Horse racing loses a great character
ONE of the biggest characters on the Borders and Scottish horse racing circuit was laid to rest on Tuesday.Former jockey and trainer John Swanson Haldane, known as Swannie, died at the age of 73 last...
View ArticleCreepy Tour of The Haining
The Selkirk Seniors group from Borders Youth Theatre will be conducting Creepy Tours of The Haining. You can join a Creepy Tour on Saturday December 15 at 6pm and 8pm, and Sunday December 16 at 4.30pm...
View ArticleStark Main end year on high with latest award
SELKIRK-BASED firm of chartered tax advisers and accountants, Stark Main & Co, has scooped another national accolade.The company was named Independent Firm of the Year – Scotland at the British...
View ArticleGardeners’ Question Time comes to Newcastleton
NEWCASTLETON is to host Radio 4’s popular Gardeners’ Question Time next week.The programme will be recorded in the village hall from 5.30pm on Tuesday when Eric Robson and his panel of experts tackle...
View ArticleRight royal performance for Melrose music lovers
Concert Royal, an ensemble of a soprano, harpsichord, flute and cello, will give a concert of 18th century British music, Under the Greenwood Tree, in Melrose Parish Church Hall on Sunday, December 9,...
View ArticleParents’ spyware can feel like invasion of privacy
you can pick up a paper and find a story almost daily about a young person, who through communication on the internet, became entangled in a situation that compromised their safety.Because of this a...
View ArticleBalancing benefits and drawbacks of Facebook
FACEBOOK – created by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes in February 2004 – is a social networking site with more than a billion users. What’s worrying...
View ArticleYouth Chex – get your forms in soon
YOUTH CHEX is the Borders’ youth bank – a group of young people who live in the region and make decisions about the granting of money to youngsters on behalf of Scottish Borders Council.New information...
View ArticleTeviotdale athletes get slippy with it
TEVIOTDALE Harriers have been keeping themselves busy over the last couple of weeks with races at both district and local levels.Members travelled to Livingstone for the second East District races,...
View ArticleScottish call-up for scrum half Christopher
A YOUNG rugby star from St Mary’s School in Melrose has been selected to play in the Scottish Prep Schools team.Scrum half Christopher Bell, 12, who has played for St Mary’s since he was seven, was...
View ArticleBusy week for curlers
A FAIRLY solid curling programme took place during the last week of November, starting with the Agrii Border League games, writes Alistair Lindsay.Earlston ran away from Selkirk, St Boswells contained...
View ArticleIt gets tough at the top
STALEMATE came in to play in the Store-age.org.uk Borders Snooker League last week with both Hawick Conservative Club A and Hawick Burns Club A pulling off convincing 5-1 wins against Innerleithen and...
View ArticleWinter League
GALASHIELSJohn Scott (Plumbing & Heating) Seniors Winter League: 1, I. B. Johnston nett 35.ST BOSWELLSNINE-hole Open Stableford November series, sponsored by mygolfclubshop.com results: Round one,...
View ArticleShip A sail close to the win
WITH Reivers A having a free week in the Borders Pool League, Ship A took the chance to close the gap, winning a tight match at The Fleece.High Level kept up the pressure in third edging a tense local...
View ArticleCommon riding reveller punched ‘cheeky’ boy
A drunken man assaulted a 15-year-old boy after accusing the teenager of laughing at him.First offender Christopher Stitt had been enjoying Selkirk’s Common Riding celebrations prior to the offence.The...
View ArticleSporting week ahead
EAST DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS: Saturday, December 8 – At Bell Baxter High School, Cupar. Age grades from Under-13s to Senior (11.30am).IMAGE PRINTERS CUP THIRD ROUND: Saturday, December 8 –...
View ArticleBest of British for Borders Premiership sides
ONCE again, Gala and Melrose step out of the domestic rugby circuit this weekend in order to fight for British and Irish Cup glory, writes Fiona Scott.After two games each, both Borders outfit sit in...
View ArticleWanted: frost-free Saturday for Selkirk
THE wrath of the winter weather took its toll on most of the East of Scotland League football card last weekend, with only two games being played, writes John Slorance.Selkirk’s home Image Printers Cup...
View ArticleTomlinson takes top gun title at European Championships
BEING at the top of your sport is one thing but making the equipment to get there is what has helped Borders gunsmith Lee Tomlinson become Britain’s top marksman.And, last month, the 32-year-old...
View ArticleSPCA’s warning on pets for Christmas
The Scottish SPCA has banned accepting pets this Christmas to try and stop owners giving up elderly animals, writes Kenny Paterson.The charity says it has been forced into the move after hearing a...
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