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Best-selling author of smash-hit Labyrinth, Kate Mosse, says she loves book festivals.It is, she revealed, because such events help break the solitude a writer must cloak themselves in when working and...
View ArticleDoorstep sellers to get cold shoulder
POLICE are looking to establish ‘No Cold-Calling Zones’ in towns and villages in Tweeddale.Members of Innerleithen Community Council, meeting on Monday, were told by PC Chris Burnside that officers had...
View ArticleBorders’ best hotels get national recognition
The recent Scottish Hotel Awards proved particularly successful for some of the Borders’ leading accommodation providers.Dryburgh Abbey Hotel took home five awards from the ceremony in Glasgow.Manager...
View ArticleTherapists relaunch health directory
The tall biennial cardboard-covered booklet of complementary therapists is no more, replaced with an annual guide, a new website and a new name.For the Borders Integrated Healthcare Group - now called...
View ArticleBorders is ideal playground for getting fit
Musician and fitness enthusiast, Cherie Vinter-Lindsay is a coach at Curves ladies fitness and weight loss centre in Galashiels. Originally from London, the Kelso flautist and violinist played ice...
View ArticleDriving society sets up Mellerstain gigs
Members of the British Driving Society participated in a fun ride around Mellerstain estate with their ponies and a variety of gigs on Sunday.The society meets again at the same venue on May 19 from...
View ArticlePupils’ outfits bag exhibition at Textile Towerhouse
INSPIRED students who created clothes made with bin bags and bottle tops have been rewarded with an exhibition of their work.The Futures Gallery at Borders Textile Towerhouse in Hawick is showing the...
View ArticleHead’s heart in the Borders despite move to new post
After more than 10 years at Hawick High School, the rector has announced he is to leave to take up a new post in Midlothian.Alan Williamson revealed last week that in August he will take up the post of...
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The future of a service which has helped more than 1,600 Borderers affected by cancer since August 2009 is in doubt due to funding concerns.Almost £5million of financial gains have been secured by the...
View ArticlePupils’ work in museum displays
Two exhibitions of work by Howdenburn Primary School pupils are now in Jedburgh’s museums. Items inspired by Burke and Hare are in the jail, and a project on Mary, Queen of Scots is in the house’s...
View ArticleSpeed limit areas to be extended
The council and police have proposed to extend the 30mph speed limits in Cardrona and West Linton following a review last year.A 40mph limit for Yarrow Feus is also planned.
View ArticleDanish trainers to give riders ring skills
Selkirk is going medieval as the Royal Burgh gets set to witness ‘tilting’ for the first time in hundreds of years at the Haining later this month.The gallows are prepared and local joiner Falconer...
View ArticleBan school bullies, demands Gala mum
A mother says her two daughters will not return to Gala Academy until it expels the bullies she claims have made her girls’ lives a misery.Karen Birrell, from Galashiels, has now removed daughters,...
View ArticleHorse riders invited to try new sport at Selkirk
Tilting-at-the-Ring arrives in Selkirk later this month, thanks to Judy Steel. The enthusiast first saw the sport, which dates back to the Middle Ages, in Denmark.And last year she organised for local...
View ArticleA72 slope to get tree works to stop future landslides
WORK is set to take place on a slope adjacent to the A72 which suffered a landslip last month.The council has been liaising with the landowner of the ground at Nutwood, Forestry Commission Scotland, to...
View ArticleFree legal help for those facing eviction or repossession
Residents in the Borders facing a court battle to save their homes can now access free help from a housing law advisor.The service is being provided by Shelter Scotland, and will mean a legal advisor...
View ArticleTate Gallery works come to Galashiels
An exhibition of work by controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe goes on display on Saturday in Old Gala House.The original pieces are on loan from the Tate Gallery and the National Galleries of...
View ArticleReport shows seven Scottish Borders Council employees earn over £100,000
Statistics from the TaxPayers’ Alliance have revealed seven employees at Scottish Borders Council received over £100,000 in 2011-12. Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire MSP John Lamont has called for a...
View ArticlePhone scam warning issued by David Mundell MP
Tweeddale MP David Mundell is warning constituents to be extra vigilant following a police scam warning.Police have warned Ofcom of a phone scam where fraudsters use courier firms to help defraud...
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ASHKIRKCoffee morningThe village hall is the venue for a coffee and cake morning (10am-noon) on May 25 in aid of Ashkirk Church.BowdenWRIIsobel King gave a presentation about Arthritis Research, the...
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