Break-in
AN attempt was made to break into a car bodyshop garage in St Boswells between Christmas and New Year.The incident took place between 1pm on December 29 and midday on Hogmanay at Charlesfield...
View ArticleNominations required
NOMINATIONS are now open for the Annandale and Eskdale sports awards which are organised by Dumfries and Galloway council.There are a number of categories, including: sports personality of the year,...
View ArticleNew year challenge
A NEW multi-activity event in the region will challenge people to Beat the Borders in 2013, and locals are being invited to hear what the event has to offer.Beat the Borders will be held on August 31...
View ArticlePotters cue up for a challenging year
THE end of 2012 saw the Borders Pool League Singles and Doubles Qualifiers played, with few shocks arising.In the doubles, holders Scott Simpson and Scott Bowers had to fight tooth and nail to go...
View ArticleForrest looks to fire up Scotland squad
HAWICK bowls ace Julie Forrest will mark the momentous occasion of winning a 50th cap for her country by captaining the Scottish team in clashes against England, Wales and Northern Ireland in the...
View ArticleMarket prices
ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 70 clean cattle, 97 OTM cattle, 2,297 old season lambs and 714 ewes.Bullocks (29) averaged 217.7p per kg and sold to 236p (+3.4p on week),...
View ArticleEarly-morning disturbance in Tesco store
A drunken woman knocked items from a supermarket’s shelves and threw flowers around.As Chelsea Yardley left Tesco’s 24-hour Galashiels store in the early hours of the morning, she struck a shopper...
View ArticleThe sporting week ahead
EAST DISTRICT CROSS COUNTRY LEAGUE: Saturday, January 12 – At Broxburn. Under 11 to Senior (starting at 12.30pm).BORDERS WINTER CROSS COUNTRY SERIES: Sunday, January 13 – At Paxton House near Berwick...
View ArticleIntruder flees from pensioner
A PLUCKY pensioner chased a man in black she found in her home in Windyknowe Road, Galashiels, last Thursday afternoon.The man in his 30s fled and the elderly woman alerted police. She told them the...
View ArticleAppeal for volunteers
A BORDERS Girlguiding leader has backed a campaign by her organisation to recruit more adult volunteers.Gail Fox, county commissioner for Girlguiding Tweed Valley, told TheSouthern: “Units do have...
View ArticleFRAMED IN TIME
This was the moment in March 1982 when Councillor Tom Hunter of Kelso officially opened the central Borders’ first agriculture college at Newtown St Boswells.It was built at a cost of £174,000, with...
View ArticlePay packet split sends the war drums beating
Times are tough – of that there’s no doubt. Families and companies are counting the pennies and making sometimes unsavoury but necessary savings. So at first sight, it might seem commendable that...
View ArticleFive ways to happier 2013 for small firms
Last year was difficult for many Borders small businesses. They had to face declining footfall and investment and ever increasing overheads, and this is likely to continue into 2013. Despite this, a...
View ArticleWHAT’S ON
TodayJedforest Historical Society – Around the jed with John Rogerson: British Legion, Jedburgh. 7.30pm. peebles folk club (live music): Neidpath Inn, Peebles. 8.45pm. Free. 01721 721697....
View ArticleFestive forays bring mixed fortunes
IN THE days leading up to Christmas, the Agrii Border curling league results saw some interesting changes of fortune, writes Alistair Lindsay.Swinton won 6-2 against the mean Greenlaw machine,...
View ArticleNew Year event atttracts the crowds
THE Langholm Royal British Legion clubrooms were extremely busy on New Year’s Day for the annual pairs bowling tournament which attracted entries from both sides of the border.Richard Fox and Graham...
View ArticleIt’s good to talk say Hornets
MELROSE Mini Rugby Football Club has received a £600 financial boost from home phone and broadband provider TalkTalk.The club will be sponsored by the national telecommunications company for the next...
View ArticleFresh Ayr in fine form
Ayr 32Melrose 24RBS PREMIERSHIPNEVER recovering from a bad start, Melrose lost to league leaders Ayr at Millbrae on Saturday, a result which sees the West Coast outfit go six points clear at the top of...
View ArticleSelkirk hit by high-flying Hawks in even tussle
Glasgow Hawks 28Selkirk 12RBS NATIONAL LEAGUEIN a game which was much closer than the scoreline might suggest, Selkirk’s players came up just short against promotion-seeking Glasgow Hawks in Saturday’s...
View ArticleKelso rue poor third quarter
Kelso 21Stewart’s/Melville FP 23RBS NATIONAL LEAGUELAING SPEIRS reports from Poynder Park ONCE again Kelso lost a game that was theirs for the taking – and again by a narrow margin.They had a...
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