The sporting week ahead
FEEL THE BURNS HILL RACE: Saturday, January 19 ‑ Starting at Selkirk Rugby Club (noon).BORDER LEAGUE: Sunday, January 20 ‑ Jedburgh v Duns; Hawick v Berwick at Earlston High School (1.30pm).EAST MEN’S...
View ArticleVictim’s jaw broken in early-hours supermarket attack
A drunken Hawick teenager who committed an unprovoked attack on a 20-year-old, breaking his jaw, was sentenced to a 12-month community payback order, with a condition he completes 120 hours of unpaid...
View ArticleGalashiels car vandal is locked up for four months
A drunken man who vandalised nine cars, causing £600 worth of damage, was jailed for four months at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday.Daniel Stewart, 22, of High Tweed Mill, King Street, Galashiels, had...
View ArticleLight music and dark horses at the Clef Club
The January meeting of Galashiels Clef Club on Saturday, featured a feast of surprises and new composers. Linda Gray on piano opened with Gillick’s New Orleans Blues, followed by an arrangement of...
View ArticleJed trails revitalised
NEW leaflets for mountain biking trails around Jedburgh are expected this year.Trail organisers hope one of the paths, many of which are also open to walkers and horse riders, will be re-routed this...
View ArticleA sound fundraiser
THE Borders branch of the Order of St John raised more than £1,000 for local good causes at its first Christmas lunch and carol singing.More than 50 people attended the event at Duns Castle and enjoyed...
View ArticleA winter’s tale from The Hill
FOUR-and-twenty golfers took to The Hill last Saturday to take advantage of the snow-free conditions, and there was some stunning golf played.None performed better than Tom Welsh, the winter wizard,...
View ArticleSingle headteacher to be sought for local Roman Catholic schools
SOME harder choices may have to be made if this week’s decision by the local education authority to seek a single headteacher for the region’s four Roman Catholic primary schools proves unsuccessful as...
View ArticleDeveloper pledges 6% of Greenlaw windfarm profits to community
Proposals have been announced this week for a £25million wind farm at Rumbletonrig, west of the village of Greenlaw.Developers TCI Renewables claim the proposed nine, 100m high turbines would generate...
View ArticleA £22,000 boost for Selkirk’s pop-up shops
Selkirk’s Chamber of Trade has been awarded nearly £22,000 to set up pop-up shops around the royal burgh, in order to help reverse its 30 per cent drop in pedestrian footfall.The cash is being provided...
View ArticleArta tinkles the ivories of Melrose Music Society’s new piano
At a recital of the Melrose Music Society on Sunday, January 20, at 2.30pm in Melrose Parish Church Hall, the celebrated young Latvian pianist, Arta Arnicane, will play music from France, Spain,...
View ArticleTweeddale MD to head Scottish division
THE managing director for Tweeddale Press (TDP) – owner of The Southern Reporter and Selkirk Weekend Advertiser - is to take up a new role within parent company Johnston Press.Stuart Birkett will be...
View ArticleSainsbury’s Scottish lamb price boost
FARMING leaders have welcomed Sainsbury’s announcement it will increase what it pays sheep farmers for their lamb.The supermarket said last Friday it will pay its 800 lamb development group farmers...
View ArticleParents join education discussions
TWO mums have joined the council’s education committee to represent the voice of parents, writes Bob Burgess.Alison Ramcharran will represent primary school parents, while Kate Foreman will represent...
View ArticleFRAMED IN TIME
Pictured outside Galashiels fire station in Abbotsford Road in February 1982 are local firefighters, members of the Lothian and Borders Fire Board, plus representatives of Borders Health Board.The...
View ArticleCouncil deserves praise for Catholic schools effort
THIS week’s decision by members of Scottish Borders Council’s education committee to appoint one single headteacher for the region’s four Roman Catholic primary schools is to be applauded.It might not...
View ArticleScrutiny duo named
TWO members of the public have been appointed to the audit committee of Scottish Borders Council.They will serve alongside six cross-party councillors reviewing and scrutinising various aspects of the...
View ArticleRoyal feathers for Hawick company with backing from Prince of Wales
A HAWICK mill has put a feather in its cap after securing the backing of the Prince of Wales, writes Bob Burgess.Bosses at knitwear specialists Johnstons of Elgin have confirmed that the company has...
View ArticleBowland bridge rail plan
NETWORK Rail have submitted plans to refurbish a historic bridge as part of the Border Railway project, writes Kenny Paterson.The transport company needs to strengthen the C listed Dryburn Bridge on...
View ArticleMotorists have cars confiscated
TWO drivers have had their vehicles seized by police after allegedly being caught behind the wheel without insurance.A 60-year-old man was stopped driving a Peugeot at Wilderhaugh in Galashiels and...
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