Local hero Tartan Snow set to make Kelso return
Kelso Racecourse stages its first fixture of 2014 on Sunday, when the feature event of another exciting card is the £5,000 Royal Caledonian handicap chase.Fledgling trainer Rebecca Menzies enjoyed a...
View ArticleNo quarter given in Scottish pool finals
At the Scottish Inter-League pool finals at Aberdeen, the Borders played well before eventually going down in the quarter-finals.In the group stages they started well, beating East Neuk 15-9 in...
View ArticleMarket Prices
WOOLERAt their weekly Primestock sale on Friday, January 3, John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 991 hoggs and 169 ewes.With the festive season coming to a close all classes were keenly sort after,...
View ArticleBrighten up your rooms by adding warmth and character
With the festive season over and all your decorations taken down, this is the time to give those empty feeling rooms a lift. You can add warmth and character to your home using a variety of...
View ArticleCock-a-hoop about our new cockapoo
It’s always good to start a new year with a challenge and this year looks like being more challenging than most in the Corbie household.After losing our old Border collie “Tibbie” in the autumn last...
View ArticleNew Year ‘get fit’ wannabes to sign up
CHARITY bike ride organisers are urging locals with ‘get fit’ New Year resolutions to cycle the Borderlands and raise money for disadvantaged children at the same time.The Wooler Wheel Borderlands 170...
View ArticleKelso path work is completed on time
KELSO cyclists and hikers received an early Christmas present when work on the flooded core path on the town’s outskirts was finished in time for the festive season.The council’s contractors...
View ArticleJed go top after high-scoring performance at Lasswade
Lasswade12Jed-Forest69WITH only four games left to play in the RBS Championship B league, Jed-Forest have taken their place at the top of the table, one point ahead of nearest challengers...
View ArticleManagement team wanted
COLDSTREAM are on the hunt for a new management team after Andrew Gibson and his assistant Stevie Roughead resigned their posts.The pair led Coldstream to promotion to the Premier Division last season...
View ArticleSouters put through the wringer at Netherdale
Gala FDR3Selkirk1Selkirk boss Stevie Forrest has bemoaned the lack of training facilities for his side over the festive break as the Souters succumbed to another derby defeat.The visiting side were off...
View ArticleDynamic display by Dingers
IN the only East of Scotland encounter last weekend, Duns climbed off the bottom of the First Division by netting their first league win at Eyemouth in 55 years.James Brydon opened the scoring at...
View ArticleBorders Rugby TV set for switch-off
AFTER six years of covering rugby in the region, the internet-based Borders Rugby Television (BRTV) will stop at the end of the season.“It’s been a roller-coaster of a journey since 2007,” said BRTV...
View ArticleChange to school week will help if staff are cut
If teacher numbers are cut, a move to a four-and-a-half day school week will help, the council’s director of education has revealed.Announcing a consultation on the proposed move to an asymmetric week...
View ArticleMobile disruption not on says MSP
John Lamont MSP has called for pupils to hand in mobile phones at the start of classes after 233 were confiscated in a high school in three years.Mr Lamont said: “The classroom is supposed to be a...
View ArticleHair today – gone tomorrow, Jeremy
It wasn’t good enough for Jeremy Paxman – but it’s good enough for me.I confess my ignorance and admit I did not know the meaning of the word pogonophobic. Apparently it means a fear of beards and I’ll...
View ArticleTeenager swore at nurse
Kyser Summers admitted obstructing a nurse, shouting and swearing, uttering threats of violence and acting in an aggressive manner towards her on August 30.Procurator fiscal Graham Fraser told a...
View ArticleFree workshops for entrepreneurs
Budding entrepreneurs considering starting their own business in 2014 can access a series of free workshops in January and February at Business Gateway, Selkirk.Business start-up workshops include:...
View ArticleDistrict News
BOWDENCafeThe next community cafe will be held in the village hall at 11am on January 15.CADDONFOOTChurchNew Year greetings were exchanged on Sunday at the morning service conducted by the Reverend...
View ArticleSupermarket disturbance
SENTENCE has been deferred on a Hawick man found guilty after trial of causing a disturbance at a supermarket in the town.David Weatherhead, 36, of Queens Drive, broke a glass panel at Morrisons in...
View ArticleMSP wrongly claims SBC pothole payout was almost £33,000
THE council has responded to claims from John Lamont that it paid almost £33,000 in compensation to motorists in 2012/13 by stating it was in fact less than £7,000.While the MSP said a Freedom of...
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