Sheriff warns on sobriety in court
Anyone turning up at court under the influence of either drink or drugs will be remanded in custody, Sheriff Derrick McIntyre told Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Friday after suspicions over the sobriety of...
View Article£5,000 bank card scam
A Hawick man who fraudulently obtained more than £5,000 from a disabled man, had sentence deferred until April 8 for reports at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday.Allan Muir, 57, of Trinity Street,...
View ArticleFraud charge
A Selkirk man who appeared in private on two charges of fraud was remanded in custody.George McLeod, 43, of Bleachfield Road, is also accused of driving while disqualified.He was fully committed at...
View ArticleRelationship end pushed addict back to drugs
When his eight-year relationship broke down, Darren Johnstone reverted to illegal drugs.Johnstone, 28, of Havelock Place, Hawick, was fined £270 at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday when he admitted...
View ArticleCriminal stole from house within three months of release
A criminal who re-offended within three months of his release, found himself back behind bars for 16 months.John Chapman, 22, was released from prison last August, and by November was re-offending,...
View ArticlePayback breach
A MAN who breached a community payback order was jailed for five month at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.David Adamson, 24, formerly of Chay Blyth Place, Hawick, failed to carry out unpaid work.Rory...
View Article‘Bad blood’ caused assault
A man suffered a cut eye, bruising, and lost a tooth, after being assaulted in the street.The offence, which happened outside a Galashiels nightclub, was said to have arisen out of “bad blood between...
View ArticleTeenager admits swearing at A&E
A teenager who breached an ASBO by shouting, swearing, and hindering hospital staff, was sentenced to a community payback order (CPO) with a warning that any breach would see him jailed.At Selkirk...
View ArticleMan failed to tell medics of crucial baby chair incident
A Hawick man did not tell medical staff he had forcibly removed a child from a baby chair after X-rays revealed some 12 hours later that the youngster had a broken leg.Robert McGregor, 29, failed to...
View ArticleMy friend ‘The Voice’
A FRIENDSHIP with late Borders rugby broadcaster, Bill McLaren, has helped a Welsh couple raise thousands for cancer charities.Retired butcher, Bill “Butch” Keylock and his wife Lorna, from Brecon in...
View ArticleSBC seeks SESplan review
SCOTTISH Borders Council is to seek a review of the development plan authority that it is part of, along with four other local authorities.At a meeting of the council last week, members discussed...
View ArticleCalls for docking laws to be overturned
A PEEBLESHIRE gamekeeper is calling for the law on banning the docking of working dogs’ tails to be overturned.Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) chairman Alex Hogg wants Scottish Government to...
View ArticleSocial homes boost for the Borders
THE delivery of new affordable housing in the Borders will be speeded up thanks to a £1.27 million funding boost.The money comes on top of the housing budget already awarded to the council by the...
View ArticleFunding for shop frontages
BUSINESSES in Kelso are being urged to apply for the next round of funding available to improve shop frontages in the town centre.Last year, 27 firms benefited from grant money offered by Sainsbury’s...
View ArticleCaravan man Steven is a star
A SERIOUSLY ill Jedburgh man has almost single-handedly raised £35,000 for a specially-adapted caravan to aid the lives of people with head injuries.Steven Turnbull, chair of the Heads Together group,...
View ArticleGalashiels parking defended
THE chairman of Galashiels Chamber of Trade (CT) has defended major changes to parking in the town, writes Kenny Paterson.Eildon Area Forum agreed to the amendments of the Galashiels Traffic Regulation...
View ArticlePetitions process signed off
A NEW petitions process has been created by Scottish Borders Council which makes it easier for residents to raise issues with the council, writes Adam Drummond.A new petitions committee was formed last...
View ArticleChallenge issued to Borderers to make October a date for arthritis aid
IT may not have the high profile associated with conditions such as cancer and heart disease, but arthritis blights the life of 10million adults and children in the UK, making the simplest of tasks an...
View ArticleCouncil hit with £43,000 bill to stop roof collapsing on to main road
SCOTTISH Borders Council have agreed to fork out over £40,000 to shore up a Walkerburn landmark.Councillors were warned at Monday’s planning committee meeting that if work was not undertaken soon, then...
View ArticleParishes lose sensitive status
THE designation of the Kirkhope and Ettrick parishes as sensitive to forestry planting has been removed by Scottish Borders Council.However, Rob Dickson, director of environment and infrastructure,...
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