Tartan track test for Border athletes
Former Jedburgh Games 110m handicap winner Keiran Kivlin is backmarker for the Meadowmill Games 100m handicap on Sunday.Kivlin runs from a mark of 1.5m in the three-heat event.Kelso’s Andrew Hogarth...
View ArticleScott to help Solomons drive pro team forward
Borderer Stevie Scott has been officially named as assistant to newly-appointed Edinburgh Rugby head coach Alan Solomons.A product of Earlston High School, before learning his trade at both Melrose and...
View ArticleWinter barley cut, so of course, here comes the rain
That was the heatwave that was, I guess, not quite lasting until the end of July.For the whole of Britain it was the longest hot spell since 2006 and for some areas, although not ours, the longest...
View ArticleFell pony in limelight at St Boswells show
A Fell pony took the supreme championship at the Newtown St Boswells and District Farmers Show at St Boswells Auction Mart on Saturday, July 20.A good crowd enjoyed a high standard of entrants...
View ArticleNational award for Kelso AA breeder
Kelso farmer John Elliot has received a national award for his contribution to livestock breeding. The Aberdeen Angus breeder of Roxburgh Mains is this year’s winner of the prestigious Sir William...
View ArticleHealth chief denies service understaffed
A frontline member of staff within NHS Borders has told The Southern that hospital services are chronically understaffed.The employee, who wished to remain anonymous, said last week’s story on the...
View ArticleAbbatoir attack sees metal stolen
The former Scottish Borders Abattoir in Galashiels has been attacked by metal thieves.Police are seeking information after cable was taken from the building on Winston Road in the last month. The...
View ArticleHawick’s drugs arrest
A Hawick man has been charged with possession of drugs after being caught with cannabis and diazepam in the town last Friday.The 33-year-old was stopped in St George’s Lane at around 11.15am. A Police...
View ArticleDrugs finds rise as police search more Borderers
A crackdown on people carrying drugs and those committing driving offences in the Borders has been highlighted in the latest police results.The statistics are to be revealed to councillors at a meeting...
View ArticleHouse of the rain and sun for weekend of 60s-inspired fun
It was fitting that the sun shone for The Animals at Traquair House to bring down the curtain on this year’s 1960s inspired fair. The House of the Rising Sun rockers performed at the historic Tweeddale...
View ArticleRowan, the mum-saving toddler, to get humane award
Innerleithen hero tot Rowan Rychel is set for another honour, writes Kenny Paterson.Rowan was two when she helped save her mother’s life back in September 2011.Having already picked up a police award,...
View ArticleBorders Catholics welcome new archbishop Cushley
The appointment of a new archbishop for Edinburgh and St Andrews will bring new direction for Catholics in the Borders.That is the view of the priest in charge of Our Lady and St Joseph’s Church in...
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A Glasgow cemetery was last week’s setting for a reinterment service for the remains of a Spitfire pilot killed during a wartime crash in the Borders.Malcolm Robertson was a 20-year-old sergeant pilot...
View ArticleSpeedway: Giant killing task for Berwick Bandits
BERWICK’S speedway Bandits achieved a solid victory over Glasgow Tigers last Saturday – but this week’s visitors, also from north of the border, will prove a sterner test.Edinburgh’s all-conquering...
View ArticleSpeedway: Dramatic journey ends in defeat for Berwick Bandits
Ipswich “Sackers Witches” 56 Berwick “New Holland Bandits” 37Premier LeagueThe long, hot trip to Ipswich for the travelling Berwick Bandit supporters ended five minutes into the Premier League match at...
View ArticlePolice stations could close
Union officials say all options are being considered – including the closing of police stations – in an ongoing review of the service in Scotland, writes Kenny Paterson.Unison Scotland representatives...
View ArticleKelso councillor is confident of deal for new school site
Confidence has been expressed that negotiations over the purchase of a site for the planned new Kelso High School will soon see an agreement reached.A pre-planning application for the new £14.8million...
View ArticleHub sets the standard
The Heritage Hub in Hawick has been recognised for leading the way in capitalising on the growth of ancestral tourism in Scotland.A new guide was launched this week by John Swinney MSP, which helps...
View ArticleSelkirk scheme could spread across Borders
Pop-up shops could appear on a high street near you and help turn around the fortunes of town centres, a small business owner has said.Mark Timmins, who runs Dizzymafella, producing upcycled and...
View ArticleMan homeless after being told he is dying
A disabled man was left homeless after being discharged from hospital, as his family was told he was dying three months earlier.The man, named Mr A in the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman’s report,...
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