Kelso traders desperate for Haldanes site to be revived
IT IS vital that the former Haldanes supermarket premises in Kelso’s Roxburgh Street are reopened to halt the fall in the level of trade business that area of the town is experiencing, it has been...
View ArticlePoorhouse plans give insight into notorious Peebles landmark
IT was one of the most notorious institutions of Victorian Peebles, writes Andrew Keddie.And now, beautifully-crafted architect’s drawings – hidden away for more than a century – of the Peebles Union...
View ArticleThe Borders youngsters caught in a poverty trap
MORE than one in four children in the Hawick and Denholm council ward live in poverty, according to a study supported by 150 charitable groups.The figures from End Child Poverty claim 26 per cent of...
View Articlelandlines
When I first locked horns with it, the organisation was the Scottish Landowners Federation. Then it became, to the consternation of some members, the Scottish Rural Property and Business Association....
View ArticleSpelman gets NFUS sheep ID message
NFU Scotland president Nigel Miller believes more pressure should be applied by the UK Government to Europe to simplify electronic sheep tagging for Borders farmers.The Stow livestock farmer welcomed...
View ArticleDealer admits supplying drug popular footballer took before he died
A SELKIRK man died just hours after swallowing an illegal substance known as a mephedrone bomb.But with a post mortem failing to determine what killed Greg Alexander, 23, who also suffered health...
View ArticleBringing the police service to account
The eyes of Scotland will soon be on the Borders, when the region pilots a year-long project to see if the accountability of policing can really be improved by more local involvement.Scottish justice...
View ArticleMan who defrauded Borders pubs jaile
A CROOK who embezzled cash from two pubs in the Borders has been jailed by a sheriff for two years, writes Bob Burgess. Christopher Pearson took the cash while looking after the books of the Cross Keys...
View ArticlePreacher gets eight years for sex offences
A PREACHER who sexually abused children at Peebles Swimming Pool was jailed for eight years on Tuesday.John Smart, 48, of Christian Street, Edinburgh, had denied five charges, including one of sodomy,...
View ArticleNewsagent Eoin sees red after surprise delivery
A ROW has broken out after a red postbox was plonked – without warning, it is claimed – on the pavement outside a newsagent’s shop in Newtown St Boswells last week, writes Mark Entwistle.Friday’s...
View ArticleHamish creates the Olympic spirit for Hawick
Former Hawick provost Zandra Elliot recalled this week that when she learned the Olympic torch, right, would be bypassing her home town on its way to London, she was not in the least perturbed, writes...
View ArticlePolice issue security warning as fuel thieves hit lorries
POLICE are urging businesses to be on their guard following several diesel thefts from vehicles parked in secured yards or industrial estates.They say that in the four days up to last Wednesday, a...
View ArticleThere’s all to play for at Stichill
THERE are hopes that a new housing development at Stichill, just north of Kelso, will be able to include open space for children to play.Eildon Housing was recently granted planning consent to build...
View ArticleSchool and sporting fraternities mourn Matt
TRIBUTES have flooded in for a talented Galashiels teenager who was found dead at the weekend.Police say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of 14-year-old Matt Lochrie.An alert...
View ArticleBooze-up led to intercourse with girl,12
A HAWICK man has been jailed for 32 months after having sex with a 12-year-old girl.Jamie Fraser, 24, joined the youngster in bed at his flat after drinking wine with her and others.Judge Lord Turnbull...
View ArticleEx-soldier died after drug ‘bomb’
A SELKIRK drugs dealer has admitted supplying a former soldier with a mephedrone bomb just hours before he died. But with a post-mortem examination failing to determine what killed 23-year-old Greg...
View ArticleCare worker is sacked and police probe continues at Tweedbank dementia unit
a CARE worker at Craw Wood, the specialist home for dementia sufferers at Tweedbank, has been dismissed.Four other staff remain suspended while operator the Eildon Housing Association continues its...
View ArticleStolen Coldstream digger found in Strathclyde and Motherwell man charged
POLICE have warned building firms and farms to continue to be wary of machinery thefts, after a stolen mini digger was recovered in Strathclyde.The Volvo model was taken between January 13 and 16 from...
View ArticlePlea made to teachers and parents for views on bullying in Scottish Borders
school staff and parents/carers have until Friday to respond to a group of young people gathering evidence about bullying.The views of adults are being sought by the Scottish Borders Youth Commission...
View Article‘Keep politics out of policing’
a FORMER top Borders policeman and a member of Lothian and Borders Fire Board have warned that politics cannot get involved in the decision-making of police or fire services in the region under the new...
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