Win tickets to In:Demand Live
SCOTLAND’s biggest pop event is back – and TheSouthern has two pairs of tickets to give away for In:Demand Live.This year’s In:Demand Live takes place on Sunday, May 20, at the SECC, Glasgow, and will...
View ArticleTower has it covered
Smailholm Tower has been placed on the shortlist for the UK Roofing Awards 2012.The 15th-century building, which is said to have proved inspirational to Sir Walter Scott, received funding for an...
View ArticleReunion kicks off school celebrations
A REUNION of former pupils of Walkerburn Primary School will be held later this month.It is the first of three events planned to mark the 35-pupil school’s 150th anniversary.And it will take place on...
View ArticleCollege student heading for London after making cut in Wella regionals
A BORDERS College hairdressing student will compete at national finals in London later this year, writes Sally Gillespie.One of only five students selected from Scotland for the Wella Xposure final in...
View ArticlePolice board approves contact vehicles
LOTHIAN and Borders Police Board have offset the loss of three rural Borders stations by approving the purchase of two new community contact vehicles at a cost of £50,000, writes Kenny Paterson.The...
View ArticleArtist gets to work on designing Kelso cross
KELSO Square could soon have its own modern market cross, writes Sally Gillespie.Morebattle artist Paul Grime is coming up with ideas for the £40,000 Sainsbury’s gave to the town when the supermarket...
View ArticleHawick choir celebrates its 80th birthday with a star-studded bash
THE Hawick PSA Male Voice Choir celebrated their 80th birthday with a concert in front of a large and appreciative audience. The choir under musical director Ann Witherington and accompanist Lyndon...
View ArticleKelso company to the rescue
Border Search and Rescue Team has taken possession of a new Land Rover Defender, supplied by Kelso firm Lloyd Land Rover.Fully kitted for off-road work, the Defender will make a massive contribution to...
View ArticleFears voiced over sex-crime offenders
THE chairman of Galashiels Community Council has called for those on the sex offenders list to be classified, writes Kenny Paterson.Bill White made his comments at the council’s April meeting after a...
View ArticleBusinessman claims voters have rejected community wind farm plan
A BUSINESSMAN who waged a personal campaign against the region’s first community wind farm being developed in Selkirk has demanded that the project should now be ditched.“It would be grave injustice...
View ArticleSNP under fire over votes for teenage soldiers
A BORDERS ex-army officer has accused the local Scottish National Party of misleading voters with claims that teenage boys in uniform are really “fighting” soldiers and as such should be allowed to...
View ArticleNo solution in sight for bottleneck congestion
NO plan is yet in place to fix a troublesome bottleneck junction in Galashiels.Queues are often lengthy at the narrow Hall Street junction which merges onto busy Island Street near the centre of...
View ArticleAuthor on the road to more fame
THE Galashiels author of a famous Scottish lullaby could have a street named after him on one of the Borders largest housing estates. National developer Persimmon has put forward Coulter Avenue to...
View ArticleChloe’s face fits for Stobo Castle
PEEBLESSHIRE health spa Stobo Castle has chosen a new Face of Stobo.Ayrshire 19-year-old Chloe Campbell, pictured, triumphed from more than 350 entries across Scotland.Stobo Castle managing director...
View ArticleEarlston fundraiser to take on Abbotsford House task
EARLSTON’S Lorna Duncan has been appointed Abbotsford House major gifts fundraising manager, as the estate attempts to find a further £3.7million to secure the property’s long-term future.The...
View ArticleFormer hotel site set for makeover
THE people of Stow will get three months to air their views on the future of the former Royal Hotel site, writes Kenny Paterson.Scottish Borders Council’s planning committee on Monday passed a planning...
View ArticleCall for policy review on affordable housing
IT is asking too much of private builders to demand that 25 per cent of the houses they build on any particular site should be affordable, writes Andrew Keddie.That is the view of Councillor Carolyn...
View ArticleQualification demand for managers puts nurseries ‘under threat’, warns...
FEARS for the long-term future of nurseries, playgroups and out of school clubs run by the independent and voluntary sector in the Borders have been voiced this week.According to John Paton-Day, who is...
View ArticleSchool bus firm sanctioned
A BUS firm which holds three school contracts with Scottish Borders Council in Peeblesshire has been sanctioned by the Traffic Commissioner.McKendry’s Coaches, based in Loanhead, Midlothian, had two...
View ArticleNew book maps out archaeological legacy of Romans’ failed conquest
THE Borders features strongly in a new book which reveals the true extent of the Roman Empire’s attempts to conquer Scotland and explores the archaeological legacy left behind by its legions. Roman...
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