Fairydean Rovers fight back to gain points over favourites
Gala Fairydean RVRS3East Kilbride2Gala Fairydan Rovers produced a stirring fight back to secure all three points when beating East Kilbride last Saturday.The big-spending visitors had won both their...
View ArticleNumber fears dashed at run
Despite concerns over a lack of entrants to the annual Philiphaugh Hill Run, when the day came, it proved to be just as successful as previous years.Over 120 people turned out and organisers were...
View ArticleGrouse season struggle
It should be a highlight in the country sports calendar, but the start of the 2015 grouse season could be the most difficult in many years.Borders moorland has seen some of the worst breeding...
View ArticleOpen to the public: fabulous facility, or tin can?
The impressive £5.2million Galashiels Transport Interchange building was officially opened last Thursday – one month ahead of the opening of the Borders Railway – and the building opened up to the...
View ArticleDrunken man spat at Hawick police officer
A drunken man, found bloodied and half-naked sitting in a flower bed at Hawick’s Horse monument, later spat in the face of a police officer.James Jackson claimed to have no recollection of his...
View ArticleSelkirk swoop on unsuspecting Spartans
A touch of midweek magic from Phil Addison and Gary O’Connor, well backed up by the rest of their revitalised team, saw Selkirk beat Lowland League giants Spartans last night.The former Scotland man...
View ArticleA building that’s finger-lickin’ good
Council leader David Parker put to rest several rumours about what was going to be in the new Transport Interchange at the opening of the new facility, in a jokey aside.If all the rumours of the past...
View ArticleTime capsule buried at site of TI
At the opening of the Galashiels Transport Interchange last week, a further plaque, marking the burial of a time capsule at the site, was unveiled by Councillor Gordon Edgar, SBC executive member for...
View ArticleMelrose link to Arctic ghost ship mystery
Efforts are under way to restore a unique Melrose memorial to a local seafarer who perished on the doomed Victorian expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage.In 1845, maverick Royal Navy captain...
View ArticleBest in Borders goal for new Vale boss Lawson
He may be 66-years old, or young as he prefers to call it, but new Vale of Leithen manager Mike Lawson has absolutely no inclination to hang his boots up yet.In fact, the former Spartans and Whitehill...
View ArticleGolden girl Lucy serves up a treat in LA
Kelso tennis ace Lucy Porteous has returned from the Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los Angeles with gold and bronze medals.A former Southern Reporter Sports Personality of the Year, the...
View ArticleArrest made in vandal hunt
A male has been arrested and charged after a spate of vandalism in Hawick. Four vehicles in North Bridge Street were damaged, along with a window at Hawick Library and a window in Allars Crescent on...
View ArticleGalashiels’ gateway to the Borders
Galashiels Transport Interchange this week opened its doors to the public – the official bash involving the great and the good was last Thursday.The building comes at a cost of just in excess of...
View ArticleDays out for the dads
Galashiels residents are being encouraged to get involved in the wide range of activities taking place at the Langlee Early Years Centre. As well as the normal activities on offer at the centre, such...
View ArticleTrimontium Trust members take a walk on the wall side
“Thanks for a wonderful day” was a comment that summed up the Trimontium Trust’s visit to the central sector of the Antonine Wall last Saturday.Last year’s visit to the eastern sector was a wet review,...
View ArticleCouncil’s tapestry decision under fire
Nine objections have been lodged against a planning application for a £6million visitor centre for the Great Tapestry of Scotland at Tweedbank.With just a week remaining for public comments to be...
View ArticleFunding needed to cure op cancellations
It was disappointing to see that for the second month in a row, NHS Borders had one of the highest rates of operations cancelled in Scotland because of resource issues.The latest figures show that...
View ArticleSelkirk A put Peebles under friendly fire
Selkirk A47Peebles 2nds7Selkirk A kicked off their season with a friendly fixture against Peebles 2nds at Philiphaugh on Saturday. In an entertaining and hard-fought contest, the Souters ran in seven...
View ArticleMe and the YMs lost in France ... and loving every minute of it
We are just back from a fabulous holiday on the west coast of France. It was always going to be a good holiday, a great holiday even, but it became fabulous by default. And it happened through that...
View ArticleBeaky’s not as peaky as you would have thought
Our garden peanut feeders are still as busy as ever with the peanuts needing replenished every second day, but virtually the only species involved is the house sparrow. With three and four at a time,...
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