Serious accident on A68 near Earlston
Diversions are in place on the A68 following a serious accident between the Ravenswood roundabout and Earlston.Police were called to the accident, half a mile north of the Ravenswood roundabout, at...
View ArticleBorders B&B wins award for offering warmest welcome in Scotland
Kingsmuir House in Peebles has been named as the best bed-and-breakfast or guesthouse in in the country at the 25th Scottish Thistle Awards’ national final.The Springhill Road B&B was the Borders’...
View ArticlePolice ask St Andrews residents to check their outbuildings in search for Duncan
Police searching for missing Duns student Duncan Sim have released a CCTV image of him, taken on the night he disappeared.Nineteen-year-old Duncan was last seen at around 11.15pm on Wednesday, March...
View ArticleFatal crash on A68 near Earlston
Police are appealing for witnesses following a road traffic collision on the A68 where a 54-year-old man sadly died.The collision happened between Earlston and the Ravenswood Roundabout at around...
View ArticleHawick defy the odds with demolition job on Melrose
Hawick 38, Melrose 3Hawick complete the great escape, avoiding relegation from the BT Premiership with a dominating performance over Melrose at Mansfield Park Saturday.After weeks of talk on what...
View ArticlePutting brakes on car use wins awards for active youngsters in Borders
Youngsters have been rewarded for putting themselves on the right path for healthier futures by shunning their parents’ cars for their school runs in favour of bikes, scooters or their feet.Shields...
View ArticleKelso public toilets hit by vandals
Police in Kelso have launched an investigation after the public toilets at Shedden Park were vandalised. The officers have raised a social media appeal for witnesses to the event, which occurred...
View ArticleA £100,000 donation makes The Difference
An astounding donation of £100,000 from Border Caring Services has helped the charity behind the appeal to extend and refurbish the Macmillan centre at the Borders General Hospital soar past its...
View ArticleA7 reopens after accident
The A7 has reopened to traffic after an accident between the Selirk and the Kingsnowe roundabout for its closure for over three hours this afternoon.Police Scotland say the incident, which happened...
View ArticleJedburgh sex attacker warned he faces prison
A sex attacker has been warned he faces being sent to prison after admitting indecently assaulting a woman and girl he thought were asleep at the time.David Blair, 51, admitted indecently assaulting a...
View ArticleJobs at risk as Carpetright eyes store closures
Embattled retailer Carpetright has put jobs under threat as it draws up sweeping restructuring plans which will close poorly-performing stores and see it tap investors for up to £60 million.The group,...
View ArticleAlisdair’s set to represent the exiles of Selkirk
Flying the flag for Selkirk’s Colonial Society on this year’s common riding day is Alisdair Lindsay Piercy, who lives in Toronto, Canada.The 39-year-old was appointed unanimously by Colonial Society...
View ArticleAdrian: ‘This will be an interesting year’
The tight community of West Linton were introduced to their main man on Friday, as Adrian Jackson was named as the village’s Whipman Elect.Adrian, who is 42, will be supported by his Lass, wife Fiona,...
View ArticleSearch and rescue unit finds itself at the top in locality funding votes
Community projects across the Borders have benefited from the first tranche of payments from Scottish Borders Council’s £500,000 Localities Bid Fund.More than £200,000 was available during this first...
View ArticleHawick Resilience Group to hold training exercise
Hawick’s new community resilience group is gearing up for its first training exercise next month, in the form of a simulated missing persons search. Aided by Police Scotland and the Tweed Valley...
View ArticleAbbotsford Arms Hotel demolition is given go-ahead
A historic part of Galashiels town centre will be knocked down this spring now planners have given the go-ahead the demolition of the former Abbotsford Arms Hotel in Stirling Street.The building, once...
View ArticleBorders schools XC event provides exciting close finish
The Borders Schools Cross-Country Championships, organised by the Scottish Borders Athletics Development Group, in conjunction with Live Borders, took place recently at Netherdale, Galashiels.Well over...
View ArticleChris ready to take on job of Yarrow warden
The clampdown on anti-social campers around the St Mary’s Loch area begins this weekend. Ettrick and Yarrow Community Council has commissioned the new warden service as a response to so-called wild...
View ArticleJedburgh band gets Scots fans singing in Rome
More than 30,000 Scots invaded the Eternal City at the weekend as Scotland took on Italy in the final fixture of this year’s Six Nations tournament.And in that number was a huge contingent of Borderers...
View ArticleGala supporters lead Doddie Gump through Rome
Two Galashiels pipers and a drummer helped lead 5,000 Scottish rugby supporters two and a half miles through Rome to its Stadio Olimpico on Saturday.The so-called march of 1,000 headbands to the Italy...
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