Printer shuts after 40 years
AFTER 40 years, well-known printing firm, Kelso Graphics, has ceased trading.The company, which had offices and a studio in The Knowes, was run by three business partners, being Clive Dibbern, and his...
View ArticleClosure of Martin’s Bridge to disrupt Roberton and A7
Martin’s Bridge will be closed for 10 weeks from the beginning of April, with temporary traffic lights and a single lane imposed for a further 10 weeks, bringing disruption to Roberton residents and A7...
View ArticleLocal policing to fore in new chief’s plans
THE police chief who will be responsible for the whole of the Borders and Lothians has reassured local councillors of her commitment to local policing, writes Adam Drummond.Chief Superintendent...
View ArticleSchools chairman welcomes budget
BORDERS education chairman Sandy Aitchison believes the local authority’s latest budget is good news for the region’s schools, despite concernsthat a new review could herald mergers or even closures,...
View ArticleWatson resigns as councillor
THE by-election to find a successor to Borders Party leader Nicholas Watson as a councillor for the Leaderdale and Melrose ward will be held on May 2.Mr Watson, who led the Save Scott’s Countryside...
View ArticleBorders producers head up national farmers union
STOW farmer Nigel Miller has been returned unopposed as president of the National Farmers Union of Scotland.No other candidates stood and this week’s AGM saw the livestock producer proposed and...
View ArticleThe sporting week ahead
FootballEOS PREMIER DIVISION: Saturday, February 16 ‑ Vale of Leithen v Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale (2.30pm).EOS FIRST DIVISION: Saturday, February 16 ‑ Gala Fairydean v Duns; Kelso United v...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 106 clean cattle, 75 OTM cattle, 2,880 old season lambs and 988 ewes.Bullocks (41) averaged 215.5p per kg and sold to 238p (+0.4p on week),...
View ArticleSelkirk slip to defeat
Hamilton 22 Selkirk 21RBS NATIONAL LEAGUEFIELDING seven changes from the side that had lifted the RBS Border Regional Cup the previous weekend, Selkirk were always going to have their work cut out...
View ArticleHawick’s fiver fightback
Hillhead Jordanhill 23 Hawick 32RBS NATIONAL LEAGUEHAWICK were trailing 13-3 in the first half of this important match at Hughenden but they clawed their way back to win, scoring five tries to extend...
View ArticleTry-fest triumph for Tweedsiders
Kelso 42 Hawick YM 21RBS BORDERS REGIONAL CUPTHIS was a game with nothing at stake as the qualifying stages of the national cup competition had been decided the previous week. For Kelso, it was a try...
View ArticleMelrose pipped by hungry Accies
Melrose 19 Edinburgh Accies 20RBS PREMIER LEAGUETHE scrap for one of the four available British and Irish Cup places next season intensified on Saturday as Edinburgh Accies edged a win over Melrose.The...
View ArticleBorderers to fore as under-20s see off Italy
Scotland 30 Italy 17RBS UNDER-20 SIX NATIONSA BUMPER crowd of about 1,300 saw Scotland under-20s, including Russell Anderson (Gala) and Shawn Muir (Hawick), win their first match of the under-20 Six...
View Article‘That was good – I think we can do it again’
WELL that was fun, wasn’t it?Scotland getting past 30 points with four tries scored in one game and Borderers Stuart Hogg and Greig Laidlaw being written about in the national media in glowing terms –...
View ArticleRef’s decisions fail to put Souters in the doldrums
Selkirk 0 Gala Fairydean 1EOS FIRST DIVISIONKENNY PATERSON reports from Yarrow Park WHEN is throwing the ball to an opponent an act of violence and when is it a sign of sportsmanship?In referee Michael...
View ArticleAncrum coaching opportunities
AGE GRADE football is about to kick off at Ancrum and the club are looking for volunteer coaches and assistants to take their already successful junior set-up forward.The new season for the youngsters,...
View ArticleSnow flurries hit region again
AFTER snowfall throughout Wednesday morning, Hawick High School took the decision to send pupils from Langholm home early.Snow had been falling across the Borders since the early hours of Wednesday and...
View ArticleKelso leave shape at Soutra
Craigroyston 5 Kelso United 1EOS FIRST DIVISIONGEORGE RILEY reports from St Mark’s ParkUNITED’S form seems to desert them going over Soutra and, on Saturday, they were beaten by a Craigie team which...
View ArticleFew positives for Vale at Muirhouse
Civil Service Strollers 2 Vale of Leithen 0EOS PREMIER DIVISIONDAVE RYCE reports from Telford Sports GroundIT WAS misery in Muirhouse for Vale on Saturday as a goal in each half from John Ross Kerr...
View ArticleHotspur’s five alive
Gala Hotspur 5 Hawick Legion 1BAL DIVISION BPRODUCING some good football, Legion had the better of the early part of the game and duly broke the deadlock when Scott Duncan tucked away a Davis Hope...
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