’Leaf mum’s appeal D-Day
Carole Andrew’s fight to build a bungalow for disabled daughter Rachel beside her Lilliesleaf home will be heard on Monday.The former teacher has appealed to Scottish Borders Council’s review body...
View ArticleStress absence rise among teachers
The executive member for education says the council supports its teachers adequately, despite a large rise last year in days lost due to stress.Teaching staff were absent for an extra 500 working days...
View ArticleWestruther wind farm ‘one step too far’ – councillor
Councillors unanimously rejected plans for an eight-turbine wind farm near Westruther at a meeting on Monday.The Brunta Hill scheme, put forward by PNE Wind, had been recommended for refusal by...
View ArticlePedal power forces shop to move up a gear
The rapid growth of Julian Cram’s Borders Cycles business has taken him into larger premises, for which he has even bigger plans.The new shop, in Teviot Crescent, Hawick, has four times the floor space...
View ArticleHawick care home hits back at MSP’s staff wage claims
The owners of a troubled Hawick care home have accused South of Scotland MSP Paul Wheelhouse of making defamatory comments after he claimed staff were owed up to £600, writes Kenny Paterson.And Park...
View ArticleNo show for Queen’s Head’s ‘new owners’
Selkirk’s Queen’s Head pub stays shut, despite a Facebook group ‘Queen’s Head Selkirk’ promising to “open end of July”. It remains unclear whether this was a genuine rival bid to a proposed community...
View ArticleFatal crash prompts renewed safety calls
Residents in the hamlet of Houndslow have renewed calls for more road safety measures on the A697 following a fatal crash on Monday.After repeated requests for it to be made safer for children to walk...
View ArticleViews sought on tax-free childcare
Borderers have been encouraged to take part in a tax-free childcare consultation by the UK Government. It is seeking views on a wide range of questions on how tax-free childcare will operate, including...
View ArticleStudy looks at fuel prices for rebate plan
Retailers are to be consulted on the cost of fuel to see if a rebate scheme could be implemented in the Borders, similar to that on Scottish islands.The region is one of a number of areas where the UK...
View ArticleNew buses to hit the Borders
A fleet of new buses will serve the Borders from next week when Perryman’s officially take over the majority of local routes.A number of new services will be provided. Full details are available on the...
View ArticleBleachfield Road home ruling
A previously rejected plan to build a house within a Bleachfield Road garden will go before the council’s review body on Monday.The committee will consider the application after planners ruled in May...
View ArticleSunderland driver named as Scottish Borders crash victim
Police have today named the motorist who was killed in a crash on the A697 between Greenlaw and Carfraemill on Monday.Richard Glass, 59, from Grindon in Sunderland was at the wheel of a northbound Kia...
View ArticleJailed Selkirk man and madame who ran sex ring to appeal
Jailed brothel keepers Rob Munro, formerly from Selkirk, and Margaret Paterson from Edinburgh are appealing their convictions and jail terms.Munro, 61, and Paterson, 60, were jailed for five years...
View ArticleHomeless figures rise
Applications for homelessness help in the Borders increased last year, one of just three areas of Scotland where this was the case.However the council has said that the 17 per cent increase, compared...
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THE ‘alien’ appearance of 28 proposed holiday lodges close to Whitmuirhall Loch has seen the plans scuppered.Last week, a planning appeal was dismissed by reporter Gerry Farrington, who said the...
View ArticlePolice seek information on missing 93-year-old Hawick woman Jean Arres
Police have issued an urgent appeal for information this morning in tracing a 93-year-old woman who has gone missing from her home near Hawick.Jean Arres, who stays at Whiteburn, Southdean ten miles...
View ArticleTreorchy Male Voice Choir on song in the Borders
The world famous Treorchy Male Voice Choir head home to Wales today after a hugely successful tour of the Borders.The choir performed at a sportsman’s dinner in aid of the Rowan Boland Memorial Trust...
View ArticleBody found in search for missing Southdean woman Jean Arres
Police searching for missing 93-year-old Southdean woman Jean Arres have found a body this morning in open countryside near her home. A spokesman for Police Scotland said: “At this time the body has...
View ArticleArmed police at Hawick flat after reports of weapon sighting
Armed police have swooped on a flat in Hawick today after a weapon was reportedly seen within the property.Police initially attended the flat at Oliver Crescent at 11am following reports of an...
View ArticleCourt appearance today for three charged with assault and robbery
Three people will appear at Selkirk Sheriff Court later today charged with assault and robbery following an incident at a flat in Hawick yesterday morning.The two men, aged 20 and 30 respectively, and...
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