Band ends year on a high note
THE Scottish Borders Pipe Band which swept the board this year has been promoted to Grade 3 – and will face tougher challenges in 2012.The world champions, comprising mostly of pipers and drummers from...
View ArticleHome complex Christmas trees stolen – again
A SUSPECTED Boxing Day prank has left some elderly people in Galashiels dismayed.CCTV footage at the sheltered housing complex, Corn Mill Court in St John Street, shows two men stealing two small...
View ArticleSpeed cameras in focus across region
MOBILE speed cameras are currently in operation at the following locations within the Borders: A7 at Heriot and Stow; A68 Soutra; A701 Cowdenburn and Romanno Bridge; A702 Dolphinton; A703 Edinburgh...
View ArticleHot times in Dragon’s Den
CREATIVE youngsters at Tweedbank had a chance to shine in the run-up to the festive season – they came up with inventions and pitched them to a Dragon’s Den.Walkerburn’s Ross Dickinson, inventor of the...
View ArticleAndrea, Borders champion of victims of abuse, is honoured
A BORDERS expert on domestic abuse has been named as this year’s winner of one of the region’s most prestigious awards.Andrea Beavon, from Bowden, is the violence against women and domestic abuse...
View ArticleChildren’s crisis feared as SBC aims to recruit foster parents
UP to 15 new foster parents are needed immediately to help cope with the increasing number of children coming into the care of Scottish Borders Council (SBC).The local authority intends launching a...
View ArticlePlay frame vandalised
MINDLESS vandals carried out a pre-Christmas attack on a new climbing frame at Shedden Park in Kelso last Thursday night, only four days after workers completed the boat-shaped structure. The 20cm...
View ArticleEttrick councillor slams homes plan
COUNCIL planners moved last week to ensure new affordable houses built around the village of Ettrick meet the highest possible standards.But their efforts were branded “pointless” by a community...
View ArticleHigh fives as Mary’s a great-great-grandmother
A NEW baby is a special time for anyone, but for Eilidh Marshall, from near Duns, the arrival of Carys means her family has expanded to five generations.Born on November 5 at 8lb 11oz, Carys, a first...
View ArticleNew code to keep deer sustainable
A NEW deer code aimed at helping farmers and stalkers co-operate to manage the wild herd came into effect earlier this week, writes Sally Gillespie.Developed by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the...
View ArticleBarnardo’s plea for unwanted Chrsitmas gifts
BORDERERS are being urged to recycle and ‘re-gift’ their unwanted Christmas presents to help vulnerable children in the year ahead, and help bring festive cheer to those who have gone without....
View ArticleCouncil tax freeze ‘may last for six more years’
THE region’s council tax payers could be set to enjoy another six years with no rises in what they pay – if Scottish Borders Council leader David Parker is right.Mr Parker was speaking this week after...
View ArticleLibrary hours cut, despite user surge
AMID warnings that it could become an issue at next May’s local government elections, Scottish Borders Council has unanimously agreed to merge library and contact centre services in six towns.The move,...
View ArticleBGH car parks last refuge of smokers in NHS Borders tobacco clampdown
HEALth chiefs in the Borders are to extend the ban on smoking to all its grounds and car parks from New Year’s Day.They say the aim of revising their tobacco policy is to “maximise health improvement”...
View ArticlePolice probe Hawick vandalism and renew Horse plea
A SPATE of mindless New Year vandalism in the Burnfoot area of Hawick has prompted an appeal for witnesses from the police, writes Andrew Keddie.The most serious incident took place at Wilton Cemetery...
View ArticleWin a copy of 2011 MotoGP hardback
Now in its eighth year, the acclaimed official MotoGP Season Review 2011 is a must-read for all followers of the world’s most exciting and extreme motorsport.This high-quality hardback describes how...
View ArticleFrom Ascot to Kelso: the treats keep coming for top bookie Andy
Everyone wants to be friends with Selkirk’s bookie of the year – because he’s taking a party of 60 to Kelso races.Andy Bennett, crowned last month as the Racing Post/SIS Betting Shop Manager of the...
View ArticleGalloping Gala raise Border League fears
Gala 111 Langholm 0BORDER LEAGUELaing Speirs reports from NetherdaleTHIS game posed no problems for Gala, but left a major query hanging over the future of the Border League.A few more results of this...
View ArticleSouters make sure of the bragging rights
Selkirk 13 Melrose 8RBS Regional CupStuart Cameron reports from PhiliphaughTHERE were no trophies to play for at Philiphaugh when Selkirk met Melrose for the first tussle of this new year but if you...
View Articlelandlines
There are times when a gale is howling; dust, straw, bits of plastic bag and netting flying; roofs shaking, doors banging, a tree wobbling, cattle getting twitchy and tempers fraying that I wonder...
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