Glendale gearing up for bigger and better
August Bank Holiday Monday brings a new and improved Glendale Show near Wooler this summer.Organisers Glendale Agricultural Society (GAS) are introducing new livestock classes this year, including a...
View ArticleBritain is obsessed with the past as nostalgia intensifies
No, I can’t believe it’s May the first either. Put another way, one third of another year gone. Or less than three months until the start of harvest.On the credit side, most cereal and oilseed crops...
View ArticleA teddy fit for a prince
St Boswells Guides Erin Henderson, left, and Jessica Swinton, both 11 and from Newtown, won the District Guides Challenge Badge this year, which was to design a toy for Prince George’s first birthday....
View ArticleHawick youngsters reach for the great outdoors
The Lothian and Borders battalion of the Army Cadet Force (ACF), together with local social workers and school staff, have provided another outreach programme to around 40 Hawick youngsters aged 11 to...
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The daughter of a Craw Wood resident has said the potential closure of the area’s only specialist dementia unit would be a huge blow for the Borders.Christina Procter’s mother Jillian Sinnott, 75,...
View ArticleMore spaces for BGH
NHS Borders has confirmed to The Southern that it is considering applying for planning permission to create more car parking at the BGH.A spokeswoman for the health board revealed this week that...
View ArticleBank holiday hospital visitor plea from NHS Borders
NHS bosses have called for visitors to stay away from the BGH over the bank holiday if they have had any symptoms of norovirus.Two bays in Ward 12 remain closed due to the presence of the virus and one...
View ArticleNew emergency hub opened by utility firm
Following almost £1milllion of expenditure on upgrading and refurbishing their depot in Galashiels, SP Energy Networks opened the facility on Friday.The revamped facility will operate as the company’s...
View ArticleWaverley win sets up enticing Beveridge Cup semi
West Barns Star 2 Hawick Waverley 3 (after extra time)BEVERIDGE CUP QUARTER FINALHawick Waverley will play Gala Fairydean Rovers in the semi final of the Beveridge Cup against Gala Fairydean Rovers...
View ArticleFive star show from Peebles
Hawick Royal Albert 2 Peebles Rovers 5EOS FIRST DIVISIONPeebles Rovers had their sights set in finishing the season in the top four of the East of Scotland first division league table.And thanks to a...
View ArticleHair raising moments for Pearson in Pirelli Rally
The British Rally Championship finally got underway at the weekend and first time out in their Peugeot 208 R2 at the Richard Burns Foundation Pirelli Rally were Scottish Borders pairing Garry Pearson...
View ArticleMelrose are Kings of the Sevens
Melrose lifted the 2014 Kings of the Sevens title with three tournaments to spare on Saturday before going on to complete a weekend double double at the Haugh on Sunday.Playing in the seventh of ten...
View ArticleIncreasing property sales in Scottish Borders
Research for CKD Galbraith has shown that property sales in the Borders increased significantly in the first quarter of 2014, with sales at their Kelso office up 28 per cent on the last quarter of 2013...
View ArticleBarony Castle Hotel vandalism
Police are appealing for witnesses after seven light bollards that line the driveway at The Barony Castle Hotel were knocked over and smashed. causing around £5,000 worth of electrical damage. The...
View ArticleBorders stages nature festival
Scottish Borders Council (SBC) is inviting local residents and visitors to take part in a programme of over 30 walks, talks and activities being held as part of the month-long Borders Nature Festival...
View ArticleMichael Moore takes campaign to Eyemouth
Borders MP Michael Moore debated independence with an audience of nearly 80 people at the Parish Church Hall in Eyemouth.The event was part of The Road to Referendum campaign, which sees Mr Moore...
View ArticleTen jobs created at new visitor centre
Scottish Borders Brewery’s new £500,000 Born in the Borders visitor centre is on schedule for a summer launch and the creation of 10 jobs.The development will create a one-stop-shop for the very best...
View ArticlePaul named among the best in Europe
Paul McDonald, director of strategic accounts for Sykes in Galashiels, has been nominated for the European Outsourcing Professional of the Year award.Mr McDonald, who lives in Hawick, heads up Sykes’...
View ArticleBirneyknowe plan lodged
Plans were lodged this week for up to 15 wind turbines measuring up to 132m for a site near Bonchester Bridge.Wind energy company Banks Renewables confirmed it had submitted a planning application for...
View ArticleJim Clark Rally timetable published
With 52 miles of timed to the second Special Stages packed into Friday evening (May 30) followed by 85 miles on Saturday (May 31) morning and afternoon, this year’s Jim Clark Rally promises to provide...
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