Preparation and hard work are key to a successful race day
A day at the races for most of us means a day of relaxation and enjoyment, a small bet perhaps and maybe a drink or two to help the day along.But for the busy team behind the running of Kelso...
View ArticleClaws out after resignation call over salt bins
WITH local government elections only a little over four months away, two leading members of the ruling coalition at Newtown have become involved in a bitter war of words.In the blue corner is Carolyn...
View ArticleCash stolen in heist at butcher’s shop
Police are hunting a raider or raiders who swooped on a popular butcher’s shop in the Borders at Christmas.The festive crooks struck at the premises of G. W. Miller in Main Street, St Boswells, on...
View ArticleYoung guns look to rule the roost at Musselburgh
JEDBURGH athlete Craig Grieve hit the high spots this summer on the Borders Games scene when notching up wins at Earlston, Oxton, St Ronan’s and Tweedbank, writes John Slorance.Winter has since drifted...
View ArticlePolice step up probe in hunt for Hawick Horse desecration
POLICE have issued a fresh plea for help in their hunt for vandals who desecrated Hawick’s 1514 Memorial, writes Bob Burgess.The cherished town-centre Horse monument was erected in memory of Hawick’s...
View ArticleA tuneful start
Innerleithen is set for another musical start to the New Year with both town bands on duty on Sunday. The Silver Band will be on parade from 9am, marching around some of the streets of the town with...
View ArticleNew Year service
This Sunday, locum Marion Dodd will bring in the New Year with a 9.45am. service at Caddonfoot Church.
View ArticlePolice drive to put brakes on uninsured motorists
A POLICE crackdown on uninsured drivers resulted in 62 vehicles being seized by officers in the Borders during the five months to November 30.And most of the culprits did not have cover because they...
View ArticleCount our blessings as a new year dawns
Christmas is behind us and in a couple of days so too will be another year.Christmas will have been many different things to many different people – for some it will have brought joy and happiness,...
View ArticleHarsh turn to economy and weather
another severe winter – and the economic recovery that apparently bypassed our region – were reflected in these columns in the first six months of 2011.Lauder may still be divided over where its new...
View Articleopen country
Unusually it was me persuading Dad that we should go out hillwalking. Despite the fall of snow I believed the conditions on the hill would be favourable and not too difficult. The rangers’ route is too...
View ArticleWooplaw fires up the public’s interest in woodland
WOOPLAW Community Woodland has organised an event to look forward to after the festive period.The tree enthusiasts are holding a bonfire and barbecue event, Light up the Woodland, on Sunday, January...
View ArticleNew finds and stunning rewards
Here we are again at my annual look back at the Borders countryside as observed through my weekly ramblings. This week I will review the first half of the year and I will conclude next week.JANUARY:...
View ArticleSkyrian’s the limit for Sheilagh
A PRIZE-WINNING local vet is continuing work to save a small Greek pony breed.Jedburgh’s Sheilagh Brown, who won a top student prize and gained a first in equine science this year, took over the only...
View ArticleChime scene investigator
Jedburgh antiques dealer and clock expert Ron Turner makes sure one of his favourites – an eight-day mahogany clock with an enamel dial by Victorian maker James Patterson of Edinburgh – is in top...
View ArticleCourt in firing line
COUNCILLOR Kenneth Gunn is urging colleagues on Scottish Borders Council to fight the threat of closure to Selkirk Sheriff Court. He’s asked fellow Selkirkshire councillors Vicky Davidson and Carolyn...
View ArticleSouters will be up to speed with broadband
NEWS that Selkirk is one of the next 47 Scottish communities which will benefit from faster broadband services has been welcomed in the royal burgh, writes Mark Entwistle.Communications giant BT has...
View ArticleDeath threat man jailed
A MAN who attacked his former partner told police and court officials that he would jump into his car and kill himself if he was freed on bail.Sheriff Donald Corke took Evander MacRae’s threat...
View ArticleDesign logo for national contest
SCHOOLCHILDREN and students are invited to submit what they think should be the logo for Scotland’s National Food and Drink Conference next year.The winning design will be printed on shopping bags and...
View ArticleMelrose pupils’ drumtastic event
AT an event evoking the excitement of the classic Jack Black movie Rockschool, students of St Mary’s in Melrose gave full rein to their talent and enthusiasm when they performed a drum bash in front of...
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