Binocular set to zoom to Kelso for feature race
BINOCULAR has his sights on Kelso’s major prize on Wednesday, with Nicky Henderson’s 2010 Champion Hurdle winner likely to contest the feature Victor Chandler Morebattle hurdle race.Henderson plans to...
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IN a recent article about the quest of Julie Sheppard of Ettrickbridge to discover how her son Andrew died in France in 2010, we reported that her family had taken part in a charity walk along...
View ArticleSpeed sites
MOBILE speed cameras are operating at the following locations: A1 Cockburnspath; A7 Crookston, Stow and Lindean; A68 Soutra and Lauderhaugh; A701 Broughton and Romanno Bridge; A702 Dolphinton; A703...
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Confidence, that fragile flower, is at a 16-year high among farmers. Or at least it is among the 465 respondents to the Lloyds TSB survey last autumn. Buoyed up by higher prices and profits for most...
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ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 119 clean cattle, 88 OTM cattle, 1,723 old season lambs and 617 ewes.Bullocks (52) averaged 202.3p per kg (+6.3p on the week). Heifers (66)...
View ArticleBVD eradication programme opens with farmers’ meetings
BORDERS cattle farmers are being encouraged to give their views on how the Scottish industry’s planned eradication programme for bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) moves forward. The National Farmers’ Union...
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Tonight: Central Borders Members Centre of the Scottish Wildlife Trust, illustrated talk by Mike Fraser: Some Far-Flung Islands, Langlee Centre, Marigold Drive, Galashiels, 7.30pm. Non-members...
View Articleopen country
We walked up the side of the hill as the sun was coming up. Jayjay’s paws gently padding on the frozen ground seemed to be the only sound that morning. I left my car at the Glack and my friends, Chris...
View ArticleStorms that assaulted woodland
On Sunday, the remainder of the previous day’s light snowfall was frozen to the brick-hard ground as I set out for a walk through Selkirk’s Philiphaugh Estate. The weak winter sunshine fooled a single...
View ArticleDenholm petition plan in broadband battle
Denholm and District Community Council is launching a petition to demand better broadband connection and charges in the area. Locals have complained they are getting a raw deal – and they want...
View ArticleSelkirk school replacement backed by council
COUNCIL planners have agreed that the hunt for a site for a replacement for Knowepark Primary School, Selkirk, should be included in discussions over the local plan.Discussing the main issues report...
View ArticleLauder votes for new health centre
BY AN overwhelming majority, the people of Lauderdale have voted to have a new health centre built on Common Good land at Crofts Road in Lauder.In a referendum organised by NHS Borders, there was a...
View ArticleBlow me, that sounds very like a record – Bill’s 70 years with Hawick Saxhorn...
Not that Bill Baptie wants to blow his own trumpet – he’s more of a baritone man – but the music veteran talks to Mark Entwistle“Aye, it’s been a long time – I can still remember my first public...
View ArticleNorman joins Lib Dems as line-up announced
FORMER independent councillor Nancy Norman will stand for the Lib Dems in Peeblesshire at the local government elections in May.The Kirk minister, who is soon to retire, whose switch of affiliation was...
View ArticleBusiness awards deadline extended
THE deadline for companies entering the Scottish Borders Council Business Excellence Awards has been extended by a week until February 17.There are eight categories in the contest which is open to...
View ArticleChristine offers taste of therapy which is more than just a buzzword
MINDFULNESS is, as Christine Millar freely admits, a bit of a buzzword at the moment, writes Andrew Keddie.The form of secular meditation, pioneered in the United States during the 1970s, has now...
View ArticleGalashiels driver killed just weeks before birthday
A FAMILY has paid a moving tribute to a young driver killed in a car crash on the outskirts of Galashiels on Wednesday, writes Bob Burgess.Graham Milroy of Torwoodlee near the town would have...
View ArticleGalashiels driver killed just weeks before birthday
A FAMILY has paid a moving tribute to a young driver killed in a car crash on the outskirts of Galashiels on Wednesday, writes Bob Burgess.Graham Milroy of Torwoodlee near the town would have...
View ArticleA remarkable lady with staying power
There was a time when it was a relatively simple matter to find out what was going on in the world – just tune in to the BBC Home Service or read any newspaper.For the most part, information...
View ArticleGrand effort for artificial leg charity
GALASHIELS Rotarian and adventurer Duncan McCosh (pictured looking out over the route he has covered) raised more than £3,000 for Jaipur Limb on his latest journey.Duncan, rector of St Peter’s Church...
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