Social homes boost for the Borders
THE delivery of new affordable housing in the Borders will be speeded up thanks to a £1.27 million funding boost.The money comes on top of the housing budget already awarded to the council by the...
View ArticleSBC seeks SESplan review
SCOTTISH Borders Council is to seek a review of the development plan authority that it is part of, along with four other local authorities.At a meeting of the council last week, members discussed...
View ArticleCalls for docking laws to be overturned
A PEEBLESHIRE gamekeeper is calling for the law on banning the docking of working dogs’ tails to be overturned.Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) chairman Alex Hogg wants Scottish Government to...
View ArticleTapes go up on Speedway season
THE new 2013 Speedway season gets off to an early start tonight at the Berwick Bandit’s Shielfield Park with the tapes-up due at 6.30pm, writes Lawrence Heppell. The Border track has recently gained a...
View ArticleGalashiels parking defended
THE chairman of Galashiels Chamber of Trade (CT) has defended major changes to parking in the town, writes Kenny Paterson.Eildon Area Forum agreed to the amendments of the Galashiels Traffic Regulation...
View ArticleFunding for shop frontages
BUSINESSES in Kelso are being urged to apply for the next round of funding available to improve shop frontages in the town centre.Last year, 27 firms benefited from grant money offered by Sainsbury’s...
View ArticleCaravan man Steven is a star
A SERIOUSLY ill Jedburgh man has almost single-handedly raised £35,000 for a specially-adapted caravan to aid the lives of people with head injuries.Steven Turnbull, chair of the Heads Together group,...
View ArticlePetitions process signed off
A NEW petitions process has been created by Scottish Borders Council which makes it easier for residents to raise issues with the council, writes Adam Drummond.A new petitions committee was formed last...
View ArticleCouncil hit with £43,000 bill to stop roof collapsing on to main road
SCOTTISH Borders Council have agreed to fork out over £40,000 to shore up a Walkerburn landmark.Councillors were warned at Monday’s planning committee meeting that if work was not undertaken soon, then...
View ArticleChallenge issued to Borderers to make October a date for arthritis aid
IT may not have the high profile associated with conditions such as cancer and heart disease, but arthritis blights the life of 10million adults and children in the UK, making the simplest of tasks an...
View ArticleParishes lose sensitive status
THE designation of the Kirkhope and Ettrick parishes as sensitive to forestry planting has been removed by Scottish Borders Council.However, Rob Dickson, director of environment and infrastructure,...
View ArticleBGH arrest
A 27-YEAR-OLD man from Galashiels was arrested at the Borders General Hospital in the early hours of Sunday after causing a disturbance. The man was charged with an offence under the Emergency Workers...
View ArticleBenefit changes info campaign
A CAMPAIGN has been launched in the Borders to raise awareness of forthcoming changes to the benefits system.Claimants are being encouraged to make sure they are aware of the changes, how they might be...
View ArticleCatholics reeling from cardinal’s revelation
“PUNCH drunk” appears to be the reaction of many in the Borders Roman Catholic community after Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s admission at the weekend of sexual misconduct.So said Galashiels priest Father...
View ArticleShock over death of Wark teenager
POLICE have named an 18-year-old motorist who died following a collision with a timber truck on Monday morning.David Ure, of Wark, was killed in the crash with the heavy goods on the B6350 between...
View ArticleTesco promises welcomed
NFU Scotland president Nigel Miller welcomed Tesco’s promise to the National Farmers Union AGM in Birmingham last week to support British farmers more.The Stow livestock farmer said: “Mr Clarke made...
View ArticleBraveheart link site action call
CAMPAIGNERS working to maintain the memory of Scottish patriot Sir William Wallace have called for action to protect a Borders kirkyard as one of the few places boasting a physical link to the martyred...
View ArticleReport reveals council’s £200m burden
SCOTTISH Borders Council is carrying a debt of almost £200million.Official Scottish Government figures have shown the extent of the local authority’s revenue debt up to 2011/12, which adds up to...
View ArticleBelfast troops move blasted
CALLOUS, plain wrong and a disaster for local soldiers and their families is the damning verdict on shock plans to pull the Royal Scots Borderers out of Edinburgh and base them in Belfast as part of...
View ArticleSupporters say Borders Rail will outperform passenger estimates
A NEW report claims projected passenger numbers on the Borders Railway have dropped by a third.Consultants Ernst & Young says people making return trips on the £300million project will reach...
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