43-year-old admits threatening to blow up Hawick police station
An ex-Royal Navy serviceman has been ordered to carry out unpaid work after admitting making five threatening calls to Police Scotland in the space of 24 hours.Fraser Miller, 43, in the Navy for 10...
View ArticleIt’s a family affair as Hawick fundraiser is presented with British Empire Medal
A Borders fundraiser has been presented with the British Empire Medal she was awarded at the start of the year for her services to charity.Isabella Halliday, more commonly known as Isobel, was given...
View ArticleStaff suspensions have cost Scottish Borders Council £250,000 since 2014,...
Staff suspensions have cost Scottish Borders Council more than £250,000 over the last four years, it has been revealed. Figures released in response to a freedom-of-information request show that paying...
View ArticleEarlston High Street to be shut for three days for roadworks
Part of Earlston High Street is to be shut for three days next week as resurfacing work gets under way.Those works will be carried out on a section of the A6105 Berwick-Earlston road near its...
View Article34-year-old accused of sex attack on child in Borders
A man has appeared in private at Jedburgh Sheriff Court accused of sexually assaulting a child.Carl Balfour, 34, has been charged under the 2009 Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act.It is alleged that he...
View ArticleLast orders about to be called at oldest bar in Hawick
Last orders are soon to be called at one of the Borders’ oldest pubs.After almost quarter of a century at the High Level Bar in Hawick’s Green Terrace, owner Ian Niblo has decided it’s time to call it...
View ArticleTrimontium brought to the fore by drought
A supermarket manager who makes videos of the Scottish Borders in his spare time has discovered the remarkable outline of the massive Roman fort at Trimontium, near Melrose, uncovered due to drought...
View ArticleWaiting times for children’s mental health services in Borders up threefold...
The average waiting time for children’s mental health services has trebled in the Borders in the space of a year. Figures show that the previous waiting time of four weeks, maintained from 2012-13 to...
View ArticleFusilier reigns supreme at Newtown St Boswells Show
In a welcome change to last year, the sun shone on the 104th Newtown St Boswells Farmers Show, held at the village’s auction mart, on Saturday.Competitors enjoyed a wide variety of classes while...
View ArticleHere’s your Lauder Common Riding timetable
The wait is almost over for this year’s Lauder Cornet, Chris Rogerson, as, after following and observing patiently at other towns’ festivities since June, will lead similar celebrations on his home...
View ArticleHere’s you Morebattle Festival Week timetable
The 125th Morebattle festival week will be celebrated next month.It all begins with indoor curling in the village hall at 6pm on Friday, August 3 ahead of the following day’s official opening.This...
View ArticleSean leads the celebrations at bonnie Kelsae’s civic week
Kelso Laddie Sean Hook fulfilled a lifelong ambition last week, getting his hands on the town’s blue and white banner 18 years after he first followed it to Yetholm aged six.The 24-year-old electrician...
View ArticleFamily of Galashiels toddler step out for Cyctinosis Foundation
The friends and family of a Galashiels tot diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder are each putting their best foot forward to help fund research for a cure for the condition.Two-year-old Ava Nairn was...
View ArticlePublic inquiry into Gilston Hill Windfarm scrapped
A public inquiry into a proposed wind farm near Heriot has been cancelled due to bosses at Edinburgh Airport withdrawing their objections to the scheme.Scottish Borders Council rejected plans for a...
View ArticleHawick councillor urges care recruitment rethink
Scottish Borders Council needs to act now in the face of a “tsunami of care needs”.That’s the view of Hawick and Denholm councillor Clair Ramage, and she is urging the local authority’s administration...
View ArticleRowan’s dad expresses dismay over playpark fire
The father of the tragic boy the new playpark in Galashiels Public Park is named after is calling for security cameras to be installed there following what appears to have been an arson attack on the...
View ArticleKelso workmates to tackle three-peak challenge
A trio of intrepid hikers will take on the three peaks challenge this weekend to raise funds for the Margaret Kerr Unit at Borders General Hospital.Workmates Gary Dempster, 46, Stevie Kinghorn, 39, and...
View ArticleKelso rallies to save threatened church steeple
The future of a historic church steeple in Kelso has been secured after townsfolk there rallied round to meet a £10,000 repair bill.Fears were raised that the town’s skyline could lose one of its most...
View ArticlePolice yet to identify liquid used in attack
An unknown liquid thrown at a 27-year-old man during an attack in Jedburgh earlier this month is still to be identified. While police have confirmed it was not a corrosive substance used in the attack...
View ArticleEttrickhaugh residents open their private gardens for a day
When Ettrickhaugh Road resident Pamela Douglas came up with the idea of opening up her garden for a charity day, she had no idea how much it would grow.Now, most of the houses in her street have agreed...
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