Accordion club returns
SELKIRK Accordion and Fiddle Club kicks off its new season with an open evening at the town’s cricket club tonight (Thursday).Musicans and non-musicans are welcome for the free event, which begins at...
View ArticleViewing the Borders’ Iron Age past
IT is the Borders – but from a bird’s eye and Iron Age view.A new book entitled Scotland’s Landscapes includes a series of stunning aerial photographs of some of the region’s most recognisable natural...
View ArticleSBC apology for bowling parking deal failure
A COUNCILLOR has apologised to Galashiels Bowling Club after the local authority failed to adhere to a parking agreement.The Scott Crescent club hope to build an access door through a boundary wall...
View ArticleDevolution? Yawn
people COULD be so bored of devolution talk that when a referendum happens it will be an anti-climax, says Lord Steel.The former Liberal leader was asking “What Kind of Country?” in the Kirkgate...
View ArticleBill’s poem gets royal approval
A FORMER Galashiels KOSB pipe major has received a personal thank you message from The Queen after penning her a poem to mark the Diamond Jubilee.Bill Heatlie, 82, now of Dalmeny near Queensferry, put...
View ArticleWind farm cash plea
A CALL has been made for Galashiels to cash in on community funding available from wind farm projects.Galashiels councillor Bill White said he was “astonished” by how much small nearby villages have...
View ArticleGala nightclub closes
A GALASHIELS nightclub has closed its doors on its fifth anniversary.Move Music Venue on Overhaugh Street shut down last week, with a lack of business believed to be the main reason behind the...
View ArticleParting with junk is such sweet sorrow
Some years ago I had a rather soft spot for a crazy old man called Mr Trebus; he was the reluctant star of a television documentary series where urban local authority workers took on the unpleasant...
View ArticleJust like you’d find at Granny’s
A NEW Selkirk shopkeeper is living her dream.Cathy Meldrum, 60, has opened Granny’s Den in the High Street.“I’m selling everything you would find at your granny’s. When I was young you would go to your...
View ArticleAshkirk farmer takes top ticket
ASHKIRK farmer Scott Davies (pictured) enjoyed more than the glorious weather at the Borders Shepherds’ Show at Yetholm on Saturday.For the North Country Cheviot breeder took the overall championship...
View ArticleBGH car parks plea
PARKING capacity has been reduced at the Borders General Hospital where two of the car parks are undergoing essential maintenance.Resurfacing and realignment began this week on parks one and two – the...
View ArticleCash boost for autism group in Borders
A LOCAL charity has been awarded £14,000 from the Scottish Autism Development Fund.The cash will be used by the Borders Asperger and Autism Group Support (BAAGS) to set up and run an employment...
View ArticleInn campaigners need to raise £60,000 by Christmas
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save an historic inn are confident they will raise the £160,000 needed by the end of the year.The Tweedsmuir Community Company already has £100,000 to buy the village’s Crook...
View ArticleHealth chiefs count the cost of patients who fail to appear
PATIENTS who failed to turn up for appointments in the Borders last year wasted almost £800,000 of health service cash, writes Bob Burgess.More than 6,000 slots were missed, according to NHS Borders,...
View ArticleHogarth helps Maggie’s
A Selkirk company is raising money for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres through selling a new range of headwear.Textiles company Murray Hogarth in Tweedmill is launching a new headwear and accessories...
View ArticleDuo swim against tide to help injured soldiers
IT took the best part of the summer to complete, but two determined swimmers swam from Kelso to Berwick to raise more than £6,000 for soldiers, writes Sally Gillespie.Ghillie John Edey (‘Wee John’) and...
View ArticleMill for sale
plans to turn a former Galashiels mill into a 108-bed development for student accommodation are in doubt.The town’s community council heard Bristol Mill, on Magdala Terrace at the northern entrance of...
View ArticleMelrose playgroup faces closure threat
A MELROSE playgroup almost half a century old could close because of a lack of children.Private competition is blamed for threatening the survival of the ante-pre and pre-school provider Gibson Park...
View ArticleCouncil pins fraud security hopes on chip system
A MORE secure way of paying cash to Scottish Borders Council is being introduced.A chip-and-pin method of payment will be available at some council offices from October 24.Councillor Michael Cook...
View ArticleSpeedway: Berwick Bandits to host Ben Fund bonanza
IN 2013 the Speedway Riders’ Benevolent Fund will stage the fifth Ben Fund Bonanza – and the great news for northern speedway fans is that this meeting will be at Berwick Speedway’s Shielfield Park on...
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