Claim delays at council
The council has one of the worst records for processing new housing and council tax benefit claims in Scotland, new figures have shown. In 2012/13 it took staff on average 33 days to process new claims...
View ArticleEx-Kelso Laddie Eric hikes to Yetholm for charity
Rugby internationalist and Ex-Kelso Laddie Eric Paxton, 56, has raised £8,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association and Marie Curie Cancer Care by walking this summer’s common riding and...
View ArticleFormer bar to get new lease of life
The Imperial Bar in Hawick is set to be transformed into a retail premises.A change-of-use application for the Oliver Place property, which has been empty for a number of years, was approved by the...
View ArticleYour chance to pick our ‘Business Brain’
OVER the next few weeks you will see an advert for ‘Business Brain’. In addition to our regular column, we will be answering your questions and advising you on making sure your plans are tax efficient....
View ArticleKeep a close eye on the supply chain
WHAT would you do if your main supplier went out of business, or how would you be affected if illegal behaviour were discovered in your supply chain? Do contingency plans exist to cover such real...
View ArticleA grand skirl in Melrose
Melrose Pipe Band Championships was held in glorious sunshine on Saturday at St Mary’s School.Winners: Drum Major (adult) – Graham Wilson, Newtongrange PB; Drum Major (junior) – Gibb Fraser, Upper...
View ArticleAllotment plan takes root
Tweedbank Community Council has lodged plans to create 10 allotments on land near Essenside Drive.A wooden shed is also proposed for the site.The area, owned by Scottish Borders Council, will be...
View ArticleAlistair covers 600 miles in grandad’s footsteps
A Galashiels grandad has raised thousands of pounds for charity, completing a 600-mile walk and bike ride in the footsteps of his own grandfather.Alistair McIntyre, 53, hiked and cycled from Fife to...
View ArticleSummer classes could lead to Borders boost
The ancient craft of weaving was among a series of new skills which could be learned at Heriot-Watt University’s School of Textiles and Design this month, with the organiser hoping the summer classes...
View ArticleRoyal approval of Welsh choir for Galashiels show
The Treorchy Male Choir has played in front of one of the wealthiest princes in the world, and been on the same bill as the Prince of Darkness.But next month the Welsh ensemble head to the Borders for...
View ArticleJobless total falls below 2,000
The number of people in the Borders claiming unemployment benefit has fallen to under 2,000 for the first time this year.The latest figures show that in mid-June 1,987 people were claiming Jobseeker’s...
View ArticleArmy veterans prepare to lay-up Colours on Minden Day
Local veterans of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers will join more than 600 colleagues to march behind their Colours on Thursday before they are laid up at the regimental museum in Berwick Barracks.The...
View ArticleProjects allow residents to tap in to new supplies
RESIDENTS across the Borders have benefited from a huge investment by Scottish Water, which has been welcomed by the Scottish Government.The recently completed multi-million pound projects have seen...
View ArticleSt Boswells Show results
A good crowd enjoyed a high standard of entrants at The Newtown St Boswells and District Farmers Show took place at St Boswells Auction Mart on Saturday July 20.The full results as followed:Supreme...
View ArticleCaravan fire death investigated
Investigations are continuing into the cause of a fire at a caravan in Melrose, which claimed the life of a man on Saturday night.Fire crews from Galashiels and Selkirk were called to the incident,...
View ArticleKelso’s ‘brilliant’ week of big crowds and sunshine
Organisers have hailed 2013 Kelso Civic Week a huge success after bumper crowds enjoyed eight fun-filled days of celebrations in the sun.A cavalcade of 184 left the Square in fair weather at 8.30am on...
View ArticleTradition upheld, flags flown and history celebrated
The Square was at perhaps its most attractive for the solemn installation of Kelso Laddie Calum Thomson on Wednesday night. Crowds lined the cobbled town centre as they watched the event unfold in the...
View ArticleTweeddale west by-election to be held on October 10
The by-election for the Tweeddale West ward will take place on Thursday, October 10, following the resignation of Councillor Nathaniel Buckingham.There will be 10 polling places in the ward at Carlops,...
View ArticleMundell questions UK Government decision to place Borders bottom of mobile...
David Mundell MP has criticised the roll out of his own Government’s scheme to improve rural mobile phone coverage.While north-east Scotland and Cumbria will be the first mobile black spot areas to...
View ArticleGala man beat up 80-year-old wife
A GALASHIELS man accused his 80-year-old wife of sleeping around in her home town during a drunken tirade last weekend.Forty-seven-year-old John Gallagher Davidson, who is less than five foot tall,...
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