Food thief trapped by taste for lager
A food thief, caught after leaving his DNA on a lager can, was jailed for nine months.Brian Hall drank from the can and left it sitting on the kitchen table of a friend’s home.The 37-year-old, of...
View ArticleCocaine ‘present’ has £200 price tag
A “birthday treat” of cocaine cost Jamie Thomson a £200 fine.Thomson, of Havelock Street, Hawick, admitted possession of the class A drug at Galashiels police station on January 29.Graham Fraser,...
View ArticleHawick election latest
With a week to go until the Hawick & Denholm local government by-election, residents are being reminded that the will need to vote by numbers.This by-election uses a form of voting called Single...
View Article25,000 bacon rolls for railway
The Borders Railway project is marking its one-year anniversary, with just over 12 months of construction left until completion of the project delivery phase in summer, 2015. In the year since...
View ArticleAwards shortlisting for Gala company
ERIBÉ Knitwear, based in Galashiels, has been nominated for two BQ (Business Quarterly) Awards.The local business is in the running for the Scottish Export Team of the Year and Most Entrepreneurial...
View ArticleGalashiels woman fiddled £7,000 in benefits
A Galashiels woman who falsely claimed more than £7,000 in benefits had sentence deferred until September 1 for good behaviour and to continue repayment.Mhairi Dobson, 41, of Broom Drive, admitted...
View ArticleThe ‘No’s’ have it in Borders College independence vote
More than 150 Borders College students took the opportunity to quiz leading politicians and business people from both sides of the Scottish Independence debate at its campus in Galashiels on Friday....
View ArticlePounding away to raise the pounds
Members of the Borders Barmy Army (BBA) took to the treadmill on Friday to help the Friends of Borders General Hospital who are raising funds for a bladder scanner for Ward 12.This piece of equipment...
View ArticleNoisy Selkirk neighbour’s turn to face the music
A woman caring for her young grandchildren was disturbed late at night by a neighbour playing loud music and singing.After over an hour, the woman contacted police who arrived at James Heatlie’s...
View ArticleNichol steps down from Gala coaching role
Gala backs coach Scott Nichol will stand down from his position at Netherdale following this weekend’s final Kings of the Sevens tournament, hosted by Jed-Forest RFC.Nichol, who has been the assistant...
View ArticleLes not so miserable in the rain
In last Saturday’s Xela Scaffolding Grouse Trophy, Les McAllister flowered in the showers with a blooming good score of 66 less 2 for a net 64 to win the trophy.His round included three twos, but sadly...
View ArticleFrustrating start for bowlers
Last week saw Ettrick Forest travel to St Ronan’s to start their league campaign, only to be frustrated when the game was called off after only five ends played due to bad weather.The combined seniors...
View ArticleBrothers begin ‘Great Big Cycle’
Two Selkirk brothers and a group of friends set out from Edinburgh on Tuesday at the start of ‘The Great Big Cycle’ – an ambitious charity ride around the UK and Ireland.And Neil and Grant Hutchison...
View ArticleTurf talk: Race fit Ridge can steal the glory
No sooner had the cluster of dictaphones and microphones left the face of Richard Hannon after Night Of Thunder’s Guineas win, giving him space to celebrate by knocking back a few of his beloved...
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Dale Irving a 20-year-old conditional jockey who is employed at the James Ewart yard at Westerkirk was elected Langholm Cornet on Friday.The Muckle Toon’s 2014 Cornet won the public election by 382...
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Farmer Craig Connell is the latest Pride o’ Lauderdale after being confirmed on Friday as this year’s Lauder Cornet.And he brings a new blood to the illustrious line of Cornets that span the centuries...
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Twenty-three year Robbie Scott is the young man who has been chosen to carry the Blue Banner of St. Ronan’s this year. The Chairman of St. Ronan’s Border Games, Keith Belleville, introduced Robbie as...
View ArticleNew coordinator sought for valleys
Work to revitalise the Ettrick and Yarrow Valleys continues as locals advertise for a new coordinator to drive plans forward.In 2010 LEADER funding and support from Buccleuch Estates and the Southern...
View ArticleBorders dates for nature festival
Scotland’s Nature Festival starts on Saturday (May 17) and includes several free events across the Borders.Formerly Scottish Biodiversity Week, the celebrations are organised by Scottish Natural...
View ArticleWill it be third time lucky for our eggs?
This week, back to the chooks. Or rather, the getting of new chooks. And, therefore, new egg colours. After extensive research, we decided to send off for some hatching eggs. We had already decided...
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