Protest as A7 is swept clean of winter salt
Fountainhall resident Dawn Brown says she is ready to risk arrest in order to block rail construction vehicles from cleaning salt off the A7.Self-employed Mrs Brown, 54, claims police have warned her...
View ArticleBusiness event counts for baby unit
Borders General Hospital’s special care baby unit has received a £500 boost – thanks to a raffle held at a Supporting Women in Business event in Kelso.It was organised by Sheryl Macaulay, a director...
View ArticleCampaign to state the case for Hawick rail extension
THE Campaign for Borders Rail is holding its AGM on November 27, when there will be renewed calls for the Borders Railway to be extended 17 miles from its planned terminus at Tweedbank through Melrose...
View ArticleDiscovering our unsung war heroes
Borders primary schools have one last chance to sign up to a national war memorial competition being run by the Royal British legion Scotland, that will see pupils turn detective to uncover real life...
View ArticleMoore says he is working to mitigate ‘bedroom-tax’ blow
Borders MP Michael Moore has hit back at criticism over his decision to vote against recent proposals from Labour to scrap the controversial ‘bedroom tax’, writes Mark Entwistle.The tax is a cut to...
View ArticleGet ready for winter
Two Fountainhall residents have taken the lead to ensure their community is prepared for winter.Dawn Brown and Charlotte Hendry (resource coordinator), pictured, arranged for a team of people to knock...
View ArticleNew Horizons’ £3,920 grant
New Horizons Borders has been awarded £3,920 from the ‘see me’ Local Grants Scheme 2013. New Horizons Borders was awarded the cash for the creation of a publication to raise awareness of the stigma...
View ArticleEx-soldier Jim calls a halt to poppy career
After half-a-century in uniform and with service charity Poppyscotland, Galashiels ex-soldier Jim Macfarlane has marched into retirement.As this year’s Scottish Poppy Appeal got under way, staff at...
View ArticleSay YES to cake and coffee
YES Tweedbank is holding a coffee morning on November 30 in the community centre from 10am-noon so Borderers can find out how independence could affect them.YES Tweedbank co-ordinator Andrew Aitken...
View ArticleMSP blasts proposal
A Borders MSP has said council staff acting as the first point of contact for police matters would be a ‘second rate service’.John Lamont made the comment in response to the council’s suggestion to the...
View ArticleIncrease in profits for Langholm firm
Langholm-based Edinburgh Woollen Mill Group has reported a 130 per cent increase in turnover to £566.7m and increased operating profit of £58.5m, up 184 per cent. Like for like sales in the underlying...
View ArticleNews transmission changes given a warm reception
CHANGES by ITV Border to allow separate broadcasts in England and Scotland have been welcomed by Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale.Transmission alterations currently...
View ArticleAdvice on paying VAT on sales invoices
THE question we deal with this week is: ‘I currently pay VAT when I raise a sales invoice, but it can be a couple of months before I receive payment. Is there anyway around this?’There are several...
View ArticleHigh school land sale a step closer
Two significant steps were taken this week towards the creation of a much needed new secondary school for Kelso.On Wednesday the preferred contractor for the £15million scheme was announced and the...
View ArticleRibbon cut on Lauder’s new health centre
The community’s involvement in a new health centre has been praised by the Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale.The Hon Gerald Maitland-Carew carried out the official opening of Lauder...
View ArticleParking woes in village as BGH fines start
NHS Borders has been accused of moving the BGH parking problem into Darnick, with new parking fines having come into force this week.On both Monday and Tuesday more than 60 cars descended on the...
View ArticleSometimes banks are right to say it’s the end of the road
There will probably be some farmers among the small businesses alleged this week to have been closed down unnecessarily – to take over their assets at a knockdown price – by a hard-nosed department of...
View ArticleLife’s a beach when you’re in Spittal
As I write this I am sitting by the seaside and the blazing sun is almost blinding me as I struggle to see the screen of my computer.I can see trains as they trundle past a caravan park, taking...
View ArticleDistrict News
BROOMLandsWRIAt the latest meeting, Margaret Riddell gave a talk about Charity Begins At Home, how the shop started, it’s aims and the fact people come from near and far to get bargains. Competition...
View ArticleDog lovers’ not-so-festive Selkirk gifts
The coming weeks will see a number of Border towns switch on their Christmas tree decorations, with bright and shiny baubles sparkling among the fairy light-festooned branches.Unfortunately, however,...
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