Royal seal of approval for Borders beef
Borders farmers and a butcher fed the Princess Royal in London this week.The meat the princess ate for lunch at a Scotch Beef event came from Jedburgh’s Upper Nisbet, farmed by Robert and Jacqueline...
View ArticleCalifornian is Colonial Society choice for 2013
A remarkable tale will come full circle this summer when American writer Robert Mailer Anderson journeys to Selkirk.The San Franciscan will travel thousands of miles to follow in the footsteps of his...
View ArticleNext stage of Kelso revamp revealed
MORE work to improve Kelso town centre was revealed this week with the news that a local firm is set to build the new development between Woodmarket and Horsemarket.The existing public toilet block...
View ArticleJohn Lamont and Borders Chamber of Commerce call for A1 upgrade
A Borders MSP and the region’s Chamber of Commerce has called for the A1 through the Borders to be upgraded.The pleas to the Scottish Government have been made after the UK Government announced the...
View ArticleFodder appeal to Borders farmers
BORDERS farmers are being asked to help livestock producers in the west running out of fodder following the bad snow.The farmers union is asking farmers who have spare feeding to let them know so they...
View ArticleMemories of flying dusters and average velocities
Deputy editor Bob Burgess gets a blast from the past from LanzaroteLast week’s revelation that I had to duck flying chalk and, more importantly, flying wooden blackboard dusters during my days at...
View ArticleJeweller promoting Borders’ culinary gems
A Borders jeweller is campaigning to promote local, sustainable, organic produce and “real food”.Laura Marsh, who lives in Kelso, aims to celebrate the region’s foodie credentials and teach others to...
View ArticleA7 closed by accident near Pathhead junction
An accident has closed the A7 at the Midlothian and Scottish Borders boundary.The incident occured at 3.45pm near the B6367 junction to Pathhead.Diversions along the A68 are in place, but police say...
View ArticleTweedbank Art Group exhibition this weekend
Tweedbank Art Group will be holding its annual art exhibition in Ormiston Rooms, Melrose, this weekend.It runs 10am to 5pm on Friday and Saturday and 10am to 3pm on Sunday. It is free entry.
View ArticleNext stage of Kelso revamp revealed
MORE work to improve Kelso town centre was revealed this week with the news that a local firm is set to build the new development between Woodmarket and Horsemarket.The existing public toilet block...
View ArticleSBC raises burial charges
Burial ground fees are to go up by more than 15 per cent in the new financial year.Councillors agreed the rise on Thursday for purchasing of ground for lairs. There are also increases in sports pitch...
View ArticleDonation hits right notes
The donation of a baby grand piano worth thousands of pounds to Earlston High School has been declared ‘unbelievable’. Jeff Thomson,head of the school’s music department, made the comments last week...
View ArticleShepherds show at Yetholm to mark 150th year
The Borders Shepherds Show is being held for the 150th time at Yetholm this October. And organisers hope those in the know will help the event celebrate.The show committee is appealing for anyone with...
View ArticleBedroom tax condemned
Councillors have joined the fierce political debate over the bedroom tax which is set to affect 1,000 Borders households.Launched on Monday, the single bedroom subsidy means residents of housing...
View ArticleRenewable heating
In recent years, rising fuel costs and increasingly lucrative government incentives have led to a growing uptake of renewable energy heating systems.The most recent enticement is the Renewable Heat...
View ArticleVet’s views on suckler essentials
‘The aim to get fertile cows each rearing a good calf every year is a cornerstone of profitable suckler beef production,” says Joe Henry, partner at the Alnorthumbria Veterinary Group, one of the...
View ArticleFlock performance can be improved by EBVs
In the current climate of poor lamb prices, poor forage quality and increasing costs of production, we need to use every tool available to help improve our margins.The dairy, beef, pig and poultry...
View ArticleWhy livestock grazing is essential to wildlife
Livestock grazing is essential to maintain a range of threatened wildlife and habitats across the UK’s uplands.However, a new report commissioned by the RSPB reveals that changes in livestock grazing...
View ArticleThe modest shepherd who once sold a Blackface tup for £32,000
He is concerned I make him out to be a big boasting “blaw”... We’re an hour into chatting, at least, before retired Troloss shepherd Billy McMorran admits he sold a Blackface tup, Old Sandy, for...
View Article‘Origin UK’ beef should top menu
Busy investigators, angry retailers and nationwide public concern led by shocked consumers have routed any immediate threat of beef, or beef products, on offer in supermarkets being re-contaminated...
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