Charity hits out at snaring delays
AN ANIMAL welfare charity is accusing the Government of delaying implementing snaring regulations.The League Against Cruel Sports notes much of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act,...
View ArticleNew health centre plan for Lauder
LAUDER has taken another step towards seeing its new health centre housed at Crofts Road.A fresh application has been submitted by NHS Borders to build the facility, along with 18 car park spaces and...
View ArticleYoung footballer dies in New Year’s crash
EARLSTON Rhymers Football Club’s match against Lauder this Saturday has been postponed as a mark of respect to Scott Johnston, who died in a car crash on New Year’s Day.The 18-year-old was the...
View ArticleAnonymity pledge as hunt stepped up for Horse vandals
POLICE have issued a fresh plea for help in their hunt for vandals who desecrated Hawick’s 1514 Memorial, writes Bob Burgess.The cherished town-centre Horse monument was erected in memory of Hawick’s...
View ArticleHobby historian claims King Arthur in Yarrow grave
AN Edinburgh hobby historian is claiming the Yarrow Stone marks the grave of King Arthur, writes Sally Gillespie.Self-styled literary archaeologist Damian Bullen says academic consensus has the...
View ArticleVictory is sweet after 28‑year battle to trace PoW father
MORE than 60 years after their father was repatriated to Italy as a prisoner of war, never to see them again, Peebles twins Carlyn McCall and Janlyn Townley have finally been united with the missing...
View ArticleCabertson men meet their match in city side
Walkerburn 10Edinburgh Northern 10EAST DIVISION THREEUndefeated at home this season the Caberston boys home record was always likely to come under scrutiny from the visit of high-flying league leaders...
View ArticleDouble header was all about pride – and there was plenty on show
Melrose 47Peebles 20RBS REGIONAL CUP/BORDER LEAGUEATHOLL INNES reports from The GreenyardsIT was pensioners’ party time at The Greenyards on Saturday – a month late, but the crackers were pulled with...
View ArticleSoutra open days
THE medieval hospital site at Soutra will be the subject of three open days this Easter weekend.Now in its 26th year of a programme of archaeological study, the Soutra Hospital Research Project will be...
View ArticleMike’s Model T still going strong as it hits the ton
IT won’t get a message from the Queen, but Mike Povey will celebrate the 100th birthday of his Ford vintage car this year.The Ancrum enthusiast owns one of the oldest working Model Ts in Scotland, and...
View ArticleHorn’s last hurrah goes awry at Ainslie Park
Spartans 3Vale of Leithen 1EoS PREMIER DIVISIONDAVE RYCE reports from Ainslie ParkThings turned full circle as Robbie Horn took charge of Vale for the 51st, and last, time at the venue he made his...
View ArticleSwailes shoulder injury calls halt to match
KELSO UNITED’S game with Eyemouth was abandoned on Saturday with only six minutes gone after United midfielder Jamie Swailes fell awkwardly after challenging for a header.The shoulder injury was such...
View ArticleTyres stolen
POLICE are searching for thieves who stole four tyres worth £1,000 from a Land Rover Discovery in Kelso between 10am on December 30 and 8am on January 4.The culprits cut through wire fencing of a...
View ArticleFarm truck driver hurt
aN EDINBURGH man is recovering in hospital suffering from serious injuries after rolling his agricultural vehicle down an embankment near Peebles.The incident, in the early hours of last Friday, saw...
View Article‘We need to know’ – Hawick family’s agony a year after mum found dead
tHE daughter of a Hawick woman whose body was found a year ago still hopes the cause of her death will be discovered.This Wednesday is the first anniversary of Betty Brown being found in woods near a...
View ArticleMazda window hit
A BRICK has been thrown through the window of a car in Hawick.The red Mazda Five vehicle was attacked between 4pm on January 4 and 3.30pm the following day in Bourtree Terrace. Police are appealing for...
View ArticleMail van damaged
THE front windscreen of a Royal Mail van has been smashed while it was parked in Selkirk.The vehicle was targeted while in the sorting office yard at Market Place.Anyone with any information about the...
View ArticleFixtures frenzy
IT may be a bit chilly on the ground to be thinking about cricket yet, but it’s a case of the earlier the better for Selkirk Cricket Club, who received their 18-match fixture card for the forthcoming...
View ArticleA happy new year for golfers
SELKIRKWITHOUT a win last year Tom Welsh, aided by a rare bit of magic at the seventh where he had a scrumptious two, was in the prizes yet again.The winter handicap secretary – a kind and gentle man –...
View ArticleWetherspoon plan for Cross Keys will mean 40 Peebles jobs
AROUND 40 jobs will be created with the opening of a JD Wetherspoon premises in Peebles, TheSouthern can reveal.Scottish Borders Council (SBC) members on Monday supported the application by the pub and...
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