Comeback kings rule the roost at Mansfield Park
TAKE That, Dallas and John Travolta ... add to that list of great comebacks Selkirk’s extraordinary second-half performance which secured a dramatic win at Hawick.Trailing 23-5 at half-time, the...
View ArticleSex games killer’s bid to cut jail term is rejected
APPEAL court judges have refused to reduce the nine-year jail term handed down to killer Eliska Novotna.The 23-year-old stabbed her housemate to death after being involved in sex games at their home on...
View ArticleFingers crossed for Yarrow and Ettrick Show
THE organisers of Yarrow and Ettrick Show are hoping the good weather holds for the event near Selkirk on Saturday.The Yarrow and Ettrick Pastoral Society’s showyard committee gave the event the...
View ArticleSheep trade holding its own, despite setbacks, association believes
FAIR to middling might sum up the chairman of the National Sheep Association Scotland’s view of trade just now.Heriot producer Jimmy Sinclair of Crookston was commenting on the state of the sheep...
View ArticleRam sales growing
NUMBERS are up on last year for next Friday’s tup sales in Kelso. Nearly 5,550 rams are entered to the famous sales on September 14, an increase of 280 on last year Ron Wilson, secretary of the Border...
View ArticleSchoolchildren to be given grounding in agriculture
MORE than 150 schoolchildren will find out about farming at a workshop in Peeblesshire on Wednesday.The Royal Highland Education Trust (RHET) and local farmers are holding the food and farming day at...
View ArticleWedding gowns get chance of second outing
WOMEN are being invited to don wedding dresses for a special ball in Galashiels in aid of a cancer charity close to the heart of a local woman.The event is being organised by Newtown St Boswells nurse...
View ArticleBorderers help Packer to hit 2,012 mile target for 2012
BORDERS ramblers, cadets and Scouts have taken part in a national walk to help raise £15million for young people.They hiked five miles near Peebles with former soldier Phil Packer MBE.In 2008 after...
View ArticleWind farm turbine cut fails to placate planners
ENERGY bosses behind plans for a a controversial wind farm near Lauder, say they are disappointed with the decision to refuse the project planning consent and are now taking time to consider their next...
View ArticleCash spent on council offices a necessity, says SBC leader Parker
LOCAL authority leader David Parker this week defended the decision to spend more than £80,000 on improvements to offices at Scottish Borders Council headquarters in Newtown St Boswells, with a...
View ArticleTime running out to seek CAB help with fuel bills
THERE is just a week remaining for people in the Roxburghshire and Berwickshire areas to get support through a pilot scheme being run to tackle fuel poverty.The local Citizens’ Advice Bureau is one of...
View ArticleArea forums expected to respond to community needs
IMPROVED versions of the former council area committees are to be set up as a way of allowing Scottish Borders Council to engage more with local communities, writes Mark Entwistle.Last week, the...
View ArticleTories quick to criticise as council goes for administrative shake-up
BARELY a week old and already the scheme of administration created to oversee the running of Scottish Borders Council is being attacked as not fit for purpose.The criticism came from Conservatives who...
View ArticleTattoo charge
A man accused of carrying out tattooing services without a licence will stand trial on October 2.Barry Call, 27, of Church Square, Galashiels, denies carrying out a tattooing business without a licence...
View ArticleTrial date
A Peebles man who denies assaulting a nurse at Borders General Hospital will stand trial on December 11, with an intermediate hearing on November 19.Gordon Craig, 60, of Elliots Park, pleaded not...
View ArticleAwards put the spotlight on Borders’ young entrepreneurs
PRAISE was heaped on the area’s young entrepreneurs at an awards ceremony this week.Presentations were made to winners in the Borders section of the Prince’s Trust Youth Business Scotland awards.Top...
View ArticleSBC hits back at pay accusation
A WAR of words has broken out between Scottish Borders Council and the Taxpayers’ Alliance (TPA) over claims that this region has some of the highest paid councillors in the UK, writes Mark...
View ArticleBorders searchers find missing woman’s body
A BORDERS search team found the body of a woman on Tuesday afternoon while helping police look for a missing West Lothian female, writes Adam Drummond. The body was discovered by members of the Borders...
View ArticleMeeting needs of dyslexia sufferers
DYSLEXIA Scotland’s Borders branch meets in Kelso tonight to look at helping people with the condition at school and in the workplace.The meeting at the Cross Keys Hotel (7pm) is open to everyone...
View ArticleKelso schooldays continue to be an inspiration for BBC journalist
bBC journalist and former Kelso High School pupil Kevin Young was the recipient of his former alma mater’s freedom award at a ceremony last Thursday.The Celebration of Achievement Evening took place at...
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