Village’s odd couple rises to the laughter challenge
WITH a racy script perfectly realised and superb stagecraft throughout, St Boswells Drama Club scored a notable hit last week with a three-night village hall run of the female version of Neil Simon’s...
View ArticleLandfill windfall
Three local projects are being recommended for approval by Scottish Borders Council for funding from a pot of £76,638.20 made available by the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF).Lauder Golf Club has...
View ArticleKids urged to bring bogies to Deholm
This year’s Border Bogie Challenge, a fast-paced, time-trial race in a homemade cartie down a hill on rural country roads around Denholm on May 26, is hoping to turbo-boost its youth participation this...
View ArticleVariety is dramatic spice of life in Lauder Public Hall
LAUDER Amateur Dramatic Society is proving this week that variety is the spice of unbeatable entertainment.The long-established community group opened its annual production last night (Wednesday) with...
View ArticleCross-border club comes to the end of the road
TODAY will mark the final get-together of the rural Cross-Border Club in Yetholm.The group was started by farmers’ wives in Yetholm, Morebatttle and Northumberland about 15 years ago for women who...
View ArticleMusical feast to end region’s operatic season
THERE’s a feast in store for music lovers next week with not one, but two, major productions to bring the 2012 amateur operatic season to a climactic conclusion, writes Andrew Keddie.In Innerleithen,...
View ArticleNo strings attached as puppet fun comes to the Borders
THE Borders is once again hosting performances and screenings as part of the Puppet Animation Festival.Selkirk, Peebles and Coldingham will stage the event over the Easter holidays, as the festival...
View ArticleDetection is key to cancer fight
ROADSHOWS aiming to raise public awareness of the benefits of detecting cancer in its early stages will take place in the Borders in the coming week.The events, part of a £30million drive by the...
View ArticleAward-winners are inspiration to us all
The 13th Adult Learners Awards, which champions Borderers’ achievement in learning, was held at a ceremony in Galashiels on Tuesday evening.“The winners had remarkable stories to tell,” revealed the...
View ArticleThe April 5 year end - plan to save tax now
With the end of the tax year fast approaching, now is a good time to review your business and personal finances to ensure that they are as tax-efficient as possible. In this guide we consider some of...
View ArticlePupils give positive response to career choice website
Pupils at Galashiels Academy are benefiting from a brand new service helping them to plan their careers.Fourth year students Catherine MacKenzie and Heather Dunlop last week gave the website My World...
View ArticleTrusts’ bid for Borders ‘national park’ pipped at the price post
CONSERVATIONISTS have failed in their attempt to buy “probably the best bit of wild land in the Borders”, writes Sally Gillespie.Despite putting together a bid in excess of the £1.1million sought,...
View ArticleVehicles to plug police gap
A MOVE to deploy two new police community contact vehicles (CCVs) in the Borders has been welcomed by the councillor who opposed proposals to sell off three police stations last year, writes Andrew...
View ArticleThere’s a rhyme and a reason why Isobel remains proud of Easter Langlee roots
ALTHOUGH long exiled in Dumfries, Isobel Rainey keeps abreast of events in her native Galashiels via TheSouthern’s website.And the 71-year-old gran admitted this week to a mixture of incredulity,...
View ArticleInnerleithen crosses the finishing line in race for superfast broadband
INNERLEITHEN has reached the finish line, with superfast broadband now available to 2,000 homes and firms.And it is expected to become the first place in Scotland to receive ultra-fast speeds later in...
View ArticleTeenage SBC candidate ditches Labour
CRAIG Bryson, bidding to become the youngest-ever elected member of Scottish Borders Council, has ditched the Labour Party and will stand in the Hawick and Denholm ward as an Independent, writes Andrew...
View ArticleClovenfords raises concerns over wind farm site
SELKIRK Regeneration Group (SRG) will meet Clovenfords community councillors next month after villagers expressed concern over one of its potential wind farm sites.Voting has ended in a public ballot...
View ArticleCampaigners launch bid to raise £160,000 and save Crook Inn for Tweedsmuir...
The Tweedsmuir Community Company (TCC) is launching a fundraising appeal for £160,000 to buy The Crook Inn after it secured a binding contract obliging the current owner to sell it to them – provided...
View ArticleMissing bird of prey
A peregrine falcon has escaped from an enclosure in Bonchester Bridge near Hawick over a week ago, and its owners and local police have appealled for any witnesses who can help secure the bird of...
View ArticleFollowing in the footsteps of Antarctic giants
In November 2008, three intrepid men started a unique three-month expedition to the South Pole, following in the footsteps of the illustrious pioneers, led by Ernest Shackleton, who had, in 1909, came...
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