Taxi fares in Borders set to rise
TAXI fare in the Scottish Borders are set to rise by 2.5 per cent following talks between the council and taxi operators, writes Bob Burgess.The planned rise follows the annual review of fares and if...
View ArticleFire figures
NEW statistics have revealed that more than half the fires which took place in Lothian and Borders region were in homes without a working smoke alarm.Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire MSP John Lamont...
View ArticleSpeedway: Berwick Bandits find form for Challenge Trophy
Berwick Bandits 56 Redcar Bears 40PREMIER CHALLENGE TROPHY (group stage)THE Berwick Bandits knew to extend their season they needed a good result on Saturday night at Shielfield Park against the Redcar...
View ArticleStark Main scoop top award for excellence
SELKIRK’s award-winning chartered tax advisers and Accountant, Stark Main & Co, has scooped another national award, being named the overall winner in the Practice Excellence Award 2012. Last month,...
View ArticleTurf Talk: Hedging our bets with variety act
WE WENT quite close on Saturday with Moohaajim and Tominator, in running I thought both were going to win but unfortunately it was not be.I thought Tominator ran a blinder in the Cesarewitch I think he...
View ArticleHawick jobs saved as Chanel buys Barrie Knitwear after Dawson collapse
FEARS for almost 180 jobs at Barrie Knitwear in Hawick have been lifted with confirmation that the company has been bought by Chanel, writes Bob Burgess.The cashmere firm’s parent company Dawson...
View ArticleBennett’s big payout
Selkirk bookmaker Andy Bennett handed over a cheque for £1,362 to sister Shirley Syme of the Borders General Hospital’s Special Baby Care Unit recently, raised from his static line parachute jump....
View ArticleConcert to raise cash for palliative care unit
THE Hawick PSA Male Voice Choir are putting the finishing touches to a charity concert scheduled for Friday, November 2 in the Town Hall and have put together a programme which is sure to please all...
View ArticleTalk of devolution yawns
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 ArticleRef injury halts Biggar rout
Selkirk 30Biggar 0(abandoned)RBS NATIONAL LEAGUEAN INJURY sustained by exchange referee David Proctor saw Saturday’s match at Philiphaugh abandoned early in the second half.The contest had reached the...
View ArticleMcLaren dinner date for McGeechan and Renwick
BOROUGHMUIR RUGBY in association with the Bill McLaren Foundation are holding a fundraising dinner at the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh on Friday, November 9 – the start of a busy rugby weekend with the...
View ArticleTeries share honours in Glasgow
Glasgow Hawks 16Hawick 16RBS NATIONAL LEAGUEGREENS’ supporters who made the trip to Glasgow were treated to a hard-fought, dour at times, but ultimately exciting game which ended honours even.The first...
View ArticleMelville mauling for Jed men
Jed-Forest 7 Stewart’s Melville 26RBS NATIONAL LEAGUEFiona Scott reports from Riverside ParkTHIS was always going to be a big ask for Darren Cunningham’s men considering that Stew Mel to date were the...
View ArticleKelso take a battering
Kelso 3Watsonians 51RBS NATIONAL DIVISIONLAING SPEIRS reports from Poynder Park THE holder of the winning ticket in the half-time 50/50 draw at Poynder Park must have felt that Kelso had suffered...
View ArticleMelrose topple Knights
Doncaster Knights 29Melrose 30BRITISH & IRISH CUPMELROSE stormed back from 7-19 down at half-time to triumph 30-29 and were praised by their coach Craig Chalmers for maintaining the tempo of the...
View ArticleTen-man Albert keep Kelso back to single goal
Hawick Royal Albert 0Kelso United 1EoS FIRST DIVISIONJOHN SLORANCE reports from Albert ParkTHERE may have been a shortage of goals, but there was plenty of everything else in this blood-and-thunder...
View ArticleAlbion see the points
Abbotsford Albion 4 Hawick Legion Rovers 3BAL DIVISION CABBOTSFORD took the lead in this entertaining clash when, following early pressure from the visitors, they broke away and Stuart Burns scored...
View ArticleDing dong battle at Duns
Duns 17 Langholm 18RBS EAST DIVISION ONEDUNS were just edged out by a late penalty when Langholm at last secured their first away win of the season in a very close encounter, writes John Smith.The...
View ArticleRex runs in to give YM the points
Gala YM 31 Hawick Linden 27RBS EAST DIVISION TWOA LATE try from Rex Jeffrey meant Gala YM snatched the points from this regional fixture on Saturday.With Gala 2nds match against Dunfermline cancelled,...
View ArticleTangerines on top after free-scoring encounter
Hawick Legion 2Hawick United 5BAL DIVISION BUNITED gained the bragging rights in a free-scoring match.The Tangerines drew first blood when David Strathdee netted with a penalty after Ross Scott had...
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