Kelso resident John Laidlaw celebrates his 101st birthday
Friends and family of Kelso resident John Laidlaw this month gathered to celebrate his 101st birthday.Mr Laidlaw was the subject of a feature on his life in The Southern a year ago when he reached his...
View ArticleKelso project which puts youngsters first
I was delighted to be able to attend the launch of Kelso Youth Project at the town’s Abbey Row Community Centre.Set up by Cheviot Youth, it aims to address the previous lack of voluntary youth work...
View ArticleUnion seeks views of farm tenants
Union officials hold a meeting in the Borders next week to find out the views of farm tenants on the Agricultural Holdings Review.The local meeting at The Lodge, Carfraemill, on Monday night (7pm) is...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: Sport Relief in the Borders
Borderers have raised thousands of pounds for Sport Relief.Check out our slideshow.
View ArticleMichael Moore re-selected as Lib Dem candidate
Michael Moore has been re-selected by the Liberal Democrats in the Borders to be their candidate to fight the 2015 general election.The Borders MP has been elected on four previous occasions, since...
View ArticleBusiness property pension opportunity
RADICAL changes in the budget in relation to the benefits which can be taken from pension policies bring into greater focus the advantages of holding business premises in the pension fund of the...
View ArticleRBS to close Greenlaw and Chirnside branches
The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced that branches in Greelaw, Chirnside and Newtown St Boswells will close in June.The bank says the decision has been made following a drop in customer numbers,...
View ArticleBorders team comes top
Youth Borders won the‘Innovative Practice – Team of the Year’ Award at the YouthLink Scotland awards. Pictured are Avril McIntyre, Rowland’s (Selkirk); Sian Snowdon, Escape Youth Café (Hawick); SBC...
View ArticleSeize chance for lamb
Borders sheep farmers were urged to seize the lamb production opportunities before them by one of the speakers at a meeting at Carfraemill.Borders farmer Andrew Elliot, who is based at Blackhaugh near...
View ArticleWorking towards a land use strategy pilot
It has been exactly one year since the Scottish Government launched two pilot projects to look at how a land use strategy might work, writes Dr Derek Robeson, Tweed Forum. The Borders along with...
View ArticleCrockett should keep the mice off my Tubbs
This week, tubs. No, no, no, no. Not Tubbs with a capital t and two bs, he of the extremely wide-shouldered, pastel suits who used to hang around with Don Johnson, he who was also a fan of the...
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It was once a place where you could buy anything from a curtain rail and glue, to lightbulbs or, famously, just one nail if that was all that was needed.But seven years on after being acquired for a...
View ArticleCouncil to hold seminar in an attempt to get firms to take proposal forward
Development of a timber drying facility utilising heat generated by the council’s waste treatment facility is viable, councillors have been told.However SBC are set to make a technical report on the...
View ArticleLottery cash boost
Victims of domestic violence received a boost this week when the Big Lottery announced it is giving nearly £600,000 to help them.Scottish Borders Council will use the £598,000 for a new five-year...
View ArticleCountry Diary
Saturday, April 5 – Linear walk from Traquair to Peebles via Southern Upland Way and Old Drove Road (SNT8). 10 miles Grade B+. Start at 9.30am. Take packed lunch and coffee. Contact leader Helen Todd...
View ArticleFamily day at Corehead to say thanks to volunteers
Environmental charity Borders Forest Trust (BFT) is to hold a planting and family day at Corehead Farm, near Moffat, to mark the end of tree planting season. As well as tree planting, there will be den...
View ArticleHawick young people Escape to their own cafe
Learning how to change a lightbulb or cashing up a tuckshop till are not the first things that spring to mind when it comes to youth clubs. But then Hawick’s Escape Youth Cafe is about as far removed...
View ArticleCouncil facing tax fine
A tax bungle could cost Scottish Borders Council a six-figure bill from Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC).Since April 2013, under a new tax system called Real Time Information, employers must...
View ArticleScotsheep heading for Grantshouse in June
It is the turn of the Borders to host Scotland’s biennial national sheep event, NSA Scotsheep, with thousands of sheep farmers from throughout the country are expected to descend on Quixwood Farm,...
View ArticleBreast cancer speakers reach out to Selkirk groups
Selkirk clubs and societies are being offered the unique opportunity to hear from leading breast cancer charity, Breakthrough Breast Cancer.It is the UK’s leading charity dedicated to stopping women...
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