Man charged with driving offences after deaths of Kelso couple Derek and...
A 48-year-old man has been charged with death by dangerous driving after a road accident that killed Kelso couple Derek and Avril Peoples last year.The incident took place on the A697 Greenlaw to...
View ArticleArriving late ... very late ... meant this trip was pure murder
Some days nothing seems to go right and last Sunday was a perfect example.It was a lovely morning, so I decided to join the Scottish Wildlife Trust on a guided walk round Murder Moss. This National...
View ArticleThe reasons why I will never, ever, be a llama farmer
Animals. You just gotta love ’em. Or do you? I think yes, if you’re a smallholder. It’s hard to get up at 5am, slog through the snow/mud/rain, open metal fasteners that stick to your fingers in the...
View ArticlePills stolen during burglary
Prescription medication was stolen from a house in Drumlanrig Square, Hawick during a break-in between Monday afternoon and Tuesday evening, May 27 and 28.Electrical items and clothing were also taken,...
View ArticleKeeping it clean on the home front
This week I’m enjoying a five-day break from work. Well that’s not entirely true. I’m enjoying five days away from work with the paper, but have found plenty to keep me employed around the house....
View ArticlePantomime runners in fundraising effort
Last weekend saw the return of the Borders Barmy Army (BBA) Pantomime Horse Race to Kelso Races in aid of Macmillan cancer and Fire Fighters charities.The race was won by Chandler Sports, with event...
View ArticleTime to give up the drink
The trilogy ends here. Or so they say. Judging by Part III, The Hangover could become a franchise and continue undiluted until their livers packed up, although in this episode booze is not an...
View ArticleWoman discovered in Traquair wood is in serious condition in hospital
A woman is in a serious condition in hospital after being discovered in a wood near Traquair this morning.She was found at 7.55am and, with concerns for her health, was airlifted to Edinburgh Royal...
View ArticleEnquiries continue after Hawick gas death
Enquiries into the death of a Hawick woman, 79, in the Burnfoot estate yesterday due to an apparent gas leak are continuing today. Police attended an address in Fairhurst Drive where the incident took...
View ArticleFirst offender told to ‘get it fixed’
A WOMAN who admitted assaulting her partner has been admonished.First offender Jane Douglas, of Thornfield Crescent, repeatedly punched Raymond Hislop on the body and struck him on the head at a house...
View ArticleRoad deaths charge
A 48-year-old man has been charged with death by dangerous driving after an A697 road collision last year in which Kelso couple Derek and Avril Peoples died. The man, who is not from the Borders, will...
View ArticleBids invited for £6M farmer financial aid
Farmers are being urged to take up the offer of financial help from the £6million weather aid announced earlier this month.The Scottish Government issued eligibility guidelines last Wednesday and the...
View ArticleThistledoo nicely says Alan to top ticket
The sheep interbreed champion at Monday’s Northumberland County Show is such a big Suffolk it’s difficult to coup her to trim her feet, joked her breeder and exhibitor Alan MacKinnon of Little Swinburn...
View ArticleNational rollout of BGH’s digital ward system
Touchscreen technology piloted within Borders General Hospital has shown it can reduce patients’ average lengths of stay.Initial results from NHS Borders show that the digital ward in the Medical...
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A CONCERTED effort is ongoing in Lauder to get every resident and business to register their interest in upgrading broadband speed.The campaign is being led by the community council to ensure the town...
View ArticleEx-member calls for remuneration review
A former Borders councillor has claimed that some members are mainly in the job for the money, not to help their communities.John Paton-Day, who recently lost out in the Melrose and Leaderdale...
View ArticleSmoking bill launched by MSP
Borders MSP Jim Hume launched his consultation on a proposal to ban smoking in vehicles while children are present at Holyrood on Tuesday. The Lib-Dem has support from a number of health and child...
View ArticleYes campaign in Gala
More than 50 people gathered in Galashiels last week to find out more about Scotland’s Yes campaign.Tasmina Ahmed Sheikh, a member of the Yes advisory board, said it is local people who will win...
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BEDRULEWRIMembers had a Body Shop open night when ladies from other rurals were welcomed.Competitions – visitors – best perfume bottle – 1, Shona Morrison (Cogsmill); Bedrule – best bud vase – 1, Liz...
View ArticleThe lucky and unlucky re-live the disaster
By far the worst to suffer after the 2003 flash flood were the householders of Bannerfield, Broadmeadows and Yarrowford.Ethel Munro, a life-long Bannerfield resident and now chair of its residents’...
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