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ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 93 clean cattle, 65 OTM cattle, 2,603 old season lambs and 734 ewes.Bullocks (43) averaged 228.3p per kg and sold to 247p (+2.1p on week),...
View ArticleSelkirk chemist Imogen hopes she has right formula to impress MPs
IMOGEN Riddell credits her interest in chemistry to the encouragement of teachers while a pupil at Selkirk High School.That early inspiration started her on a journey that has already taken Imogen from...
View ArticleFRAMED IN TIME
Fears of a gas explosion led to the High Street in Selkirk being closed to traffic during the first week of January 1986. A smell of gas was reported around 9.30am on the Tuesday.The emission was...
View ArticleContinued rise in inactive school leavers causes SBC concern
MORE school leavers will be jobless and not involved in further or higher education in coming years.That is the fear of Glenn Rodger, director of education for Scottish Borders Council, who was...
View ArticleUK-wide role for carer Michael
A CARER from Hawick is thrilled to have landed a prestigious ambassador role as part of a UK-wide charity campaign to highlight issues surrounding the 12,000 carers who live in the Borders.Burnfoot...
View ArticleNew project wins award
A new £1.23million project to support victims of domestic abuse won a national award last Friday.The multi-agency Borders Pathway Project, launched in December, created three new services to help women...
View ArticlePerfect union as bridal designer Bruce joins Heriot-Watt staff
IT could be described as a marriage made in heaven for Bruce Roberts, with news that the Kelso fashion designer has joined the textiles staff at Heriot-Watt University’s campus in Galashiels.It was...
View ArticleReview of dementia bed places
CONCERNS about the quality of care provided to dementia sufferers at a Tweedbank care home has prompted the council to review its provision, writes Adam Drummond.Members of Scottish Borders Council’s...
View ArticleBorderers urged to wear lavender colours to work to boost cancer charity’s...
PEOPLE across the Borders are being asked to wear something lavender to work at the end of this month as a way of showing support for the work of a local cancer charity.The Lavender Touch is marking...
View ArticleDry rot closes castle
Thirlestane Castle, Lauder, will close for the summer due to an outbreak of dry rot. The destructive fungus mushroomed in the south wing of the 16th-century home of the Maitland-Carew family, and...
View ArticleCampaigners welcome move to scrap Ability Centre redesign plan
Campaigners fighting to save Galashiels Ability Centre, the physically-disabled’s only one in the region, have welcomed Scottish Borders Council’s decision to drop its report recommending a radical...
View ArticleTourist info centre to get revamp
ONE of the main tourist information centres in the Borders is to undergo a major refurbishment before Easter.VisitScotland’s Jedburgh centre will be closed from next Monday (March 18) to allow the work...
View ArticleOfcom and MSPs meet to discuss future of TV news
THE future of TV news coverage in the Borders was discussed by MSPs and representatives of Ofcom on Tuesday, at a meeting hosted by South of Scotland MSP Jim Hume.The regulator recently launched a...
View ArticleJobs jackpot ruled out by Gala casino mistake
A RED-FACED recruitment website has been forced to apologise after mixing up the names of a national gambling firm and a Borders town to create rumours that a casino would be opening, writes Kenny...
View ArticleAttacks on healthcare staff continue
INCIDENCES of violence or aggression against NHS staff working in the Borders are among the highest of any NHS board in Scotland.Freedom of Information requests to 14 NHS boards in Scotland have...
View ArticleDesign of memorial garden submitted
A PLANNING application has been submitted to Scottish Borders Council for the creation of the Flodden memorial garden in the grounds of Selkirk’s Victoria Halls.In November, controversy was stirred up...
View ArticleJedburgh success at Buccleuch Point to Point
PAS DE BARATIN provided Jedburgh couple Karen and Kenny Lynn with a second course success, after posting his first open victory at Saturday’s Duke of Buccleuch’s point-to-point at Friars Haugh, Kelso,...
View ArticleJed provide easy pickings for soaring Hawks
Jed-Forest 10 Glasgow Hawks 66RBS NATIONAL LEAGUEFIONA SCOTT reports from Riverside ParkHAWKS had a job to do and they went to Riverside Park and did it.A bonus point try for No 8 Ross Miller and the...
View ArticleReivers lose against the run of play
Fjordhus Reivers 1 Grange VI 2EAST MENS DIVISION ONE DESPITE the sleet forecast it was a relieved Reivers side that took to the Tweedbank pitch after last weeks game was cancelled.Having been well...
View ArticleShort jack scuppers Forrest’s British hopes
BORDERS bowling ace Julie Forrest was beaten in the Final of the Ladies Singles at the British Championships at Stanley, near Durham, last week.Forrest, of Teviotdale Bowling Club, beat the Welsh...
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