Lauderdale churches to seek another minister
FORTY members of the Channelkirk and Lauder congregations descended on the monthly meeting of the Presbytery of Melrose and Peebles this week.The members of the Lauderdale churches were anxious to...
View ArticleLatest chapter added to the story of St Boswells book store success
FOUR years ago Bill and Ros de la Hey decided to follow their dream, but it was one that had friends and family seriously worried that what the couple actually needed was a trip to the psychiatrist’s...
View ArticleSelkirk soggy pitch far from perfect as Scottish Borders Council denies...
COUNCIL chiefs have denied they are responsible for a soggy Selkirk sports surface, writes Kenny Paterson.Burnmill, alongside Philiphaugh Community School, has been almost continually saturated or...
View ArticleSwitched On Sunday in Innerleithen
THE switch will be thrown on Innerleithen’s Christmas lights on Sunday during a packed programme of events to herald the arrival of the festive period in the town.This is Innerleithen’s third Switched...
View ArticleCampaign to alter attitudes to sex crimes
A MAJOR new initiative has been launched by the police and their partners to educate and change attitudes towards rape and sexual assaults.The ‘We can stop it’ campaign is now being used by every force...
View ArticleScott’s Selkirk lights up Royal Burgh
Selkirk celebrated its connection with Sir Walter Scott in style last Saturday, as the Royal Burgh’s fireworks display at Scott’s Selkirk was declared “the best ever”.Since it started 12 years ago as a...
View ArticleReversing car seriously injures Melrose pedestrians
A MAN and a woman have been seriously injured by a reversing car in Melrose, writes Bob Burgess.They were hit by a Vauxhall Astra outside the George and Abbotsford Hotel on the town’s High Street at...
View ArticleMSP demands inquiry into Gala floods as retailer calls SBC to account
A BUSINESS owner whose washed-out shop lost £4,000 during last month’s Galashiels floods has called on Scottish Borders Council (SBC) to pay greater attention to the waterway responsible.Inis founder...
View ArticleFestivals’ plea for funding rethink
CASH-STRAPPED summer festivals have appealed for a fairer funding formula from Scottish Borders Council (SBC).Both Melrose and Lauder believe the current system – which distributes £82,000 per year...
View ArticleArtists add to new Margaret Kerr unit
THE work of local artists will adorn the new Margaret Kerr palliative care unit at Borders General Hospital.Pieces from six Borders creatives and further afield were this week being installed in the...
View ArticlePlea for care on treacherous roads in Scottish Borders
a YELLOW “be aware” warning of icy conditions has been issued for the Scottish Borders, writes Bob Burgess. Both the police and the local council have urged drivers and pedestrians to be on their...
View ArticleCoe races to Gordon Arms for gig
A rare trip north of the Border brings Pete Coe to the Gordon Arms in the Yarrow Valley on Sunday December 9. “Pete has been a power in the English folk scene for many years,” writes the hotel’s...
View ArticleSalmond denies code breach by Sturgeon in Borders Railway row
A ROW has broken out between a South of Scotland MSP and Alex Salmond over claims the First Minister’s deputy failed to disclose information about the Borders Railway project.Jim Hume accused the...
View ArticleBus death ruling
THE family of a Newcastleton woman have described the “big gap in our lives” since she was killed in a car crash a year ago, writes Kenny Paterson.The death of 23-year-old Rebecca Rennie has been...
View ArticleWind farm bids
PLANS to extend one of the largest wind farms in Europe into the Borders has been backed – provided five turbines are removed, writes Kenny Paterson.If the condition is met, Scottish Borders Council’s...
View ArticleTextiles tell good new yarn
LOCAL textile companies are set to save thousands of pounds through a new yarn exchange scheme initiated by knitwear companies in Galashiels and Hawick. The Yarn Exchange is a specially-developed...
View ArticleFred heads south to take Legally Bald to Maltings
The stand-up comedian and star of TV and radio, Fred MacAulay, performs his one-man Fringe show Legally Bald at Berwick’s Maltings Theatre on Wednesday, December 19, as part of his first tour of...
View ArticleGeorge releases first album
Borders songwriter and solo artist George Kennedy releases his debut album Revelations & Revolutions on Monday, December 10. The musician, who hails from Earlston, has decided to make his 11 songs...
View ArticleYetholm ecohome is built in a trice
YETHOLM is home to the first eco house built to be wind and watertight within just three days last month.Berwickshire architect Keith Renton designed the home for a private client and explained: “The...
View ArticleNursery ride
A MELROSE nursery school manager and her husband have raised more than £1,000 cycling between Edinburgh, Dunbar, Hawick and home. The town’s Cherrytrees Nursery admin manager, Doreen Osmond, and her...
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