£400k fund for needy
MORE than £400,000 has been allocated by the Scottish Government to help people in need in the Borders, writes Adam Drummond.Scottish Borders Council has been awarded £406,547 through the newly-created...
View ArticleStock cars roar into action at Cowdenbeath
THE stock cars opened their season at the Cowdenbeath Racewall on a cold and chilly evening but on the plus side it was dry, writes Jim Turner.There was a good turn out of cars with young Charlie Folan...
View ArticleSelkirk rugby ring the changes
SELKIRK RFC rugby board has announced its new 1st XV coaching team for season 2013/2014.Long-serving head coach Brian Cassidy is stepping down at the end of the current campaign, and will be replaced...
View ArticleGalashiels street to shut for five days
A SECTION of a Galashiels street is to shut for five days later this month.Scottish Borders Council have applied for a Temporary Traffic Regulation Order to complete roadworks on Balmoral PlaceThe...
View ArticleTwo more speed cameras attacked
POLICE have warned that vandals who attack speed cameras are risking their own lives.The warning has come following the removal of another two cameras from their mountings on the A68 at the weekend.The...
View ArticleThomson returns from injury to boost Leck’s club squad
FOLLOWING their win over Ireland Club International last Friday, Scotland Club XV head coach, Phil Leck (pictured), has made two changes to his starting team for Friday’s match against their French...
View ArticleDuns cyclists Tammy Chapman and Laura Stanhope to cycle tandem to Hawick on...
DUNS cyclists with red noses are making a foray on a tandem into the central Borders on Friday (March 15) and Saturday.Friends Tammy Chapman, 21, and Laura Stanhope, 22, are biking 63 miles from the...
View ArticleBorders quintet look to banish Les Bleus in Paris
ALL FIVE Borders international players have kept their places for the fourth and final RBS 6 Nations match of 2013.Graham Hogg (Hawick), Greig Laidlaw (Jed-Forest), Ross Ford (Kelso) and captain Kelly...
View ArticleLane of Selkirk road closed over wall fears
A LANE of a Selkirk road has been closed due to the condition of a wall.Scottish Borders Council has implemented temporary traffic management arrangements at Yarrow Terrace after an inspection of the...
View ArticleGet two-for-one tickets for Jai McDowall show in Galashiels
TWO-FOR-one tickets for Britain’s Got Talent winner Jai McDowall are now available.Singer-songwriter Jai, who won the fifth series of the TV talent show in 2011, will perform at the Volunteer Hall in...
View ArticleMinis conquer the elements
MELROSE MINI HORNETS held a very successful tournament last Sunday and, despite experiencing very extreme weather conditions in the form of sun, snow, hail and a bitter wind, everybody seemed to have a...
View ArticleStars enhance the learning experience at local schools
EDINBURGH Rugby players visited Borders schools last Thursday to help pupils put the finishing touches on their preparations for a rugby festival at Murrayfield.The schools are among the 26 selected...
View ArticleEdinburgh role for Scott
FORMER Gala, Melrose, Border Reivers and Scotland hooker Stevie Scott along with Duncan Hodge, who memorably scored all the points in Scotland’s 19-13 win against England in the rain in 2000, have been...
View ArticlePaying the penalty for poor discipline
THE Scottish boys were all disheartened and frustrated about the high penalty count against Wales, which, for many, ruined the game.Referee Craig Joubert came in for some stick for his whistle-happy...
View ArticleWinter puts brakes on speedy Hawks
Kelso 0Glasgow Hawks 13RBS NATIONAL LEAGUELAING SPEIRS reports from Poynder ParkA SCATTERING of Hawick folk came to Poynder Park with hopes that Kelso could overturn the Greens’ closest rivals in the...
View ArticlePeebles continue on path to promotion
Peebles 19Howe of Fife 17RBS CHAMPIONSHIP BPEEBLES came from behind to beat Howe of Fife at the Gytes on Saturday in the vital top-of-the-table clash between the best two teams in Championship B.It’s...
View ArticleSouters safe, but player shortage could affect the Biggar picture
Selkirk 7Biggar 41RBS NATIONAL LEAGUEFIONA SCOTT reports from PhiliphaughFEARS turned into reality for Selkirk on Saturday when their depleted squad was turned over by a huge margin in a match that was...
View ArticleLauder’s Richard leads Scots to victory
LAUDER schoolboy Richard Taylor led the Scotland Under-18 squad to a momentous victory over the Irish last weekend.Following their first test as a team against England in Darlington the weekend before...
View ArticleLaidlaw kick starts charity event
TAKING a break from his scrum half duties with the national rugby squad, Jedburgh’s Scottish International Greig Laidlaw has been back on his home turf to throw his support behind a new challenge event...
View ArticleSeven-up
Hawick United 7CFC Bowholm 3BAL DIVISION BUNITED got off to a dream start in the first minute when Kevin Strathdee beat the Bowholm keeper with a cracking shot.Ten minutes later, Strathdee added...
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