Borders brochure to boost coach tour trade
A brochure full of suggested Borders tours has been produced in an attempt to increase the tourist coach and group travel trade in the area.With cash from the European Regional Development Fund,...
View ArticleCash for hall after 10 years’ work
Fountainhall villagers have won more than £11,000 to upgrade their hall, which currently has no insulation or hot water.The village hall committee hopes to knock down the old kitchen and toilets and...
View ArticleRobert’s quantum leap from TV proves a novel hit
The mystery man behind a hit comedy novel has been revealed as Hawick’s Bafta-winning film-maker Robert Sproul-Cran.Readers of Schrödinger’s Caterpillar have been attempting to work out who the real...
View ArticleObituary: Dr George Stockdill
Dr George Stockdill, who died on 6 April 2013, was a native of Lanarkshire. He graduated in medicine from Glasgow University in 1969, and was appointed consultant haematologist at Edinburgh Western...
View ArticleOlympian aims to build top equestrian centre on farm
The world’s leading horsemen and women could soon be adding Selkirk to their list of competition venues if Ian Stark gets his way.Mr Stark is seeking planning permission to create...
View ArticleConstruction starts next month on sports complex at Peebles High School
WORK on a £4.8m sports facility at Peebles High School will get underway next month.Scottish Borders Council has confirmed that the contract has been awarded to Graham Construction.The company was...
View ArticlePolice probe underway after human remains found near Gordon
FORENSIC tests are being carried out on human remains that have been found in the Borders.The discovery in a wooded area on the outskirts of Gordon in Berwickshire was made about 5.40pm on Sunday by a...
View ArticleSeizure drug and strong painkillers stolen from Selkirk home
The director of public health in the Borders has issued a warning after medication was stolen from a Selkirk home on Saturday. The incident happened sometime between 12.30pm and 9.45pm at an address in...
View ArticleProbe after human remains found in Scottish Borders
A FORENSIC team is continuing to examine human remains found in woodland on the outskirts of the village of Gordon.Police have not yet said how long they have been there or suggested if they are male...
View ArticlePublic meeting on £25m Selkirk flood protection scheme proposals
Plans to restore the Long Philip Burn as part of Selkirk’s £25 million flood protection scheme go before the public next week. A community meeting will be held at Philiphaugh Community School to review...
View ArticleVacancies on four community councils
Nominations are being sought for community councils representing Melrose and District, Tweedbank, Lauderdale, and Oxton and Channelkirk after their terms of office ended.Anyone who is 18 or over, is a...
View ArticleMelrose sevens link to missing umbrella stand in shape of huntsman
A distinctive brolly stand that could be worth around £1,000 has been stolen in Melrose.It’s in the shape of a huntsman and disappeared over the weekend of Melrose rugby sevens.The red, green and black...
View ArticleJobs blow as Reid & Taylor folds at Langholm: Indian owners blamed
World-renowed weavers Reid & Taylor of Langholm have closed suddenly and gone into administration with an expected loss of 37 jobs.Workers were given the shock news by local bosses despite the fact...
View ArticleWalkers rescued from Cheviot hills
A walker was airlifted to hospital from the Cheviot hills by RAF Boulmer rescue helicopter suffering from medical problems and exhaustion last night.Borders Search and Rescue Unit were called out to an...
View ArticleDog therapy at a Kelso garden centre
Visitors to Mayfield Garden Centre in Kelso this weekend are sure of a warm welcome.For George, a local Pets as Therapy dog, his owner Vicky Wood and some of George’s canine colleagues will be at the...
View ArticleTwo killed in A68 crash named
A Romanian man and woman have been named as those killed in a crash a couple of miles south of the Carter Bar earlier this month.Ionel and Christina Minerva Rostas, 26 and 31, were pronounced dead at...
View ArticleGalashiels man jailed for life for murdering wife
A Galashiels man has been jailed for life today after being convicted of murdering his wife at her home in the southern of England.Mirosla Wosik, 42, of Beech Avenue, stabbed Bernadeta Jakubszyk to...
View ArticleGalashiels man on murder charge
A Galashiels man accused of murdering his estranged wife in a knife attack in her bedroom cannot remember what happened.Miroslav Wosik’s brain won’t let him recall the events that led to the death of...
View ArticleParents still waiting for theatre con cash
Parents who paid for their children to attend a Borders theatre group last year say they are still waiting to be reimbursed.Music Theatre Scotland was set up in Newcastleton by Gary Feeney under the...
View ArticleWest Linton’s 2013 Whipman revealed
Joiner Alan Stewart was hailed as West Linton’s Whipman for 2013 at the Peeblesshire village’s Introduction Concert last Friday.Penicuik-born builder Alan, whose passion for football gave him the...
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