Big plans for holiday park
A major redevelopment and expansion of a Peebles holiday park is in the pipeline.A planning application has been lodged with the council seeking to expand and reconfigure the accommodation and visitor...
View ArticleGala man appears in Highland court
A 42-year-old Galashiels man appeared at court in Tain in the Highlands on Monday.The man, who had been kept in custody, appeared in private in relation to an incident in the High Street, Tain, on...
View ArticleCare home improvements meet watchdog’s demands
A threat to close a Tweedbank care home has been withdrawn after inspectors found ‘significant improvements’ had been made to the service.Craw Wood, run by Eildon Housing Association, had been issued...
View ArticleCorn hybrid company takes fresh look at wheat
Seed multinational Pioneer, the company that commercialised hybrid corn nearly a century ago, announced earlier this year it hopes to perform its magic on wheat.Pioneer’s communications manager, Jozsef...
View ArticleShepherds wanted to talk about collies
A Wooler film company is making a documentary about Border collies and is appealing for shepherds to come forward to talk about their dogs.Media company Shadowcat Films has already made two local...
View ArticleCollege advice on ewes in milk
A college expert last week issued advice to farmers feeding ewes with dwindling stores and little grass growth.SRUC senior sheep consultant Dr John Vipond suggests bulking out silage with straw or...
View ArticleMarket Prices
WoolerAt their weekly Primestock Sale held at Wooler last Wednesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 569 hoggs and 240 ewes.Well fleshed hoggs again reaching high returns, 569 average 40.7kg at...
View ArticlePlant brings health and happiness
Much as I like to welcome the first flowers of spring such as snowdrops and daffodils, they are not true wild flowers and it is probably the humble coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) which gives me the most...
View ArticleBorders’ rolling hills could be national park
The creation of a national park in the Scottish Borders has been suggested by two leading landscape charities in a new report.On Wednesday, the Scottish Campaign for National Parks (SCNP) and the...
View ArticleDiary of a wannabe smallholder
Allow me to introduce myself – wife (of The S0uthern’s long-serving reporter, Mark), ex journalist/bus driver/tour guide/florist, mum of two (The Young Master and The Young Mistress), general...
View ArticleMan stole from his wife’s dying dad
A Hawick man who stole more than £5,000 from a frail and disabled relative, who has since died, was ordered to repay the money to executors of the deceased.Allan Muir contacted the bank, pretending to...
View ArticleGambling addict stole £9,580 from his employer
A gambler, with debts of £35,000, embezzled more than £9,500 from his employer and lost the entire sum at the bookies.Thomas Crosbie then walked to the police station and confessed his...
View ArticleGood behaviour sees knife thrower admonished
A drunken man who threw a knife while rampaging about his home, striking internal walls, was admonished. Jedburgh Sheriff Court heard he had been of good behaviour during six months of deferred...
View ArticleNo jail for benefit fraud
A retired teacher, who fraudulently claimed more than £30,000 in benefits, escaped custody with an alternative sentence of 200 hours community service.The 66-year-old first offender failed to declare...
View ArticleSelkirk gym to host fitness finale
Leeds fitness fundraiser Lauren Hawley hopes to complete rowing nearly 60,000m at Crossfit gyms around the country in Selkirk on Thursday to raise money for Walking With The Wounded, which retrains...
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THE council has taken the unusual step of claiming costs in a planning appeal case, claiming the appellant has “acted in an entirely unreasonable way”.It is highly critical of some aspects of the...
View ArticleMany of those with autism suffer ridicule, says group
Many of the hundreds of Borderers who live with autism will have experienced ridicule and abuse, says a local group welcoming new research.The Autistica charity’s One in a Hundred report, records the...
View ArticlePlans for new Kelso High School lodged
Plans for the new £14.8million Kelso High School have been lodged with the council.Agents for landowners, the Duke of Roxburghe and Lord Ralph Kerr and the Ferniehirst Trust, put in a formal “in...
View ArticleAnne is an inspiration to us all
One of the region’s biggest annual charity events is celebrating a special milestone this year.The “golden mile” walk for Marie Curie Cancer Care, held on Sunday and which attracted 180 people, plus 30...
View ArticleLifestyle column
The Southern’s new lifestyle page is about fitness and health in the region. We hope to celebrate local people’s successful fitness ventures from the likes of the Walk It groups – getting people out...
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