Shoplifter
A KELSO man appeared from custody and admitted stealing a £12 bottle of vodka from a Galashiels supermarket.John Chapman, 22, was already on deferred sentence for good behaviour and bail when he stole...
View ArticleCouncil sends a festive letter to Holyrood backing local projects
A CHRISTMAS wishlist was been sent to Holyrood rather than the North Pole.Scottish Borders Council have submitted its views on the Scottish Government’s National Planning Framework for 2014, which will...
View ArticleFinal call for Pitreavie Gift entries
PITREAVIE GIFT, Scotland’s most prestigious open-to-all athletics event is to set to return to the superb all-weather track at Pitreavie Athletics Centre in Dunfermline on Sunday, January 27.Organisers...
View ArticlePeebles penalty spoils the party
Langholm Colts 12 Peebles Colts 13SEMI-JUNIOR LEAGUEIN AN exciting encounter in the Milntown mud a penalty goal by Peebles Colts scrumhalf Jack Harman grabbed victory with four minutes remaining.The...
View ArticleSideburns show for cancer cause
Marie Curie Cancer Care has launched a new fundraising event – Sideburns Night – encouraging men across Scotland to grow, groom, shape and style their sideburns in aid of local Marie Curie...
View ArticleCall to axe January parking charges
BORDERS MSP John Lamont has called for parking charges in the region to be suspended this month in an effort to encourage shoppers back to the High Street after Christmas.The plea follows a Freedom of...
View ArticleHume slams medicine waste
MORE than 8,000 litres of medicine went to waste in Borders pharmacies in the first four months of 2012, writes Kenny Paterson. While the cost to the health board of uplifting and destroying unused...
View ArticleMr Andrew Douglas-Home OBE
his long involvement with two of the biggest visitor draws in the Borders, the River Tweed and Abbotsford House, saw Andrew Douglas-Home honoured with an OBE in this week’s New Year’s honours list.Mr...
View ArticleHART’s Burns line-up revealed
SELKIRK charity Scottish HART is holding its Burns Supper in the Focus Centre in Galashiels this month.Allan Marshall will deliver the principal toast to The Immortal Memory of Robert Burns, with Ken...
View ArticleChristmas Day arrests
CHRISTMAS day arrests were made in Galashiels and Hawick.Two men aged 22 and another man aged 24 were charged in Hawick with breach of the peace after a disturbance on McLagan Drive, Hawick.And woman,...
View ArticleGoing full cycle to help charity
A BORDERS cycle shop is staging a new Spanish-style sportive to raise money for a children’s charity.The event, Borders Ciclista, in May is being organised by Borders Cycles in Hawick and will see...
View ArticleRita’s 60 years of making music for Morebattle
LAST year may have seen the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, but in Morebattle there’s another diamond celebration going on. For the village’s Rita Purves marked 60 years as the church organist.Mrs Purves was...
View ArticleImproved safety plea
THE number of people who were injured at work in the Borders has risen in the last year, writes Kenny Paterson.A total of 153 people suffered injuries which resulted in them missing work for three days...
View ArticleGateway to setting up a business
BUDDING business owners in the Borders will get a New Year boost when they are given the opportunity to learn a range of new skills in a series of free start-up workshops.The Business Gateway sessions...
View ArticleNo to Corsbie Moor inquiry, says council
scottish Borders Council believes a public inquiry into its decision to turn down Corsbie Moor wind farm bid is not needed, writes Kenny Paterson. E.ON Climate and Renewables has submitted an appeal to...
View ArticleFighting talk in Hawick
The archaeologist who led a dig last year to excavate the field where the Battle of Philiphaugh was fought near Selkirk will reveal her team’s findings at a Hawick Archaeological Society Lecture on...
View ArticleBreast cancer signs guide
A SURVEY by charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer has revealed that only five per cent of women in the south of Scotland can name five warning signs of breast cancer. The survey, conducted by YouGov, also...
View ArticleReiver boost for Galashiels Town Band
SALES of a print of the Border Reiver which forms part of Galashiels War Memorial has struck the right chord with the town band.At a band coffee morning the musicians received a cheque for £810 from...
View ArticleMike Blair announces international retirement
MIKE BLAIR, Scotland’s most-capped scrum-half, is to retire from international rugby.Blair, 31, is bringing down the curtain on a glittering ten-year international career during which he won 85 caps,...
View ArticleStow traffic lights
SCOTTISH Borders Council has placed temporary traffic lights on the A7 south of Stow as a result of a collapsed roadside embankment caused by heavy rain. They are expected to remain in place for four...
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