Fine show at Peebles as neccessary refreshments are topped up twice
Peebles may not be in the Highlands, but the town can sure pull off a superb Games, as was proved on Saturday in the town’s Hay Lodge Park.Somehow, organisers managed to fit in a hotly-contested...
View ArticleEna urges Borderers to register as donors
Borderers have been urged to sign up to be organ donors this week, by a woman who is still alive because someone else did just that.Ena Mitchell, of Henderland Farm in the Yarrow Valley, is trustee of...
View ArticleAuthor Claire’s hoping for the teenage vote
Innerleithen-based author and teacher Claire McFall has made the shortlist for the inaugural Scottish Teenage Book Prize.Set up to celebrate the most popular teenage books by Scottish authors, the...
View ArticleAnti-bullying group to hold rally in region
A national campaign highlighting the plight of bullying victims is coming to the Borders this weekend.Bikes Against Bullies, a new organisation, is holding an inaugural rally at St Mary’s Loch, north...
View ArticleCharities rideout well supported
The Selkirk Ex-Standard Bearers Association held its annual Charities and Good Causes Rideout on Sunday, with more than 100 riders taking part.The conditions for the ride was just about perfect, the...
View ArticlePipes are calling at Innerleithen once more
Not only are the pipes calling at Innerleithen this weekend, but they’re calling loudly enough to lure a band all the way from Switzerland.The Pipes and Drums of Basel are making a rare excursion...
View ArticleMore schools set to shut as cost-cutting review begins
The closures of three Borders schools were confirmed this week, and more are set to follow now a radical overhaul of education provision in the region has got under way.Further decisions on primary...
View ArticleLong way from perfection but on right track
This week marks the first birthday of the rebirth of the Borders Railway, the 35-mile line reconnecting the region to Edinburgh.While the service has seen more passengers through its automatic doors...
View ArticleTweedbank toilets welcomed
Scottish Borders Council leader David Parker has welcomed the news that ScotRail is to have toilets and a kiosk built at the line’s Tweedbank terminus early next year.He said: “I am delighted that...
View ArticleNew trade waste scheme on way at recycling centres
Scottish Borders Council is bringing in a trade waste permit scheme at six of its community recycling centres.A trade waste permit will allow businesses to dispose of their waste legally across the...
View ArticleU-turn will lead to lower speed limit at accident blackspot
Council chiefs and police officers have done a U-turn and agreed to rethink their previous refusal to bring in a 40mph speed limit at an accident blackspot on the A72 on the outskirts of...
View ArticlePlea for business rates holiday turned down
A bid to give struggling traders in Hawick’s High Street a six-month ‘holiday’ from paying business rates has been summarily rejected.The proposal was submitted to Scottish Borders Council last week by...
View ArticleGardening award
John Pollock, chairman of St Boswells Community Council, right, presents the village’s best garden trophy to Peter Colebrook of Capilaw Road, St Boswells. Mr Pollock said: “Mr Colebrook not only keeps...
View ArticleRevealed: The Top 10 most unusual music requests at funerals
A Top 10 with a difference has been revealed - of the most unusual music requests made for funerals.The list includes rock songs such as Highway to Hell and Another One Bites The Dust, disco-era...
View ArticleSix and a half years in jail
A man who repeatedly stabbed another male with two knives in a brutal street attack has been jailed for six and a half years.Robert Gregg,39, attacked Rory Morrison with the blades at Marmion Road,...
View ArticleLibby strikes gold in Rio
Borders sprinter Libby Clegg survived a protest from a rival runner to reach the T11 100m final in Rio – and deliver Scotland’s first gold medal of the Paralympic Games. The Newcastleton athlete beat...
View ArticleBritain’s oldest tiger, star of Esso TV ads, dies aged 22
Britain’s oldest tiger, who featured in the iconic Esso fuel adverts, has passed away at the age of 22. Tango was made famous when he was one of seven tigers who featured in Esso’s ‘put a tiger in your...
View ArticleOrienteers out and about
The autumn orienteering season got off to a great start with a three-event weekend in the Kingussie area, incorporating Scottish League races at sprint and classic.The first race of middle distance saw...
View ArticleLibby aiming for second gold medal
Hopes remain high that sprinter Libby Clegg can land a double gold triumph at the Paralympics in Rio. The Newcastleton athlete is safely through to the final of the T11 200 metres final, having already...
View ArticleGreggs introduces ‘healthy’ pasties in lower calorie drive
Those who relish the greasy-lipped indulgence of a fatty Greggs treat, look away now.For the UK’s largest bakery chain has doubled down on its healthier offerings, unveiling a new sourdough pasty, made...
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