SBC apology too late to quell school bus anger
It has emerged that almost three weeks of transport chaos was caused for parents of children at Ednam school due to minor vehicle offences.Just days after local community interest transport firm Back...
View ArticleTown hotel owner issues conference plea
Selkirk hotel proprietor Will Haegeland is urging fellow licensees to attend a special conference to ensure they have their say on key licensing issues.The Volunteer Hall in Galashiels will be the...
View ArticleUnion hits back at Lamont’s criticism
A UNION official has hit out at criticism from John Lamont MSP about over £64,000 of council employee time being spent working for unions, writes Adam Drummond.The ‘facility time arrangement’ costs...
View ArticleCricket Club dinner
SELKIRK CRICKET CLUB have much to celebrate following their second successive promotion in the East of Scotland leagues.Members will be toasting that triumph – and much more – at their annual dinner in...
View ArticleRodney powers home
IN THE first round of the Yarrowford Shield, three golfers, who have been fairly quiet so far, made a welcome return to good form.The best of the trio was Rodney Pow whose net 62 was a mixture of power...
View ArticleBerwick Bandits sneak victory in last league meeting
Berwick New Holland Bandits 48 Rye House Silver Ski Rockets 44PREMIER LEAGUEIt was a case of finishing the official season with a flourish for the Berwick Bandits at home to the Rye House Rockets last...
View ArticleSBC wipe £1.1M off slate
THE council last year wrote off almost 20 times more non-domestic rate debt than in 2011/12.In addition, more than three times as much domestic council tax debt was cancelled.The figures, of £135,300...
View ArticleOne-way system to be reversed for interchange works
PART of Galashiels’ one-way system will be turned in the opposite direction when work starts on rerouting Stirling Street ahead of the new transport interchange being built.From October 14 drivers will...
View ArticleInnerleithen shop robbed by man with knife
Police are hunting an armed and hooded raider who threatened shop staff and made off with the takings.It happened around 8.20pm on Sunday at the Premier Store in Ballantyne Street, Innerleithen.The man...
View ArticleCoroner issues second verdict on Hawick soldier’s death in Iraq
A coroner has said the military missed an opportunity to intervene in the days before Hawick solider Jason Smith died from heatstroke in soaring temperatures in Iraq.Private Smith was a member of a...
View ArticleLaura heads down under for beef study
Berwick’s Laura Mitchell of Mount Pleasant Farm has won a grant to study in Australia and New Zealand.The 21-year-old, daughter of award-winning farmers Ian and Jane, will spend four months in...
View ArticleBorders breeders set to collect Texel trophy
A Borders father and son team have won the Scottish Texel Breeders Club’s Jubilee Trophy for the second time in three years.Selkirk farmers Gordon and David Gray of Sunnycroft, Lindean, will be...
View ArticleBroomlands pupils playing Santa to the less fortunate
Pupils at Broomlands Primary School have worked with the Reverend Tom McDonald from Kelso North Church to fill shoeboxes with toys, clothes, toiletries and treats for less-fortunate children and adults...
View ArticleDistrict News
BowdenCafeThe next community cafe will be held in the village hall on November 20 at 11am.BroomlandsWRIThe meeting on November 18 is to be held in the upper hall, and not the vestibule, as previously...
View ArticleWhen reading is child’s play
Young children and their parents are invited to climb on board “Bessie”, the PlayTalkRead bus, when it visits the Borders next week.Designed to help encourage parents and carers to play, talk and read...
View ArticleYetholm folk prove they have a heart
The historic villages of Town and Kirk Yetholm, popular with the hill and long-distance walking fraternity, have a new claim to fame.Local residents who care about the folk who visit them or just pass...
View ArticleBacking the sheriff’s corroboration case
I like Sheriff Kevin Drummond – a bit of the old school, and all the better for it.I chair the Scottish Parliament’s justice committee and when the sheriff has appeared to give evidence he has not held...
View ArticleSpike in domestic violence matched by rise in detection
A THREE-FOLD increase in domestic abuse incidents will be reported by the Borders’ police commander at a meeting of the council’s Police, Fire and Rescue and Safer Communities Board tomorrow.Chief Supt...
View ArticleRikki in the running for carer award
AN EMPLOYEE with learning difficulties at the Buccleuch Care Centre in Hawick is in with a chance to be named Scotland’s Carer of the Year,Rikki Cunningham has been selected as a finalist in the...
View ArticleYoung Borderers continue to face job difficulties
The number of people claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance in the Borders fell for the eighth consecutive time in October, official figures have revealed.However, despite the fall, the percentage of people...
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