Yetholm teacher says all still calm in Korea
Threats of war on the Korean peninsula are not troubling those in the south, says a Borders teacher familiar with life there.Former Kelso High School pupil, JD Stewart, 25, jetted out to South Korea on...
View ArticleFree dog health checks on offer
Dog owners in the Borders are being offered free expert pet health advice by vet charity PDSA. A ‘pet wellbeing nurse’ will be at Pets at Home, Galashiels, tomorrow (Friday) from 10am to 5pm, to offer...
View ArticleFiddlers’ fundraiser for big trip
Selkirk-based Riddell Fiddles are heading to Cape Breton in Canada where the group, including many youngsters, will receive tuition at a music college. On Saturday, they are making use of a Selkirk...
View ArticleRural village at forefront of 3G scheme
NEWCASTLETON is the first place in Scotland to trial a community-led network which has brought 3G mobile phone coverage to the village.Locals joined with Borders MP Michael Moore on Friday to launch...
View ArticleFlodden anniversary gaining momentum
More events commemorating the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Flodden in September have been announced this week.The Flodden 1513 Ecomuseum’s plans include five books, two beers, a Rose &...
View ArticleBody of missing Duns man Richard Easton found
Police have found the body of a 39-year-old man who was reported missing from his home in Duns on Wednesday.Richard Easton’s body was found in a lay-by at a picnic area in Teviothead, Hawick on...
View ArticleSelkirk to Moffat road closed
Drivers are facing a lengthy diversion following the closure of the A708 between Selkirk and Moffat near the Grey Mare’s Tail.A section of the road was washed away following heavy rain over the...
View ArticleHealth warning after medicine stolen in Kelso
Police have issued a danger warning after prescription medicine was stolen from a house in Kelso.A police spokesman warned: “ Consuming these tablets if you are not the prescribed user could have...
View ArticleKeith Cowan appointed president of Galashiels Burns Club
It is all change at the top at Galashiels Burns Club following the annual general meeting staged in the Royal British Legion last night.Keith Cowan has been elected club president replacing Alex Merry...
View ArticleFlooding alert for Ettrick Valley and western Borders
A flood alert has been issued for the Borders, with the Ettrick Valley at most risk according to the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).The warning comes after a day of heavy rain across the...
View ArticleWorking on the line
Galashiels photographer Alwyn Johnston has given himself the task of documenting the rebuilding of part of the Waverley railway in photographs.Throughout the construction, until the new line opens, we...
View ArticleTwo killed in A68 crash close to Scottish border
Two people were killed in a collision on the A68 close to the Carter Bar on Wednesday evening.A third person was airlifted to Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary with serious but not life-threatening...
View ArticleA couple of very welcome spring visitors
Goodness me, temperatures into double figures (just) at the weekend. Could this be spring at last?The signs were all there. Chiffchaffs were singing everywhere and there were even sightings of the odd...
View ArticleTighter rein
Scots Lib Dem MEP George Lyon has warned the horsemeat scandal needs an EU-wide solution, after horse DNA was found in five per cent of European beef samples. “We need to boost traceability and ensure...
View ArticleNetwork’s new look netpage
The Scottish Borders Food Network has relaunched its website www.bordersfoodnetwork.co.uk Browsers can find lists of local food producers, places to buy their produce, dates for farmers’ markets, and...
View ArticleNews from the courts
Teenagers ignored police warningsTWO drunken teenagers, told not to return to Saturday’s Melrose Sevens after earlier rowdy behaviour, ignored police warnings and went back to the town.His defiance...
View ArticleVictim suffered double jaw break in Jed pub attack
A DRUNKEN offender who broke another man’s jaw after assaulting him in a Jedburgh pub has been ordered to pay his victim £2,000 compensation.Barry Wood, 24, of Springfield Terrace, St Boswells,...
View ArticleCrimes committed to feed drug habit
A Hawick man who committed a catalogue of offending to fund his drug habit was jailed for 30 months at Jedburgh Sheriff Court last Friday.Lee Smith, 32, of Mansfield Gardens, admitted a number of...
View ArticleA blast of spring sends us onward and upward
As with many family catchphrases I can’t remember where or when our “Onward and upward!” started. But we trot it out in difficult times.More precisely, we tend to use it when there is a hint that...
View ArticleBroody, moody and Tattoo much attitude
Chick, chick, chick, chick, chick-en! Lay a li’l egg for me – so I can earn a little ‘pin money’ as my late mum used to call it.That’s one – and the only one, should you ask my husband his opinion – of...
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