Pensioner in hospital following cow attack
An 81-year-old man is in hospital after being trampled by angry cows and calves while walking his dog near Greenlaw on Sunday.Rescue services were called out at 12.15pm to the attack which took place...
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woolerAt their weekly Primestock sale last week John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 1,657 lambs and 347 ewes.Trade holding up well with an increase in numbers on the week. Again all buyers present...
View ArticleDon’t follow the ‘dae fit yer telt’ approach to family business
Maitland Mackie, of ice-cream and crisps fame, is always thought-provoking. His most recent effort came at Strathclyde University, where he was one of the speakers talking about how to run a successful...
View ArticlePeebles Show draws record poultry field
There was a record number of entries in the poultry classes at this month’s Peebles Agricultural Show.Organised by Peebles Poultry Club, the show’s poultry competition attracted exhibitors from far and...
View ArticleRideout timetable
September 5The Borderers Return will begin at 7.45am at the Flodden Memorial where the minister of Coldstream Parish Church will bless the banner. The proclamation will then be read to riders from...
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ON A late summer day in 1997, four men from Coldstream decided to visit the Flodden Memorial.The date was September 9 – the anniversary of Scotland’s defeat at the hands of the Auld Enemy on the...
View ArticleReconciliation is the aim of cross-border commemoration
Descendants of key players from the Scottish and English armies at Flodden will gather on the border battlefield 500 years and a day after the conflict.England’s successful commander, the Earl of...
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Half a millennium after the bloody conflict that was Flodden, an effort is being made to have the battlefield officially recognised as a war grave.It can never be known for certain just how many...
View ArticleTaking care of people in our community
Caring in the community takes many forms, and is supported by a wide variety of local groups, charities and businesses.With recent changes to welfare benefits, proposed changes in Scotland to the...
View ArticleBeautiful weed just gets everywhere
As we bid farewell to August, one plant seems to dominate our countryside at this time of year and, strangely, it is not even a native.Earlier in the month its tall pink flowers provided huge blocks of...
View ArticleSea eagles set to soar across Borders after chick fledges
Giant white-tailed sea eagles could soon be a more common sight in skies over the Borders after news that a chick, the first born on the east coast for almost 200 years, has now fledged.The chick was...
View ArticleThe point when good ‘hobbies’ go bad
There is a point with any ‘hobby’ – I use the single quotes as I don’t believe my love of poultry to actually be a hobby, more of a calling – where you can take it too far.Like those old ladies found...
View ArticleMeeting of minds that may just happen
Last night, probably around the time this mighty organ of a newspaper was trundling off the presses at Cambuslang, I was engaged in a committee meeting. I am writing this obviously prior to the meeting...
View ArticleAbout time, by George
After a controversial three-year saga, George Knox’s £420,000 bequest is finally trickling from Scottish Borders Council to Galashiels’ elderly. Philanthropic George Knox, a former clerk to Galashiels...
View ArticleKelso date for new music inspired by Hawick Missal
The award-winning international composer who wrote the soundtrack to the film The Piano will premiere new music in Kelso next month.The composition by British minimalist composer Michael Nyman CBE,...
View ArticleThree-year gap in secure disposal of council files
A report has revealed that Scottish Borders Council did not have a secure means of disposing of personal files for three years before its data breach.Information Tribunal judge Nicholas Warren wrote...
View ArticleMixed results on A&E targets
The BGH achieved over 99 per cent compliance with the four-hour maximum A&E waiting time target in May and June this year. In March and April it was 97 per cent and 96 per cent respectively. The...
View ArticleDifferent diversity award for learning centre
Borders College has become the first organisation in the region to achieve the full Stage 2 Investors in Diversity Award for its approach to managing equality, diversity and inclusion.Vice principal...
View ArticleTrial date fixed
Former Selkirk resident, Andrew Stewart, 23, has been accused of threatening or abusive behaviour in an ambulance and also at the accident and emergency department of Borders General Hospital. Stewart,...
View ArticleOban date for Borders dancers
Highland dancers from the Borders qualified at a competition to represent this region at the Highlands & Islands Dance Festival at Oban in May 2014.The are, from left, back row – Amy McQueen, Robyn...
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