill
FARMING leaders are inviting comment on their draft blueprint for beef, aimed at boosting the sector.The NFU Scotland plan includes measures to maintain production, improve on-farm efficiency, build on...
View ArticleYoung voices deserve a considerate hearing
The adage that children should be seen and not heard is as archaic as keeping a potty under the bed for night-time relief. Each month this newspaper offers a page to the Youth of the Borders (YoB) to...
View ArticleNewtown drink-driver overtook police vehicle
‘The court has every sympathy with your medical difficulties, but that does not extend todrunk-driving’– Sheriff Kevin Drummond
View ArticleGalashiels drug dealer is jailed for 18 months
A drug dealer found with amphetamine said to have a street value of up to almost £4,000 was jailed for 18 months at Jedburgh Sheriff Court last Friday.When police searched David Stephen’s Galashiels...
View ArticleVictim’s jaw was broken in three places
A MAN suffered three fractures to his jaw after kissing his attacker’s ex-girlfriend.Mark Heath repeatedly punched the victim on the head in a Galashiels nightclub.Heath, 21, of Duke Street,...
View ArticleChristmas cheer at cracker event
CHANNELKIRK primary school’s Toby Dawson was the winner of St Boswells auctioneers John Swan’s first Christmas Cracker young auctioneers competition on Tuesday.Toby was one of four finalists to each...
View ArticleFamily link kept up as donor’s descendant opens Jed pool café
A DESCENDANT of the man who gave Jedburgh’s swimming pool to the town, Bill Laidlaw, opened the facility’s new £210,000 cafe, meeting area and refurbished fitness suite on Saturday.The late ex-provost...
View ArticleCharity’s report points to Borders bird of prey killings
THE low numbers of hen harriers in the Borders have been attributed to illegal killings, writes Kenny Paterson.The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland revealed the findings in its...
View ArticleGalashiels deli to create 20 jobs
Twenty new jobs are being created in Galashiels, thanks to Turnbull’s new delicatessen, coffee house, brasserie and wine bar, opening at 8 High Street in April next year.The empty two-storey, 2,000sqft...
View ArticleGraham looks to team to raise their standards for Moseley match
AFTER last weeks disappointment at losing to Ayr Gala coach George Graham has decided to stick with the same group of players that have got the club this far this season, for their British & Irish...
View ArticleChildren’s author Philip Ardagh to tour schools
The Scottish Friendly Children’s Book Tour travels to Borders primary schools this week with award-winning author Philip Ardagh. The South Scotland tour sees the children’s writer meet more than 1,800...
View ArticleNight of the Nutcracker
The Royal Ballet is appearing in Peebles this Christmas, as Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker is relayed live from London’s Covent Garden into the royal burgh’s Eastgate Theatre on Thursday, December 13.“In...
View ArticleTweedsiders dominate at indoor championships
SIX Borders secondary schools took part in the South Schools indoor tournament last Saturday with some top-class, fast-paced hockey on show.Section one comprised Berwickshire HS, Selkirk HS and...
View ArticleKelso course stages its richest day of the year
KELSO racecourse stages its richest meeting of the season on Sunday, with the feature £26,000 John Smiths Scottish Border National, part of a seven-race card offering more than £76,000 prize...
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SOME very impressive, not to mention competitive, performances were witnessed at Jedburgh Badminton Club’s latest tournament.The gents’ level doubles started with 10 teams split into three groups, with...
View ArticleLeague decider sees Peebles net hat-trick
Peebles 42 Hawick B 2Hawick A 20 Berwickshire 14AITKEN TURNBULL UNDER-13 BORDER LEAGUEPeebles B 45 Hawick B 5Earlston A 29 Berwickshire A 18Peebles A 33 Berwickshire B 8AITKEN TURNBULL UNDER-15 BORDER...
View ArticleFrost fears fail to rock guns
BRAIDWOOD’S course layout manager (aka setter-upper) Jim Black had some concerns about what may be available to shoot after Saturday’s snap frost had affected most of the clay launchers...
View ArticleSparring partners come to blows
HAWICK fighters Dean Scott and Jordan Caldwell will be showing little festive spirit when they square up against each other at Friday night’s Santa Slam event, to be held at the town’s ‘old baths’ just...
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