Melrose mountain rescue team base now up and running
Tweed Valley Mountain Rescue Team has marked its forthcoming golden anniversary by holding an official opening of its new base in Melrose.The team took over the former Melrose fire station, closed in...
View ArticleJethart Callant and Langholm Cornet to be named this week
This year’s Langholm Cornet will be named this week.The election of 2018’s cornet takes place on Friday night, May 11, in the town’s Buccleuch Centre. Two candidates, both born and brought up in...
View ArticleFears raised that lynx could deter tourists from coming to Borders
Letting lynx loose south of Carter Bar could scare away more tourists than it attracts, environment chiefs have been warned.The Lynx UK Trust has applied for consent for a trial release of six of the...
View ArticleBorders nursery worker struck off
Nicola Jeffrey was found guilty of shaking a child’s arm after he had injured it, and referring to others as “ugly” and “sloth-like”.She also grabbed and pulled a one-year-old by the wrist, frightened...
View ArticleHeroin worth £3,500 seized by police in Galashiels
A man has been arrested and charged following a seizure of class-A drugs in Galashiels.Police officers on patrol in the town’s Beech Avenue on Friday, May 4, discovered the drugs while carrying out a...
View ArticleBorders hotel going it alone after ending French connection
A Borders hotel is going it alone after cutting its ties with multinational brand Mercure.Eddleston’s Barony Castle Hotel is now an independent business again after its owners decided to end a...
View ArticleGalashiels drug accused jailed for stealing DVDs
A 27-year-old man is in custody following the seizure by police of heroin worth an estimated £3,500 in Galashiels.Police officers on patrol in the town’s Beech Avenue last Friday, May 4, found theat...
View ArticleGalashiels man facing rape allegation
A man appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court today, May 8, to face a charge of raping a woman in Galashiels almost two years ago.Lee Scott, of Beech Avenue, Galashiels, is alleged to have committed that...
View ArticleRBS chief says bank will continue with closure plans
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s chief executive has hailed “exciting plans for the future” less than two weeks before widespread branch closures are set to begin.Appearing before the Scottish affairs...
View ArticleWalkerburn Bowling Club arsonist spared prison sentence
A man responsible for burning down a Borders bowling clubhouse, causing £67,000 worth of damage and destroying treasured artefacts and mementos, has been allowed to walk free from Selkirk Sheriff...
View ArticleLead singer of Selkirk band Frightened Rabbit reported missing
The lead singer of Borders indie rock band Frightened Rabbit has been reported missing.Scott Hutchison, 36, originally from Selkirk, has been reported missing from Dennistoun, Glasgow, by his...
View ArticleMain man Jamie chosen to lead St Ronan’s Games
Jamie Boyd has been unveiled as the young man chosen to carry the blue banner of St Ronan this summer. St Ronan’s Border Games chairman Alan Patterson introduced the 24-year-old to townsfolk as...
View ArticleLauder Cornet Chris can’t wait to get stuck in
This year’s Lauder Cornet and standard bearer for the royal and ancient burgh is Chris Rogerson. The 21-year-old, of Burncastle Farm, was given a rousing reception as he was unveiled to the town at...
View ArticleTom and Natasha ready to take the lead at Yetholm Festival
A large crowd gathered outside Yetholm’s Plough Hotel on Friday night to hear the announcement of this year’s Bari Gadgi, Tom Grindell, and Bari Manushi, Natasha Gray.The pair were greeted by friends...
View ArticleSun brings out crowds at Kelso Sevens
Poynder Park was the place to be on Saturday as this year’s Kings of the Sevens series continued into round seven.Somewhere shy of 1,000 supporters lined the bankings and packed the stands in Kelso as...
View ArticleRecords numbers head to the Haugh for Earlston Sevens
Records crowds flocked to the Haugh on Sunday as Earlston became the latest Borders town to host an action-packed, sunshine-graced day of rugby. And round eight of this year’s King of the Sevens...
View ArticleHawick Cornet Gareth humbled to lead first rideouts
Glorious sunshine got new Hawick Cornet Gareth Renwick’s twice-weekly timetable of rideouts off to a perfect start on Saturday.The 22-year-old, appointed a week ago yesterday, took his place at the...
View ArticleMinisters urged to act now to stop our roads going to pot
A campaigning councillor is urging the Scottish Government to rethink its funding formula for repairing ravaged roads in the Borders.Hawick and Hermitage councillor Davie Paterson is backing the...
View ArticleVeteran touch as Selkirk march into cup final
Two days before turning 50, Selkirk coach Ian Fergus named himself as a substitute – and came on in the final minute – as his team powered its way into the Lowland League Cup Final.The Souters defeated...
View ArticleWeak defending and lack of discipline proves Jed’s undoing
Poor defending and ill-discipline signalled Jed-Forest’s downfall on Saturday as a very successful season came crashing to a sad end.The Riverside Park side were defeated 46-0 by Glasgow Hawks in a BT...
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