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My first memories of albatross are from my early childhood. On Arran an eccentric couple, who seemed old through my young eyes, opened the Nature Centre at Claddach between Brodick and Corrie. This was...
View ArticleDaffodil Walk sets new challenge
EIGHTEEN years after the daffodil bulbs were first planted on a strip of land opposite the Borders General Hospital to create the Field of Hope for Marie Curie Cancer Care (MCCC), the charity has...
View ArticleWaiting for the invading hordes…
How many of you, like me, were glued to your window for an hour last weekend, taking part in the RSPB’s Garden Bird Survey?Being a sucker for surveys, I couldn’t let this one pass me by without having...
View ArticleWheelie good bike idea
THE takeover of a floundering mountain biking project in the Innerleithen area by a group of local residents has been hailed as a fantastic example of what can be done by members of the public.An...
View ArticleWork to start on Peebles cycle path
WORK is expected to start on a cycle path linking Peebles, Cardrona and Innerleithen this summer, it has been confirmed.The news came in a response to a question from Councillor Bill Herd (Tweeddale...
View ArticleTurf Talk: Beating the winter blues at Kempton
A WEEKEND of disappointment, with all National Hunt cards being abandoned.I turned my attentions to the range of other sporting options including Six Nations Rugby, Super League, Premier League...
View ArticleBleak picture as councillors condemn courts proposal
VICTIMS, witnesses, police officers, and solicitors all having to travel for miles, as well as accused persons being dumped out on the street on bail, far from home and left to find their own way back...
View ArticleBudget cuts set for mounted unit is sad day for Borders
THE decision to axe Lothian & Borders Police’s mounted section after more than 130 years, has cast doubts over whether officers on horseback will ever be seen again at local events in this region,...
View ArticleSocial work bosses to review case of carer whose mileage rate was slashed
A COUNCILLOR has intervened in the case of a Borders dad who claims he has been forced into debt because the petrol allowance he receives for conveying his disabled son to a special school in Dundee...
View ArticleWelcome for £10m affordable housing boost
NO sooner had Councillor Neil Calvert, in his valedictory assessment of Scottish Borders Council’s budget for 2012/13, bemoaned the lack of new affordable housing in the region, than spirits were...
View ArticleHow SBC’s budget will hit
Scottish Borders Council’s departments, what they do and how the 2012/13 budget will affect them. Figures do not include more than £2million of efficiency savings approved in NovemberEnvironment and...
View ArticleSqueeze warning as Calvert bows out
FOR the ninth and final time on Tuesday, Councillor Neil Calvert presented details of a budget which his ruling administration will push through at Newtown next Thursday.The West Linton Conservative...
View ArticleFoster pay hike, but jobs will go
scottish Borders Council will shed a further 42 full-time posts in the forthcoming financial year as it works to balance its books while maintaining essential services.The cost of the latest staff...
View ArticleStuart Hoggs the limelight with thrilling try as Scots second string hammer...
Scotland A 35England Saxons 0A INTERNATIONALSTUART CAMERON reports from NetherdaleWELL we really didn’t expect a result like that!The 4,127 people who supported Scotland’s second string at Netherdale...
View ArticleGala get job done despite losing Livi
Gala Fairydean 3Peebles Rovers 1EoS FIRST DIVISIONKEVIN JANIAK reports from NetherdaleTHE true worth of Gala’s 3G pitch was never more apparent than it was on Saturday.As the morning went on, fixture...
View ArticleCourt bosses in the dock over closure threats
SELKIRK Community Council has sent a strong message that it will not countenance the loss of the town’s Sheriff Court.The threat to the landmark facility in Ettrick Terrace was highlighted in a leaked...
View ArticleMan’s body is found in Selkirk burn
POLICE say there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a Selkirk man whose body was found in a burn in the Bannerfield area of the town on Sunday morning.The grim discovery was made...
View ArticleLandowner behind wind farm bid ‘gutted’
The Yarrow landowner who stood to benefit from the proposed Broadmeadows wind farm has dubbed its rejection as “gutting”. Farmer Alec Telfer described the moment he heard the final verdict: “I felt...
View ArticleThe sporting week ahead
NATIONAL INDOOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS: Saturday, February 11 & Sunday, February 12 – At Kelvin Hall, Glasgow. Go to www.scottishathletics.org.uk and click on calender/fixtures for full details of...
View ArticleVale have semis in their sights
VALE OF LEITHEN continue their quest for glory in the South of Scotland Challenge Cup when taking on Threave Rovers in a quarter-final tie at Victoria Park on Saturday, writes John Slorance.It’s a game...
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