Historic bridge closed due to bad weather
THE A7 Old Tweed Bridge near Selkirk has been closed again to pedestrians on safety grounds due to the recent adverse weather. The bridge had been recently reopened to pedestrian and cycle users when...
View ArticleStudents shortlist college for award
A panel representing students from Scotland’s colleges have shortlisted Borders College’s 2013 Prospectus for a national award.The prospectus has been selected for the College Development Network...
View ArticleWeather update: schools to open as normal tomorrow
ALL schools in the Borders are due to open as normal tomorrow, as snow flurries are due to ease off for the rest of the week, but Scottish Borders Council say it will monitor situation overnight.The...
View ArticlePitreavie Gift athletics meeting put on ice
WITH forecasters warning of severe weather conditions, including sleet, snow and freezing wind-chill temperatures, organisers of athletics event, Pitreavie Gift, have decided to postpone the event...
View ArticleSchmallenberg hope in Scottish research
SCOTTISH research has brought fresh hope in the fight against Schmallenberg disease.Scientists at Glasgow University’s MRC Centre for Virus Research have worked out how the genetics of the virus, which...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 85 clean cattle, 38 OTM cattle, 2,221 old season lambs and 320 ewes.Bullocks (26) averaged 212.3p per kg and sold to 231p (-0.7p on week),...
View ArticleBGH pool row shows no sign of abating
HEALTH bosses say consultations are still continuing between its officials and local NHS staff, patients and the public over plans to either move the existing hydrotherapy pool at the Borders General...
View ArticleThe benefits of quitting smoking
What are the real benefits of stopping smoking? Smoking kills about half of its users prematurely. Undoubtedly the best reason to stop smoking is because you want to, and you feel it’s the right time...
View ArticleHaggi were sitting ducks
AROUND 170 hungry hunters braved the elements and the slippery underfoot conditions on Selkirk Hill on Sunday, much to the horror of the local haggi population.It was the annual Great Selkirk Haggis...
View ArticleSelkirk workers caught up in HMV’s cashflow problems
Fears that 19 permanent jobs would be lost at a Selkirk call centre following the collapse of HMV have proved unfounded. But 19 temporary staff will be laid off to protect these permanent positions.On...
View ArticleDeath ‘not suspicious’
POLICE have confirmed they are not treating the death of a man in a Hawick street as suspicious.The 61-year-old local was found unconscious after collapsing in Fenwick Park at 8pm on Saturday, and...
View ArticleEx-provost dies at 88
Alexander Walker, provost of Peebles from 1967 to 1970, died peacefully on Saturday at Peebles Nursing Home. He was 88.As a Tweeddale district councillor, Mr Walker helped bridge the transition from...
View ArticleCharity box stolen
A Charity box was stolen from the Age Scotland shop in Peebles High Street on Tuesday morning.The blue box was taken from the counter and contained an unknown amount of cash.
View ArticleCouncil defers decision on Ability Centre
The council’s decision to delay a “redesign” of the Borders’ only centre for the physically disabled has been welcomed by campaigners, writes Sandy Neil.Members and carers of Galashiels’ Ability Centre...
View ArticleSponsor clears way for Linden victory
Hawick Linden 40Edinburgh Northern 8RBS EAST DIVISION TWOALL rugby clubs appreciate the support of their sponsors.But Hawick Linden had even more reason to be grateful to Saturday’s match sponsor...
View ArticleMonumental effort gets last B&I match off the ground
COMMUNITY spirit won the day at the Greenyards on Saturday when around 70 volunteers rallied to pleas for help to clear the pitch of snow, enabling Melrose RFC’s final British & Irish Cup match of...
View ArticleMarooned in London
London Scottish 32Gala 0BRITISH & IRISH CUPWITH no bearing on who could win the pool and progress, Gala sent out what could be deemed an experimental selection, but ultimately came up short.Coach...
View ArticleBorders players help to boost Leck’s Club International squad ahead of taking...
A TOTAL of 14 Borders rugby players have been included in Phil Leck’s Club International squad ahead of the forthcoming games against France and Ireland.Six players from Gala, six from Melrose, one...
View ArticleMelrose take honours in highly competitive lost cause battle
Melrose 21Doncaster Knights 17BRITISH & IRISH CUPLAING SPEIRS reports from the GreenyardsWITH progress in the British and Irish Cup out of the reach for both sides, there would have been widespread...
View ArticleHigh Level plummet in league
WITH Reivers A on a free week, the High Level A blew a great chance to close the gap at the top of the Borders Pool League and dropped three places to fourth after losing heavily to Reivers B. Ship A...
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