Car offered for charity donations
An online ‘thank you’ could net a Borderer a free car as a local radio station’s attempts to raise more money for its childrens’ charity.Radio Borders’ new Cash for Kids fundraiser ‘Mission Thank You’...
View ArticleSubstantial benefits of cultural trust outlined by council
MOVING the council’s cultural services to a trust will help with building maintenance, improved bookings and enable services to be run on a more commercial basis, Councillor Vicky Davidson has said.The...
View ArticlePeebles teacher wins book prize
Peebles teacher Claire McFall was this week named as a winner in the Scottish Children’s Book Awards for 2013 for her debut novel, Ferryman.Claire, who teaches English, beat off fierce competition to...
View ArticleTraffic warden reprieve
Police Scotland has postponed its plans to remove the traffic warden service from the Borders until the end of April. Local MSP John Lamont says it allows Scottish Borders Council time to investigate...
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A “statistic” trotted out for at least the past decade is that the average age of a British farmer is 58.My attempts to argue that this figure is misleading have had no success. It’s still produced...
View ArticleFormer banker facing prison over illegal deals
A former RBS banker has admitted losing nearly £500,000 of investors’ money in a series of illegal property and land deals, including the Borders.Bob Quigley duped people into parting with their...
View ArticleWell-travelled Luing bull
Fourth generation West Lothian farmer Andrew McNee, wife Lorna and their three children visited London last week – and took along their sale-topping 20-month-old Luing bull, Benhar Piper, to promote...
View ArticleMarket Prices
woolerAt their weekly primestock sale last Wednesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 778 hoggs and 326 ewes.Hogg numbers similar, but substantially up on this time last year. Fleshed hoggs again...
View ArticleBorders top cop visits Hawick and meets local officers
Newly-appointed senior police commander for the Borders, Chief Superintendent Gill Imery, was in Hawick last week to visit local police teams.Now in charge of all policing across Lothian and Borders,...
View ArticleDistrict News
AncrumWRIJennifer Smith gave a talk on her year in Uganda at the latest meeting. Competitions – slice of Christmas cake – 1, J. MacDonald; 2, R. Sinton; 3, M. Smith; 4, J. Butler; artefact from abroad...
View ArticleDenies stealing cash using cards
A cleaner who denies stealing £60,000 from a 68-year-old man is due to stand trial by jury on March 24.Teresa Brown, 44, of Howden Road, Jedburgh, appeared on indictment and denied stealing the cash...
View ArticleCustomer, 12, fled Gala shop in tears
A drunken man who left a 12-year-old girl in tears after demanding money from a shop assistant was this week jailed for a total of eight months.The child ran out of The Late Shop in Galashiels crying...
View ArticlePark plan hits stumbling block over ownership
Confusion over the ownership of a piece of public ground in Earlston has put plans for a largely lottery-funded children’s play park in jeopardy.Earlston Community Development Trust was successful in...
View ArticlePublic meetings about Jed distillery
Public meetings are to be held on the proposals for the £40million scheme that will see the construction of the Borders’ first distillery.It was revealed last week that Scotland rugby legend Finlay...
View ArticleCharity walk in the park near Selkirk
Bowhill Estate is encouraging charity fundraisers to go outdoors to raise cash for Sports Relief. The Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile takes place around the grounds on Sunday, March 23, from 11am. On...
View ArticleHawick youth to stand trial
A Hawick teenager who denies having a dog which was dangerously out of control and attacked a four-year-old and bit her to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement, will stand trial by jury on May...
View ArticleJobs under threat as Co-op pulls plug on farming
The Co-op says it plans to continue its From Farm to Fork operation in the Borders. But six jobs are under threat as the supermarket giant looks to dispose of its farming arm.Last week the Co-operative...
View ArticleTom fears stalemate as he steps down after 30 years
The future of chess in schools, and the annual school championship, hangs in the balance after Tom Lawson’s retiral after 30 years as organiser.Aged 79, Tom oversaw his last Borders Primary Chess...
View ArticleHedge battles set to be decided by council - for £400
THE council is anticipating a wave of applications for it to rule on high hedge disputes between neighbours when new legislation comes into force next month.On Monday planning committee members agreed...
View ArticleNot guilty
A Jedburgh man accused of a racially aggravated assault has been found not guilty after trial by jury at the town’s sheriff court.Twenty-two-year-old Graham Slorance of Hartrigge Crescent denied...
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