Colin claims Castleholm sprint crown
Selkirk athletics coach Colin Bruce led by example last Friday when searing up the Castleholm track to take the 2015 Langholm Games Sprint title.Some heavy morning rain had been replaced by bright...
View ArticleCompany says scale of Dover-Calais chaos is the worst
A well-known Borders company has said the chaos at Dover and Calais has cost it more than £100,000 over the past five weeks.Migrants trying to get through the Eurotunnel, coupled with striking French...
View ArticleJust because I forgot to tell you doesn’t mean I don’t love you ...
There are always things we forget to do. Life is very busy. Things fall off the end of the world and get forgotten. Fact.Hopefully they are not super-important things, like remembering to pick up your...
View ArticleA colourful walk along the banks of the Ettrick
With little prospect of an improve-ment in the weather, I took the dog for a wander up my usual riverside route last Saturday morning. The swallows and martins were busy catching flying insects...
View ArticleRailway: use it or lose it – again
Whether you be a royalist or not, the news that the Queen is to open the Borders Railway on the day she becomes Britain’s longest-reigning monarch must be regarded as good news.HM will pass the...
View ArticleHols on hold while getting on with business
For many of us, summer is the most relaxing time of year – a season for barbecues, visits, day trips and, of course, holidays.As an MP, I’ve decided to fill my time working hard, here in the...
View ArticleEcclesiastical experience for a sparkling occasion
One-hundred-and-sixty-one years of ministerial experience came together on Sunday to help celebrate a Kelso couple’s diamond wedding.Five weeks ago, Alan Hall was appointed emeritus lay reader by the...
View ArticleChance meeting leads to Kathleen’s new franchise
A chance meeting provided Kathleen O’Donnell with the perfect formula to set up her own business.With more than 20 years’ teaching experience, latterly as a chemistry teacher, the 56-year-old has...
View ArticleSteel sounds out SNP in call for Lords shake-up
Former Borders MP and Liberal Party leader Lord Steel of Aikwood has stepped up calls for sweeping reforms of the House of Lords.Created a Lib Dem life peer in 1997, the 77-year-old, who lives in...
View ArticleGala Rotarians given a healthy outlook
Galashiels Rotarians are holding their annual family fun day in the Public Park on August 23 (noon-4pm).There will be something for everyone – bands, bouncy castles, sumo suits, novelty sports such as...
View ArticleNeutering – surely it’s the best policy
Because most domestic cats have access to outdoors it is obvious that they will reproduce given the opportunity. Tom cats have a natural drive to mate with as many females as possible and litter sizes...
View ArticleCouncil objection may scupper wind farm plan
Plans for a major wind farm in one of the most remote and scenic parts of the Borders – close to the source of the River Tweed – have been roundly opposed by councillors.With a generating capacity of...
View ArticleReal concern for our Borders woodlands
With autumn almost upon us, it is timely to think about the positive effects that trees have on our lives here in the Borders.The farmed landscape is a patchwork of different habitats, but it is the...
View ArticleBog watch after £80,000 work
Two traditional Borders peat bogs are being monitored after the completion of extensive work to restore them.The 25-hectare Drone Moss near Coldingham and the larger Whim Bog at Lamancha in...
View ArticleBranching out at Glentress
It already attracts more than 300,000 visitors a year and is rated one of the United Kingdom’s top mountain biking destinations.Glentress Forest near Peebles is also popular with walkers, bird-watchers...
View ArticleRural residents urged to answer questionnaire call
Residents of the Borders’ rural communities are being urged to take part in a questionnaire to improve their broadband.The Southern Uplands Partnership (SUP) has been commissioned by Community...
View ArticleKelso United taught lesson by Spartans
A young United team were given a lesson in finishing on Saturday from a clinical Spartans side.The Tweedsiders got off to the worst possible start going a goal down in the first two minutes and it was...
View ArticleCricket - Gala to the four against Kelso
Gala survived a nervy encounter with St.Boswells in Saturday’s East of Scotland Division One encounter, eventually winning by four wickets with 16 balls to spare.St.Boswells batted first and lost...
View ArticleFill in railway survey to be in with a chance of winning £50 in vouchers
Borderers are being asked to take part in a survey on the new Borders Railway.PBA, on behalf of Transport Scotland, is undertaking research to analyse the impacts of the Borders Railway on the...
View Article‘Makeover or takeover’ for Bandits
Berwick Speedway needs a ‘makeover or a takeover’ - that’s the message from the club.The Bandits are looking for further financial input and help, or face the possibility of closure this winter.The...
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