Ward remains shut at BGH due to virus
A HOSPITAL ward has been closed to admissions since last Friday due to the norovirus, or winter vomiting bug.Despite the precaution being taken on Ward 10 at the BGH, individual bays on wards 4 and 12...
View ArticleProjects sought for offenders to undertake work on
THE council’s criminal justice team is keen to hear from individuals and organisations which have a project that could benefit from offenders carrying out unpaid work as part of a court-imposed...
View ArticleMan arrested in Valerie Graves murder inquiry
Detectives have arrested a man on suspicion of the murder of Borders artist and designer Valerie Graves in Bosham, Sussex.The 22-year-old man was detained on Tuesday and is currently in custody.Surrey...
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AncrumWRIMembers dined out at Lilliardsedge Caravan Park for their Christmas meal. Competition – best-wrapped present – 1, J. Charles; 2, R. Sinton; 3, D. Canby; 4, J. Butler. The next meeting is on...
View ArticleFarmers have just got on and coped with flooding and gales
One of many recent TV reports on bad weather was instructive. Interviewing victims of flooding in Britain produced a string of complaints about failure by government, councils, environment agency,...
View ArticleBarrow butterflies shed during winter
After all the upheaval of the festive season and the acquisition of our new puppy Treacle, it was good to get out and about again to catch up with all that is happening in the wonderful world of...
View ArticleCornmill revamp starts in Galashiels
Works began in Cornmill Square last week to create a new civic space for the community, as part of the Galashiels Inner Relief Road improvements. Councillor Gordon Edgar, Scottish Borders Council’s...
View ArticleSchool week change should be ‘embraced’
A Borders-wide change to a four-and-a-half day school week will have a knock-on effect on various aspects of people’s lives.That is the view of the council’s director of education, Glenn Rodger.Mr...
View ArticleChurch must practice its preachings
The Church of England is not an energy firm.Its revenue does not have to come from energy schemes, unlike renewables firm, RES, the church commissioners’ partner in plans for a giant wind farm south of...
View ArticleTeenager threatened to kill his mum
A drunken teenager who threatened to kill his mother has been sentenced to a community payback order (CPO) with 100 hours of unpaid work.Jonathan Barnes, 18, of Beech Avenue, Galashiels, admitted...
View ArticleJail for carer who stole from elderly
A home carer who stole £4,900 from a dementia-suffering couple in their 90s has been jailed for 160 days.Kirsty Ritchie took two debit cards from a house at Abbotsford Place, Galashiels, on April 2 and...
View ArticleChaos caused by break-up
Eric Falconer’s letter of last week highlights the selective, naive views of many pro-independence campaigners that their assertions are right and anyone who disagrees is scaremongering and wrong.The...
View ArticleOver 200 tickets issued at BGH
NHS Borders has confirmed that there are no plans to introduce a “no-return” period in Borders General Hospital’s short-stay car parks.The implementation of such a regulation had been rumoured on the...
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Experienced travel agent Michael Needham has set a course on building his own business after moving back to his home town of Peebles.Michael’s home-based business, Scottish Borders Travel Village,...
View ArticleTweed ban could spread
A salmon protection group is calling on Scotland’s fisheries to follow the River Tweed’s example and operate a ‘catch and release policy’ this spring. The Association of Salmon Fishery Boards (ASFB),...
View ArticleTop cleric in turbine plea
Top Church of England cleric, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, is in danger of being dragged into a row over plans for a Borders wind farm.It stems from preliminary proposals to site a...
View ArticleFocus on going to the dogs in Galashiels
On January 29 at the Focus Centre in Galashiels, along with the Dogs Trust, I am sponsoring free micro-chipping of your canine, if you come along between 9am and noon.There will also be a free vet...
View ArticleClegg gives Moore new business role
Local MP Michael Moore has been appointed by the Deputy Prime Minister to be his Adviser on European Business. The unpaid role will see Mr Moore working with businesses across the UK to understand the...
View ArticleDisney adventure for Borders dancers after they gather in Paris
Twenty-four dancers from the Lynella School of Highland Dancing have returned from Disneyland Paris where they took part in the International Highland Gathering. The girls, who travelled with their...
View ArticleMSP concerned about council’s police spending
Borders MSP John Lamont has said that councils’ influence on local policing has been lost following the creation of a single force.Mr Lamont said that there is now no guarantee that the money given to...
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