Bosses silent on Dalgliesh jobs axing
UP TO eight jobs are expected to be axed at the local tartan weaving company of D.C. Dalgliesh, writes Bob Burgess.But repeated attempts during the course of this week to obtain confirmation from...
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Volunteers are being seen as having a key role in developing the future of a major tourist attraction in the central Borders.Around £12million has been spent on restoring and upgrading facilities at...
View ArticleFirms looking to increase staff and investment in 2014
SCOTTISH small businesses are planning to increase their staff numbers and boost capital investment in 2014, new figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) have revealed.The FSB’s Voice of...
View ArticleCouncillor fears a fatality if wardens go
A Hawick councillor has said that he fears a member of the public will be killed if the region loses its traffic wardens under current police plans.Councillor Davie Paterson made the comment at a...
View ArticleSupermarket stalker
Police are investigating a suspicious incident at Morrisons in Hawick after a woman reported to staff that a man was following her around the store and had dropped an offensive note into her basket...
View ArticleFive senior SBC officials to take early retirement
Annual savings of over £500,000 will be made through the early retirement of five senior council officials, SBC has confirmed.Among those leaving are head of education Glenn Rodger and current acting...
View Article‘All I want for Christmas is a new tank’
Scotland’s only water escapologist Sue Martin from Lanton, near Jedburgh, needs a new tank. For the one her son stuntman Jacob made two years ago is leaking and the family troupe’s winter vintage...
View ArticleTransport Police probe theft of lights from Galashiels rail site
Thieves have snatched two floodlights from one of the Borders Railway project sites in Galashiels. They were removed from a tower at Winston Road where a tunnel is being constructed for the new...
View ArticleKelso centre could be funded by cuts to opening hours
THE running cost of a recycling centre in Kelso could be paid for by cutting opening hours at existing community recycling centres (CRC), councillors have been told. Rob Dickson, director of...
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St BoswellsJohn Swan Ltd held their second Annual ‘St Boswells Christmas Cracker’ which was sponsored again by the Royal Bank of Scotland.A fantastic show of cattle was forward which demonstrates the...
View ArticleTwo out of three ain’t bad
Borders farmers head up NFU Scotland for next year as Stow livestock farmer and president Nigel Miller, Stagehall, serves the second year of his second term. Lilliesleaf producer Rob Livesey of Firth,...
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Farmers seem to have taken to heart the saying that “It ain’t over till the fat lady sings” as arguments continue about how EU subsidies are to be allocated over the next few years.In England, the...
View ArticleNational awards for local farmers
Berwickshire organic farm, Peelham, at Foulden, is one of four finalists in the local food category of the annual national ‘Rural Oscars’.The section winner, other category winners and winner overall...
View ArticleMonitor farm sheep to try silage and soya this spring
Prize-winning silage may mean Peeblesshire monitor farmers Ed and Kate Rowell will not have to feed concentrate to their in-bye sheep this winter.The couple farm the 1,800-acre Hundleshope, near...
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BOWDENCarolsThere will be carol singing at Bowden Village Hall on December 22 at 6.30pm, accompanied by St Boswells Silver Band.caddonfootChurchThe third Sunday of Advent was celebrated in Caddonfoot...
View ArticleJail for crooked financial adviser
A financial adviser whose business was failing dipped into the account of clients and stole more than £158,000 before she was discovered.And this week Angela Lauder, of Victoria Crescent, Selkirk, was...
View ArticleA Question of Wine – Three to bring you Festive cheer
This 2013 Winemakers’ Selection Chenin Blanc Chardonnay is a particularly effective blend of two grape varieties South Africa does well. The chenin provides the freshness, green apple acidity and...
View ArticleSentence deferred
AN ALCOHOLIC who lay on the floor of Hawick police station when his antisocial behaviour order prevented him from being drunk had sentence deferred until January 17.Colin Gill, 38, of Princes Street,...
View ArticleStole his dad’s bank card
A MAN who stole his dad’s bank card and withdrew £8,000 from cash machines in the Galashiels and Dalbeattie areas had sentence deferred until February 17.Selkirk Sheriff Court, pictured, heard William...
View ArticleTeenager broke bail order
WHEN police called on Charley Brown at her Galashiels home just before midnight on Thursday, she wasn’t there – despite being on a 7pm-7am curfew.Living in Croft Street with her grandmother, Brown, 19,...
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