Assault trial date set
Appearing at Jedburgh Sheriff Court, Hawick man Paul Robson has denied assaulting Kirsty Brown at a house in the town’s Weensland Road on March 9 or 10. The 30-year-old, of Burnflat Brae, will stand...
View ArticleSouth tops tables both good and bad
Clean Up Scotland research has revealed that people in the south of the country drop litter less than any other area. But 75 per cent of residents have seen litter dropped in the past three months, the...
View Article‘Faultless’ Paulo’s Fairlie chuffed
The cream of Borders College catering students won their big break at Friday’s BUAS bicentenary dinner, with three named top out of 20. Paulo Neves from Melrose came first, Lynn Frizzell from...
View ArticleWarrant issued in race case
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Jedburgh man Liam Wallace who failed to appear in court. The 20-year-old is accused of making racially offensive remarks to a man in Galashiels on June 30.
View ArticleTories make first move in Tweeddale by-election race
October 10 has been picked as the by-election date for the Tweeddale West seat – with the Conservatives quick to name their candidate for Nathaniel Buckingham’s former seat.With the civil engineer...
View ArticleStable Life aims to put best foot forward
A renamed kids’ charity is looking for donations to ensure its new beginning can help youngsters to turnaround their lives.Stable Life is the new name of the former Gala Youth Project, and will aim to...
View ArticleBhatia says by-law booze ban won’t solve safety fears
A Tweeddale councillor does not believe a by-law banning the drinking of alcohol in towns would reduce fears over Peebles’ High Street.A consultation is currently taking place on the proposals, with...
View ArticleFire crews tackle over 50 blazes
Firefighters in the Borders attended 51 fires in the area between April and the end of June, local group commander John Mallin will tell councillors on Friday.Figures also reveal that crews had to...
View ArticleAssault sentence delayed
A potato picker who severely injured a colleague failed to turn up for his background report meeting because he was accompanying a dying friend to hospital.Robbie Swinton had sentence deferred to...
View ArticleHousing group failed mentally-ill tenant
A tenant with mental health problems was left living in her water-damaged SBHA home for almost three months, a report has revealed.The woman, referred to only as Mrs A, had damp and mouldy carpets,...
View ArticleMobile phone traced to ASBO Gala man
A 23-year-old Galashiels man has had sentence deferred until August 20 after he admitted taking a mobile phone from a party while on an ASBO.Using a GPS tracking device, the phone was traced to Daniel...
View ArticleMystery still surrounds Melrose caravan fire death
A constant police presence has been maintained at an address in Melrose where a man died in a caravan fire on Saturday.Although named locally as David Ogg, the police have so far refused to reveal any...
View ArticleHousing benefit support boost
Borders MP Michael Moore has welcomed a £300,000 boost for Scottish Borders Council.The money will enable the council to help local people affected by changes to housing benefit who need extra support.
View ArticlePictures of health – Chernobyl children near end of Borders break
Eight youngsters who live in the contaminated zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power station disaster are nearing the end of their month-long healthy holiday in the Borders.For the past three weeks the...
View ArticleWinter barley cut, so of course, here comes the rain
That was the heatwave that was, I guess, not quite lasting until the end of July.For the whole of Britain it was the longest hot spell since 2006 and for some areas, although not ours, the longest...
View ArticleFell pony in limelight at St Boswells show
A Fell pony took the supreme championship at the Newtown St Boswells and District Farmers Show at St Boswells Auction Mart on Saturday, July 20.A good crowd enjoyed a high standard of entrants...
View ArticleNational award for Kelso AA breeder
Kelso farmer John Elliot has received a national award for his contribution to livestock breeding. The Aberdeen Angus breeder of Roxburgh Mains is this year’s winner of the prestigious Sir William...
View ArticleHealth chief denies service understaffed
A frontline member of staff within NHS Borders has told The Southern that hospital services are chronically understaffed.The employee, who wished to remain anonymous, said last week’s story on the...
View ArticleAbbatoir attack sees metal stolen
The former Scottish Borders Abattoir in Galashiels has been attacked by metal thieves.Police are seeking information after cable was taken from the building on Winston Road in the last month. The...
View ArticleHawick’s drugs arrest
A Hawick man has been charged with possession of drugs after being caught with cannabis and diazepam in the town last Friday.The 33-year-old was stopped in St George’s Lane at around 11.15am. A Police...
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