College rising to challenge of funding poorer students
BORDERS College has pledged every effort to ensure poorer students do not miss the chance to study should bursary cash be cut.It follows research by NUS Scotland which showed at least 14 of Scotland’s...
View ArticleDo you want a health centre at Crofts Road? – views from both sides
VOTING NOStanley Gryczka, retired butcherI was Lauder Cornet in 1978 and naturally care passionately about our common good assets and what happens to them. I am angry about the way the ballot question...
View ArticleTown divided as Lauder prepares to vote on health centre
IT IS an issue that has split opinion in the Royal Burgh of Lauder and its surrounding settlements.Should a new £2.2million health centre be located on common good land in Crofts Road that hosts a play...
View ArticleJoy as reporter blows away appeal over wind turbine plan for Broadmeadows
THERE was jubilation this week after a Scottish Government reporter threw out the appeal from energy company Greenpower over the refusal to let it erect eight turbines in one of the most picturesque...
View ArticleTrouble in store for Teries
STAFF at Hawick’s former Woolworths store have missed out on compensation – but their ex-colleagues at the Galashiels shop will get a share of the £68million payout, writes Kenny Paterson.The cash...
View ArticleEvolve or become extinct – a warning to Borders businesses
TWO traders who have launched a Borders business club have warned that bosses who fail to adapt will see their companies fold.Nathan Upchurch and Rob Oliver believe too many companies are operating in...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 139 clean cattle, 132 OTM cattle, 2,485 old season lambs and 628 ewes. Bullocks (63) averaged 196p per kg (-5.2p on the week). Heifers (71)...
View ArticleCompetition winners
Winners in TheSouthern’s competition for 10 pairs of tickets for the Scottish Caravan and Outdoor Leisure Show are: Janette Corcoran, St Boswells; Caroline Stille, Selkirk; David McKerlie, Tweedbank;...
View ArticleFirey debate kindled as panel assesses impact of e-publishing
The inexorable rise in Kindle e-book sales over the past few months should be seen as the canary in the coalmine.So said Malcolm Morrison, chairing last week’s Melrose Literary Society discussion on...
View ArticleSafety takes centre stage
Baldy Bane Theatre – established in Scotland more than 20 years ago – has developed a new drama entitled Better Late than Dead on Time for Road Safety Scotland.Designed for all ages, it covers many...
View ArticleJust see me
He bellowed slowly: “Are you meant to be out here on your own?”I waited a while, thinking in my head, will I answer that or pretend I don’t understand? Eventually I decided to reply: “It’s my dog and I...
View ArticleNominations wanted to challenge negative views
Nominations for the Sunday Mail Young Scot Awards 2012, in association with The Co-operative Foundation, are open at www.youngscotawards.co.uk until February 26.Thousands of young people across...
View ArticleJoining forces to make youth work count in the Borders
YouthBorders is a network of youth groups and non-uniformed clubs across this region and offers benefits – including training, insurance, strategic representation and support for youth work...
View ArticleHealthy tips to exorcise exam stress
We know many of you are revising for prelims at the moment – so this is a good time for reminders of hints and tips to cope with it all.It’s perfectly normal for you to feel stressed when any exams or...
View ArticleWestruther seeks new direction...
FOR the past eight years, Westruther Community Players have staged a series of successful performances in the village hall.The small but thriving theatre group has been encouraged by the enthusiastic...
View ArticleHappy ending after ‘sorry tale’ of Ettrick power cuts
ASSURANCES were given this week that the misery experienced by Ettrick residents, who have suffered no fewer than 14 power cuts in recent months, will soon be over, writes Andrew Keddie.They were...
View ArticleMelrosians sow seed for RHS final
Melrose has been selected from more than 1,000 entries to take part in the 2012 Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Britain in Bloom UK Finals. The town is one of only 73 finalists and has been placed...
View ArticleSBC system blamed over abbey lights
A LACK of democracy in the current governance arrangements at Scottish Borders Council is being blamed for the failure to solve problems that have hit the floodlighting at Jedburgh Abbey.Temporary...
View ArticleSBC must cough up – despite appeal win
SCOTTISH Borders Council has been ordered to pay expenses towards a planning appeal to Scottish Government ministers – despite the reporter agreeing with the local authority.Donald Harris dismissed the...
View ArticleNat Tommy to wrestle for place on SBC in Hawick and Hermitage ward
FORMER wrestler Tommy Stevenson has been adopted as the SNP candidate to contest the Hawick and Hermitage ward at the Scottish Borders Council elections on May 3.A Boys’ Brigade officer, Mr Stevenson...
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