Changes are of no benefit to anyone
Well, it’s been a busy week, but after months of research and hard work, the first compact Southern hit the shops last Thursday. And the move has been a resounding success.It was great to meet with...
View ArticleChristine Grahame: That railway, and Lampreys
Yes, back to one of my favourite topics. I attended a recent presentation on the progress of the railway – and forgive me – it’s on track. To remind you, it is running from Edinburgh Waverley to...
View ArticleFordyce Maxwell: Neonics and honey bees
The number of managed honeybee hives in Britain has halved in 20 years.And so it goes on – endless wind, endless cold, flurries of snow, grey skies and hope fading.That could be either an extract from...
View ArticleMore drug users seek help
Figures have revealed that the number of drug users seeking help in the Borders has increased by 75 per cent in five years.In 2011/12 a total of 222 new individuals were referred to specialist drug...
View ArticleLangholm care home to close doors
A community company could be set up to ensure Langholm retains a care home, according to a Dumfries and Galloway councillor.Troubled Dalarran Care Home has announced its closure at the end of June,...
View ArticleCameras prevent safe overtaking says Brown
A councillor has claimed speed cameras on the A68 hamper safe overtaking and should be relocated to meet the latest criteria.Councillor Jim Brown told TheSouthern this week that the local safety camera...
View ArticleBleak outlook for Caerlee
THE news that Caerlee Mills has entered provisional liquidation appears to spell the end of a long history of textile trading in Innerleithen.Despite being only three years old, Caerlee can trace its...
View ArticleA hostel? A hall? How do we use Jed’s Port House?
Jedburgh residents are being asked how they would like the town’s Port House on Exchange Street used for the community.The Category A-listed premises, built in 1900 as a Co-operative Society department...
View ArticleGraham says police conduct won’t slip
The Borderer who is among the highest-ranked policemen in the new Scottish force says a fresh code of conduct will improve officer behaviour.Malcolm Graham, originally from Chirnside, will become the...
View ArticleEmail to the top gets result for hotel owner
A Borders hotelier left without broadband for 12 days has been astounded by BT’s speedy response after an email reached the very top.Steve and Lisa Davies, who run Caddon View in Innerleithen, believe...
View ArticleTour de Lauder a sellout
The second fundraising Tour de Lauder (TdL) next month was booked up within nine days of opening earlier this year.Friends organised last year’s first ride in memory of Lauder dad, ultra-marathoner and...
View ArticleBob Burgess: I’m all right, Jack, as traybake flap continues
There had to be a good solid reason why I have never liked them. This week there was proof positive why. A flapjack is a weapon of mass destruction. Please don’t tell the Americans, otherwise Essex...
View ArticleHorseloggers clear Borders downhill track
Forestry Commission Scotland called in horsepower to help restore an ancient woodland near Innerleithen last week.Traquair horseloggers Caitlin Erskine and her cob Angel finished a week’s work last...
View ArticleDeerstalking event went like a fair
CROWDS were shoulder to shoulder at Scotland’s first Deerstalking Fair in Kelso over the weekend.The busy event in Springwood Hall in the Border Union showground was organised by Borders stalkers Brian...
View ArticleHarestanes to host last major exhibition by woodworker Tim Stead
A MAJOR exhibition of furniture and sculpture by lauded artist-craftsman Tim Stead, likely to be the last on such a scale, takes place where he first had a studio at Harestanes near Jedburgh.Curated by...
View ArticleMelrose progress to Scottish Cup final
Gala 29 Melrose 34RBS NATIONAL CUPFollowing an action packed 80 minutes at Netherdale Melrose booked their place in this years RBS Scottish Cup final against Ayr.Hardly had the huge crowd at Netherdale...
View ArticleSelkirk on Tour route
Britain’s biggest professional cycle race will visit Selkirk on September 15 as part of the first stage from Peebles to Drumlanrig Castle.The Tour of Britain attracts some of the world’s top cyclists,...
View ArticleArtists invited to put forward ‘Kelsae’ plan
THE search is on for the design of a £40,000 piece of public art to be sited in the very heart of Kelso.The artwork, proposed to be called “Kelsae”, will be placed in front of the town hall in March...
View ArticleWriting about nature unfortunately requires being in it
As Bob Dylan once wrote “When will it ever end? The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind”. After another weekend of snow flurries and a bitingly cold east wind, spring looks as far away as ever....
View ArticleLocals urged to report squirrels
Red Squirrel Watch volunteers are urging people to report sightings of the native after attending Potato Day in Kelso earlier this month when gardeners told of seeing both red and non-native greys.The...
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