Students help out at youth club
Painting and decorating students from Borders College are helping to give the Rowland’s youth facility in Selkirk a whole new look.They are carrying out the work as part of their placement.Student...
View Article‘Peruse it or lose it’, pen local writers facing arts cuts
Border writers’ group The Eildon Tree stands to lose their decade-old, free magazine, unless readers feedback to St Mary’s Mill arts service.The council-funded, biannual magazine showcasing new Borders...
View ArticleNo monkey business over zoo poster for Gala student
There was no monkeying around for Galashiels art student Alistair Kerr when it came to designing a poster for Edinburgh Zoo.HND Graphic Design student Alistair was part of a team from Edinburgh College...
View ArticleNew egg plant jobs boost
Up to 30 full-time jobs could be created at a pasteurised liquid egg processing plant near West Linton. Glenrath Farms Ltd is seeking permission to create the facility on land close to its Millennium...
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A young Ednam entrepreneur has praised the Prince’s Trust and Business Gateway for their assistance in helping him establish his own company.Sean Robson set up SR Mobile Tyre Fitting six weeks ago,...
View ArticleJim Hume MSP launches passive smoking bill at Holyrood
A consultation is to be launched today by a Borders MSP with a proposal to ban smoking in vehicles while children are present.Speaking ahead of the launch at Holyrood, Jim Hume said: “Passive smoking...
View ArticleGalashiels police sergeant appears in court on rape charge
A POLICE sergeant has appeared in private at Selkirk Sheriff Court, accused of a number of sexual offences including rape.Kevin Storey, 46, from Melrose, faces a total of 10 charges which include...
View ArticleMan taken to Borders General Hospital after A68 St Boswells crash
A 31-year-old man was cut from a vehicle after a head-on crash in St Boswells this afternoon.The passenger was removed by fire crews from a Vauxhall Corsa car which hit a Volkswagen Scirocco at 2.05pm...
View ArticleA&E waiting times in Borders hospitals improve
A total of 97 per cent of patients admitted to A & E departments in the Borders in March were seen within the four hour target.Although below the 98 per cent national compliance target, the figure...
View ArticleMore Borderers getting into debt with payday loans says charity
A charity has claimed the number of clients in the Borders using payday loans has more than doubled.Only 11 per cent of Borderers approaching StepChange Debt charity in 2012 had the loans compared to...
View ArticleWaddell Cup schedule announced
The final of the Waddell Cup - the last fixture in this season’s Border Amateur League - will be played on Tuesday, June 4 at Greenlaw.It will be contested between Gala Rovers and either Greenlaw,...
View ArticleFirst class family des res
Property of the weekWhat and where?18 Kingsknowe Place, GalashielsHow much?Guide Price £160,000Who is selling?Cullen KilshawAnything else?EPC Rating C, rent to buy option availableLocated in a quiet...
View ArticleMarket Prices
St BoswellsOn Monday John Swan Ltd sold 102 clean cattle, 65 OTM cattle, 785 old season lambs, 193 new season lambs and 331 ewes.Bullocks (40) averaged 231.1p per kg and sold to 247p (-2.1p on week),...
View ArticlePayday loans on the rise
StepChange Debt says the number of Borderers using payday loans has more than doubled from 11 per cent in 2012 to 25 per cent in the first three months of 2013.Sharon Bell, head of the charity, said...
View ArticleSt Boswells all set for fun-filled week
It is all change for this year’s St Boswells Village Week when the 2013 programme of activities kicks off on Saturday.Running from Saturday until Sunday, June 9, the week is packed with all the usual...
View ArticleSensing hypocrisy in courts controversy
Ah well, back to the wee feud I’m having with the two Jays – Lamont and Hume. Now, of course, I regret any cuts or possible closures of our courts, and in my patch it’s Peebles, though, as you know, I...
View ArticleSheriff queries psychiatric report
A SHERIFF this week questioned a specialist report which stated that a man who poured petrol over himself and threatened to set a health centre on fire does not pose a risk to the safety of others.John...
View ArticleBirthday bash ended in damage bill
A TEENAGER ended up being arrested after being out celebrating his 18th birthday.Daniel Moffat was found by police and paramedics lying motionless in the garden of a house in Magdala Terrace,...
View ArticleDrinking alcohol in public could be banned in towns
By-laws preventing the consumption of alcohol in certain public places in the region are to be put forward by Scottish Borders Council.Councillors meeting today (Thursday) will be told that the Borders...
View ArticlePaxton leads pride of lions on walk of Mosspaul route
There were almost as many lions as horses on Hawick Common Riding’s Mosspaul rideout at the weekend.It was thanks to a line-up of Scottish rugby legends who had agreed to accompany former Kelso...
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