Cop numbers in local division below 1,000
At the end of last year 964 police officers were working solely in the Lothians and Scottish Borders division of Police Scotland.At the end of March 2013, before the formation of the single force,...
View ArticleFloral Gateway entries open
The region’s annual Floral Gateway competition has been launched this week, with communities large and small encourage to enter. Organised by the council’s neighbourhood services section, the...
View ArticleTown centre road closure
A section of road at Cornmill Square in Galashiels will be closed for five hours on Sunday to allow BT to carry out repairs. Access from Albert Place to Bank Street will be closed from 7am to noon,...
View ArticleBy-election date announced
A by-election in the council’s Hawick and Denholm ward will take place on Thursday, May 22, prompted by the death of Zandra Elliot.There will be eight polling places in the ward: Denholm, Stirches,...
View ArticleNew marquee venue open day
Jim Neil and Yvonne Baird have launched a new venture, Runningburn Luxury Marquee, from their farm near Stichill, providing a new Borders venue for weddings and corporate events.The project has been in...
View ArticleInitiative protected jobs and saved house builder, says boss
THE managing director of Tweed Homes has said developments built through a new initiative have saved the company during the recession.Andy Pearson made the comments following the official opening of...
View ArticleTools stolen from workshops
Power tools have been taken in two break-ins at workshops in Newcastleton on Monday night.Police are wanting to hear from anyone who remembers seeing any suspicious activity involving a grey Ford Focus...
View ArticleMarket Prices
woolerAt their weekly primestock sale last Wednesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 616 hoggs and 269 ewes.Hogg numbers tightening.Many inspec types on offer, resulting in greater returns for...
View ArticleMSP meets with criminal justice representatives
BORDERS MSP Christine Grahame has met with members of the council’s criminal justice service to discuss a range of issues.Ms Grahame, who also chairs the Scottish Parliament’s justice committee, met...
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caddonfootChurchFairtrade was the theme of the Reverend Elspeth Harley’s address to the congregation on the first Sunday in Lent morning service. She also brought along Fairtrade goods to show in her...
View ArticleCasualties can be kept to a minimum by good stockmen
A memory from school poetry readings flashed to mind when I saw the farming magazine headline “Why do lambs die?” The poem was Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “How do I love thee? Let me count the...
View ArticleEscape From Planet Earth (U) Pavilion, Galashiels
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE TRAILERIn the cosmos, intelligent life forms have nothing but bad things to say about The Dark Planet. No one returns from there. Ever!Evolution worked backwards apparently,...
View ArticleReady for the dance of death?
CLICK HERE TO WATCH TRAILERAccording to Hollywood History the ancient Greek fighting machine consisted of half naked warriors, gym fit with biceps a-ripple and six packs glistening in the sun. Gay guys...
View ArticleNeed For Speed (12A) Pavilion, Galashiels
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TRAILERThe Fast And Furious franchise has become a genre. It’s cars, not sex, that lubricates the libido. Speed, of course, is the high. What’s the low? Death by dangerous...
View ArticleKelso supermarket manager moves on
Having managed the Sainsbury’s store in Kelso since it opened in 2011, store manager Sharon Matthews is leaving to take charge at Straiton, Edinburgh. Will Pitcairn from the Peebles store will take...
View Article‘Culture’ of drug sharing at Riverside
Scotland’s care home regulator has issued three damning reports into Selkirk’s Riverside Healthcare Centre.The Riverside nursing home on Bridge Street provides 24-hour care for up to 45 older people....
View ArticleCouncil auctions off £2.4m claim for Icelandic money
THE council has cut its losses by auctioning off its claim for remaining deposits in a failed Icelandic bank, in which it had £5m invested at the time of collapse in 2008.SBC has refused to disclose...
View Article£1,200 bill for jaw-breaker
A 21-year-old who broke a man’s jaw by punching him was ordered to pay his victim £1,200 compensation.Michael MacPherson was also sentenced to a 12-month community payback order with 200 hours of...
View ArticleKelso knifewoman jailed for two years
A woman who threatened staff at one of the Borders’ most prestigious hotels with a knife has been jailed for two years.Elaine Fox, 45, who was on bail at the time, committed the offence at the Ednam...
View ArticleKelso pupils write their own World Book Day chapter
Kelso High pupils last Thursday celebrated World Book Day with events around the school.The theme was “favourite childhood books” and all staff were asked to nominate their favourite one to be...
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