Five cups for Oxnam’s Hamish and Milo
“I noticed I’ve got five cups sitting here and I thought, that’s a real achievement for a seven-year-old boy.”So said proud Oxnam mum Joanne Stenhouse this week about her and husband John’s son...
View ArticleReprieve for BGH physio pool
The hydrotherapy pool at Borders General Hospital has been given a stay of execution.The move follows fears that it would be closed to make way for a new outpatients’ department.Back in November...
View ArticleTweedsmuir wind farm plan should be reduced
COUNCILLORS have agreed not to object to proposals to extend one of the largest wind farms in Europe into the Borders as long as government ministers consider ommitting five specific turbines, writes...
View ArticleBatty scheme gets bike park off to a flyer
A £5.5million mountain bike centre near Innerleithen has been given the green light by councillors this week.At Tuesday’s meeting of Scottish Borders Council planning committee, planners said the...
View ArticleTour of duty ending for two Borders soldiers
TWO Borders soldiers are looking forward to returning home in the next few weeks from tours of duty in Afghanistan, writes Mark Entwistle.Sergeant Sgt Mark Macrae, who hails originally from Golspie in...
View ArticleJingle the tills instead of buying online, urges Lamont
FESTIVE shoppers have been urged to ditch the internet and spend their cash in local shops, writes Bob Burgess.The plea to abandon online searches for Christmas presents has come from MSP John...
View ArticleGala transport interchange gets the green light
DESPITE being described variously as a ‘carbuncle’, ‘looking like a damaged box’ and a ‘missed opportunity’, the design for the new Galashiels transport interchange still garnered enough support from...
View ArticleMorebattle planning ‘vision’ agreed
A NEW mini planning brief has been approved for two areas of Morebattle, writes Mark Entwistle.Members of Scottish Borders Council planning committee, meeting on Monday, agreed a recommendation to...
View Article£5million deal for Hawick estate
TWO of the Borders’ biggest social landlords have signed a £5million agreement to renovate a Hawick housing estate.Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) and Waverley Housing agreed to the legal...
View ArticleWhitmuir Hall holiday chalet plan torpedoed by sceptical councillors
FEARS over their viability as a tourism development and potential impact on the quality of life for neighbouring residents, has seen controversial plans to build 28 holiday chalets at Whitmuir Hall on...
View ArticleProstate group gets social
Scottish Borders Prostate Cancer Support Group held its end-of-year social evening in Borders General Hospital’s chaplaincy centre last week.Members were entertained by Marion on her keyboard before a...
View ArticleMainetti’s green vision earns an accolade
A JEDBURGH firm has been recognised for its commitment to environmental excellence at a sustainable business awards.Mainetti beat off stiff competition from businesses across Scotland to win the...
View ArticleGold IIP award for Stobo Castle
BORDERS health spa Stobo Castle has received the Investors in People (IIP) Gold Award.Morag Roper, accounts director at Stobo Castle, received the award from First Minister Alex Salmond, right, at the...
View Articledotbiz
DURING the last couple of editions we’ve been looking at the basics of getting your business selling online. We’ve already covered the different kinds of software available and how to take payments...
View ArticleCardrona hotel goes green
A DRIVE to reduce energy consumption and waste has paid off for Macdonald Cardrona Hotel Golf & Spa near Peebles.Installing energy-saving spotlights and light fittings in all 99 bathrooms and...
View ArticleFree cash plea
CASH is having to be freed earlier by organisations helping to pay for the £11.6m upgrade of Abbotsford House after trustees of the property hit a funding hitch.Scottish Borders council is expected to...
View ArticleSupport plea for laid off workers
MORE should be done for Borderers who lose their jobs, writes Kenny Paterson. That is the view of Galashiels community councillor John McLaren, who believes Scottish Borders Council could provide more...
View ArticleLate drinks bid
A BID by a nightclub boss in Galashiels to extend drinking times by an extra hour on Boxing night and Hogmanay looks set to be blocked.Police and the licensing standards officer have opposed a request...
View ArticleDanger figures
FIGURES published by the director of social work in the Borders reveal a big jump in the number of adults referred for protection – up over 12 months from 133 to 292.Andrew Lowe says in his annual...
View ArticleA crucial success for Melrose and Newtown
PUPILS from Newtown St Boswells and Melrose primary schools proved they had the life-saving know-how to come out tops in this year’s Crucial Crew event.Every primary school in the Borders, as well as...
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