Every dog has its day – will Tom?
The lives of dogs and humans have been intertwined for possibly as long as 33,000 years.Scientists believe this is the earliest date that the domestic dog first arose and it followed the even earlier...
View ArticleSkatepark plan submitted
A PLANNING application has been lodged for the creation of a skatepark in Lauder.The proposed facility would be built at the Piggery Field, Thirlestane Drive.It has received the backing of a number of...
View ArticleCouncil gets approval to acquire Stirling Street site
A compulsory purchase order for Galashiels bus station has been approved by the Scottish Government, despite objections from FirstGroup.The order enables Scottish Borders Council to acquire the site...
View ArticleDecision to overturn Ettrick yurts refusal welcomed by owner
A holiday site operator has welcomed the overturning of a decision to refuse permission for six yurts and a shop in the Ettrick Valley.Three months ago, Scottish Borders Council’s planning committee...
View ArticleAppeal costs revealed
Scottish Borders Council has so far spent £18,500 on solicitors to fight its £250,000 data fine appeal, with more hearings due to take place.A two-day hearing was held in March, but was adjourned to...
View ArticleSocial care course helps jobseekers
A COURSE helping unemployed Borderers get work in the social care sector has seen six trainees graduate.Train to Care is a free full-time six week course funded by Skills Development Scotland and is...
View ArticleAuto enrolment explained
Under the new pension auto-enrolment scheme all employers will have to automatically enrol eligible workers into a qualifying pension scheme. This could be an existing pension scheme or the new...
View ArticlePush for firms to use modern apprentices
LAST week, at the end of Scottish Apprenticeship Week, the Scottish Government’s youth employment minister encouraged more businesses to sign up to the modern apprenticeship programme run through...
View ArticlePolice set out priorities for year ahead in local area
Issues relating to groups of youths causing disturbances, underage drinking and speeding are set to be targeted by police in Selkirkshire.A local policing plan has been produced for the Borders by...
View ArticleCaerlee Mills site to return to business
A multi-million pound plan to transform Caerlee Mills into a business centre, including a hotel, are to be unveiled.Husband and wife team Anne Marie and Douglas Gow purchased the site after the textile...
View ArticlePolice seminars to tackle legal highs
The issue of legal highs is being highlighted by police in the Borders during June, with a series of events to increase awareness of them, writes Alex Haylock. Councillor Michelle Ballantyne, who is...
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After spending more than 25 years teaching up-and-coming fashion designers, Jayne Smith has turned her attention to her own future.Jayne, who lives in Galashiels, is the former director of learning and...
View ArticleCourts closure fight continues
Solicitors from across the Borders are to write a joint letter to Holyrood’s justice committee putting forward their case again for Peebles and Duns courts to remain open.Members of Selkirkshire,...
View ArticleRural council ballot set to divide residents
A proposal to create the smallest community council in the Borders will split residents over a £4million wind farm payout “myth”.Ballot papers have been sent to residents in the Newcastleton and...
View ArticlePlans in pipeline for 30 turbines
A scoping application for a 30-turbine wind farm has been submitted at Cockburnspath.Chesire-based Community Windpower Ltd are behind the bid, which will be decided by the council by the end of June.
View ArticleCouncil put out to tender administration of £400m pension fund
Tenders are being sought by Scottish Borders Council to administer its pension fund which has a shortfall of almost £173million.A Prior Information Notice has been issued for the provision of an IT...
View ArticleDuns scrap metal firm fine £53,000 for illegal waste offences
A Duns scrap metal business has been fined a total of £53,000 for a series of offences relating to waste.At Duns Sheriff Court today, David Cochrane Ltd were punished for illegally keeping and treating...
View ArticleHall work funding push
A bid to raise more than £400,000 for major work on St Boswells Village Hall will be launched tonight (Thursday).A wine and cheese evening and talk by Atlantic rower Leven Brown will feature as part of...
View ArticleCouncillors told ‘stop obsessing about nonsense’
A ‘bonkers discussion’ was how a senior member of Scottish Borders Council described a debate on the drinking of alcohol in public.Michael Cook (East Berwickshire, Ind) made the remark during...
View ArticleWoman waiting for a bus forced to run out of drink-driver’s way
A drink-driver crashed into a street lamp, forcing a woman waiting for a bus to run out of the vehicle’s path.Accused Darrell Potts was told by Sheriff Kevin Drummond at Selkirk on Monday that he had...
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