Funeral director wins full accreditation
A NEW independent funeral director has opened for business in Galashiels.A & A Doyle has taken over the premises at 10 Bank Street, formerly occupied by Nickel & Dime, and this week the firm...
View ArticleDave’s crime exposé
HE was Scotland’s senior investigation officer with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) for than two decades, spending much of his time probing crimes against wildlife in the Scottish...
View ArticleRising Wavestar sold in private deal
Aberdeen Angus breeders Messrs J. and W. Arnott of Haymount, Kelso, have sold one of their potential 2012 Perth stars, Haymount Wavestar K986, in a high-price private deal to the Lucas family of...
View ArticleFree event will give Borders firms a boost
Borders businesses will get some top tips on securing and trading their assets in the UK and overseas at a free Business Gateway event in Selkirk on February 22. The event, which is being run in...
View ArticleBorders tunes up for annual feast of musical theatre
FROM amusement rides to one of Her Majesty’s ships, the Borders’ operatic societies are taking on a variety of popular shows during the coming season.Many of the group’s have been in existence for...
View ArticleMaking the most of wind power
A FREE public seminar investigating the practicalities of now communities in the Borders can take ownership of commercial wind farms will be held next week.Organised by Community Energy Scotland (CES),...
View ArticleSelkirk youth to have their say in community wind farm referendum
AS the debate is played out nationally over whether 16-year-olds should be allowed to vote in a referendum on Scottish independence, Selkirk is raising the bar on youth enfranchisement.For a postal...
View ArticleAbbotsford glass door plan to protect Scott artefacts
ABBOTSFORD House haslaunched a fresh planning application for a project to save a large number of Walter Scott’s historical artefacts.In an amendment to a previously passed planning bid submitted to...
View ArticleMobile phone drive
POLICE are clamping down on drivers who use mobile phones while at the wheel.During the past two weeks they have used unmarked police vehicles as well as high visibility patrols. And they warn that...
View Article£16,500 spent on chief exec’s office
MORE than £16,500 has been spent on altering and redecorating Tracey Logan’s office.But it is claimed the work on behalf of Scottish Borders Council’s chief executive will, in fact, save money and help...
View ArticleOld school tied into affordable housing, despite objections
LOCAL objections were swept aside this week when plans for 12 affordable houses on the site of the former Lauder Primary School in Crofts Road were unanimously approved this week, writes Andrew...
View ArticleCouncillors unite over garden waste row
TWO Tweeddale councillors have cut the local authority down to size over its handling of garden waste collections in rural areas of the Borders.Bill Herd and Gavin Logan believe the service will not be...
View ArticleHawick secretary calls on local fans to get behind Rangers
RANGERS fans in the Borders are planning to band together in order to help save their troubled club.Hawick Rangers Supporters’ Club secretary Michael Hook confirmed branches in the region were...
View ArticlePlea to youth hostel boss
Scottish Youth Hostel Association chief executive Keith Legge will be urged to save its Broadmeadows facility from closure at a crunch meeting on Monday.Selkirkshire councillor and Ettrick resident...
View ArticlePipe band appeals for sponsors
THE Innerleithen Pipe Band Championships is appealing for sponsors after it was forced to reduce its prize money due to a lack of benefactors.The 11th staging of the event takes place on Saturday, June...
View ArticleKids happy to discover that church can be messy
A BUILDING in Lauder associated with a former church once again provided a Christian context for young people at a special event.The hall of the now-demolished West Church – known today as the Youth...
View ArticleCommunities watch with interest as youths diverted from disorder
A GROUP of teenage boys in Selkirk are at the centre of a groundbreaking initiative which seeks to sew the seeds of harmony across the generational divide, writes Andrew Keddie.If the 10-week programme...
View ArticleFoster fees raised to boost carer recruitment
NEARLY 100 foster carer households in the Borders will benefit from an increase in fees, ahead of a campaign to recruit more people to look after vulnerable children.Scottish Borders Council’s...
View ArticlePublic inquiry beckons as councillors reject Jed superstore bid
within 24 hours of councillors rejecting a planning application for a new supermarket in Jedburgh came the announcement that the unsuccesful developer is to lodge an appeal with the Scottish...
View ArticleChess pupils hoping to make all the right moves
Next week sees the 29th playing of the Borders Primary Schools Chess Championships with primary school teams from across the region be vying for the title. There will be 17 schools competing in the...
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