Pairing up
THE first two matches in the Abbotsford pairs competition took place last week when John Hardie and Brian Anderson beat Kev Stanners and Colin Hancock and Keith Campbell and Tommy Mann Jnr beat Les...
View ArticleReivers return
THE Orienteering League kicked off at Gullane last weekend, with the first leg of seven.With a hint of spring and a spectacular Assembly Area overlooking the sandy expanse of the bay, everyone was in...
View ArticleCup Races close season
HAWICK Moor was the venue for Teviotdale Harriers last race of the winter season, where a good number of runners turned out for the Cup Races in lovely sunny conditions.ResultsU13 Boys: 1, Fraser Clyne...
View ArticleDangers of roads in region revealed
A new campaign urging Borders drivers to reduce their speed on rural roads has revealed almost one-quarter of all accidents involve motorbikes.And the Scottish Government and Road Safety Scotland-led...
View ArticleFRAMED IN TIME
History was made on June 9, 1983 when two residents of the tiny village of Ettrickbridge were returned to Westminster as MPs. There had been no doubt that David Steel would return from this general...
View ArticleWee visitor was whistling away, full of the joys of spring
After a couple of weeks of dry and often sunny weather, it was time at the weekend to brush the cobwebs from my rake and fork and make a start to tidying the garden. I like to do it when the bulbs are...
View ArticleDiamond Jubliee trailed in Earlston
EARLSTON celebrates the opening of its Diamond Jubilee Path later this month, writes Sally Gillespie.Vice Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale Sir Michael Strang Steel will launch the...
View ArticleBee plea by campaigners
ENVIRONMENTALISTS are calling for a ban on insecticides they say are killing bees.Scottish Wildlife Trust (SWT), Butterfly Conservation Scotland, RSPB, Friends of the Earth Scotland and Buglife have...
View ArticleWelcome back Olive and Popeye
SO fond are the Borders College staff of oystercatcher regulars Olive and Popeye, they are thinking of setting a webcam up to keep an eye on them.The annual visitors herald spring and returned to the...
View ArticleBusiness fair is big Borders hit
THE organisers of the first Border Business and Tourism Fair have been overwhelmed by the interest from local businesses, writes Adam Drummond.Demand for stands at the event, to be held at Springwood...
View ArticlePath to reducing carbon
ECO and outdoors projects across the Borders receive a boost this month thanks to cash from the Scottish Government.Scottish Borders Council applied to Holyrood for money from the government’s Carbon...
View ArticleSelect trial squads named
MICHAEL RENWICK, manager of the East of Scotland Football League Select Team, has named the following pair of 18-man squads for the forthcoming representative trial match to be held at Netherdale...
View Article‘Loving’ Leah is tops says son
MUM of the Year 2013 is Leah Edmison of Galashiels.The 41-year-old of Coopersknowe was nominated by her older son Greg in the Southern Reporter competition.And on Tuesday, about to enjoy her prize of a...
View ArticleWight leaves
FORMER Southern reporter Colin Wight has left the BBC after 30 years.The Aberdeen-based journalist, who was educated at Berwickshire High School, announced his departure on Twitter on Friday. Mr Wight...
View ArticlePolice in tools plea
POLICE probing a number of thefts from outhouses and external cupboards in Hawick have recovered a quantity of tools.The thefts have taken place over a number of weeks, but police say some of the items...
View ArticleNew chapter on religion
A report on religious observance in schools across the Borders will be discussed by the council’s education committee on Tuesday.The report says school chaplains should be encouraged by headteachers to...
View ArticleMan appears in court after health centre stand-off
NHS Borders will review an incident which saw a man involved in a three-hour stand-off with police in Galashiels Health Centre, writes Kenny Paterson.The man is alleged to have entered the centre,...
View ArticleROAD ACCIDENT FACT FILE
Between 2007 and 2011 on Borders roads ...z A total of 407 people seriously injured or killed: 2007 – 82; 2008 – 87; 2009 – 94; 2010 – 79; 2011 – 65.z Age, under five years old – 4; 16 to 24 – 69; 25...
View ArticleBorders jockeys dominate meeting on home turf
SACRE TOI produced an impressive display at Kelso on Saturday, with an emphatic victory in the Rutherford handicap chase for Langholm trainer James Ewart and local jockey Dale Irving.The seven-year-old...
View ArticleGlennie takes over as health watchdog boss
Former NHS Borders chief executive John Glennie has been put in charge of Scotland’s healthcare watchdog.The 65-year-old has taken over at Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) after the organisation’s...
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