Wildfowl count didn’t stretch my maths
After weeks of saying how topsy-turvy everything was due to the mild weather, suddenly winter is here. Last Friday brought the first significant snowfall of the season so far, with about a couple of...
View ArticleLocal groups can walk all the way to the bank
A COMMERCIAL rambling company has launched a scheme to boost its profits – and encourage more people to walk.Ramblers Worldwide Holidays is starting the Walking Partnership, which gives hiking groups...
View ArticleBadger-baiting plea
BORDERS women are among the main targets of the Scottish SPCA’s latest appeal to help it tackle one of the most horrific of all wildlife crimes.Badger baiting, like most forms of animal fighting, is...
View ArticleStudents’ cycle challenge for new unit
Twelve Borders College sports and exercise students cycled the equivalent of Galashiels to John O’Groats – 309 miles – to raise money for the Margaret Kerr Unit Appeal at Borders General Hospital.The...
View ArticleJanny’s close shave is a charity winner
A LITTLE boy facing major surgery in the new year is the inspiration behind a Jedburgh man losing nearly three stones, writes Sally Gillespie.Janitor James Hogg, of Jedbank Drive, has raised more than...
View ArticleStudents bag up their greens for weekly deliveries
BRIDGING course students at Jewel & Esk College have teamed up with West Linton’s Whitmuir Organics to sell bags of vegetables at the college’s Edinburgh and Midlothian campuses.The partnership was...
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BORDER LIVESTOCKDURING the week ending Friday, December 16, Border Livestock Exchange Ltd sold 186 prime cattle including 78 cast cows and bulls, 2,097 prime lambs and 129 ewes, 64 store cattle and 610...
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It has apparently been a good grouse year, particularly in the Lammermuirs and the Angus glens. Put another way, it has been a bad year to be a grouse in those parts as thousands more have been shot...
View ArticleWe’re the sheep capital
A NEW report out last Thursday identifies the Borders as the most important sheep breeding region in Scotland.The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) study – an update on its 2008 Retreat from the...
View ArticlePub wins back right to host under-18s
BACK in May, Scottish Borders Licensing Board was so appalled at reports of underage drinking at a Galashiels pub that they banned the sale of alcohol on the premises for a month.And councillors...
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WOOLERAT their weekly Primestock sale held at Wooler last Wednesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 526 lambs and 181 ewes. Lamb numbers less due to holiday arrangements, vendors left with trade...
View ArticleBorderers boosted in charity draw
WE’VE ALWAYS known Borderers are lucky. And so it proved again when kind-hearted locals scooped all three prizes in a recent charity draw.RSABI, which helps people who have made their living from the...
View ArticleMe and my sport – week 17 Abbi Blackie
Age: 15.Home Town: Newtown St Boswells.Sport: Judo.GRADE: 1st kyu (brown belt) – 52kg.Club: Sportif Judo Club.Coach: Peter Gardiner.Best moment in sport so far: Winning the Heart of England...
View ArticleJed coach bemoans ‘monotonous’ defeats as Greens show a bit of belief in...
Hawick 39Jed-Forest 3BORDER LEAGUE/RBS CUPATHOLL INNES reports from Mansfield ParkON a day of rain and gales, Hawick blew away Jed-Forest in a whirlwind Boxing Day performance of tornado...
View ArticleCampaign kickstarted in Borders wins international award
A CAMPAIGN launched four years ago to cut motorcycling deaths and serious injuries in the Borders has won the prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Award.It is the second accolade...
View ArticlePeace on earth and goodwill to all as Borderers get into the Christmas spirit
Selkirk’s Market Place saw a certain couple sheltering in a stable, census-recording Romans, an angel on the Pantwell, carolling hordes, some shepherds and three wise men. The event was run by...
View ArticleDalziel hit by injury blow
MELROSE’S influential back rower, John Dalziel, could face another lengthy spell on the sidelines after he picked up a bad injury in his team’s defeat by Gala on Boxing Day, writes Kenny Paterson.The...
View ArticleRobinson hires Aussie as assistant
ANDY Robinson has added former Australia, Wales and Fiji coach Scott Johnson to his backroom staff alongside Gregor Townsend.The 49-year-old Australian has left his post with Welsh side Ospreys to join...
View ArticleThe sporting week ahead
143RD NEW YEAR SPRINT: Saturday, December 31 and Sunday, January 1 – At Musselburgh Racecourse (Saturday heats start at 11am).NEW YEAR MATCH: Sunday, January 1 – At St Boswells Cricket Club...
View ArticleKerrs keep it in the family in Boxing Day triumph
The Family Bonspiel took place on Boxing Day, as is the tradition, and was won by the Kerr family, writes Alistair Lindsay. Under the fearsome guidance of junior vice-president David Kerr, the win was...
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