Standards must be first class
When one considers the huge cost – in the region of £300million – of restoring rail services to the central Borders, the price tag for ensuring trains that run on the track are of a high standard must...
View ArticleGala’s clean team
Nineteen people took part in last Saturday’s Galashiels and Langlee Community Council spring clean.A total of 36 bags of rubbish – weighing 234kg – plus other waste was collected.The areas covered were...
View ArticlePatient had to be restrained
Found in his underwear with a head injury, David Mitchell was rushed by ambulance to Borders General Hospital.But the drunken 23-year-old began shouting and swearing while being assessed.Mitchell, of...
View ArticleNew season at Bowhill promises top value and fun
Bowhill is open for business and this season looks set to be the best one yet, with locals being invited to drop by and try out the estate’s latest attractions.With the revamped adventure playground...
View ArticleNFUS cautions farmers over shooting of dogs
Farmers are being warned to be sure they are on solid legal ground if they have to shoot dogs.The cautionary advice came from the National Farmers Union Scotland this week following a number of cases...
View ArticleCertificate gained in crop protection
Robbie King, farm trader at McCreath Simpson & Prentice (MSP) in Berwick, a trading division of Simpsons Malt Ltd, has been awarded a highly accredited BASIS Certificate in Crop Protection. The...
View ArticleA Sunday dinner worth crowing about
I sit down to write this having just heated the oven and put a chicken in to roast. It’s a wonderfully indulgent thing, a roast dinner.In our home it starts with the chicken being rubbed with butter –...
View ArticleQueen’s Own Highlanders veterans’ appeal to Borders
A plea has gone to Borderers who are ex-Queen’s Own Highlanders, to join a campaign to get the regiment’s name restored to its own museum.The Queen’s Own Highlanders, which was formed in 1961 by an...
View ArticleNHS prescribes preparation for DIY enthusiasts
With many people no doubt intent on making the most of the Easter holidays and the onset of spring by reaching for the tools or lawnmower, a major health campaign is urging DIY and gardening...
View ArticleLeading the way when fooling around
Justice, which I chair, sits on a Tuesday morning and that coincided with April Fool’s Day, so I thought I would go for it and before the session started had great fun misleading the rest into thinking...
View ArticleIncentives to invest in small businesses
In the Chancellor’s recent budget he announced that the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is to be extended without time limit. The SEIS is an incentive to invest in new small company businesses...
View ArticleCash for Gattonside memorial
Gattonside war memorial is to benefit from a share in £33,000 of grant money being made available for essential restoration work. Ten war memorials across Scotland will split the cash, which...
View ArticleThree make national awards shortlist
Two Borders companies and the man behind Whitmuir Organics have been shortlisted for Scottish Business Awards.GB Telecom, Plexus and Peter Ritchie are among over 120 people and businesses shortlisted...
View ArticleI’m unsure of wych elm is my favourite
Wandering up my favourite riverside path last week, I took to looking at the various trees and how they were beginning to burst into life after their winter dormancy. Some, such as the hawthorn, were...
View ArticleWeather extremes pose plant and animal disease threat
We didn’t all have the same weather last week, but most parts of our area had at some time full days of mist and drizzle.Some had that for three or four days in a row and it’s surprising how that sucks...
View ArticleNHS Borders who make the difference
NHS Borders staff took centre stage on Friday at the health board’s Evening of Winners Awards.Kelso’s Springwood Park was the venue for the first NHS Borders staff awards event to celebrate...
View ArticleGardens ripped up as green collections end
It has emerged some homeowners are gravelling and paving parts of their gardens to avoid long trips to recycling centres with green waste.Kelso Community Council vice-chairman, Dean Weatherston,...
View ArticleThe right ingredients for learning
Primary 7 pupils in Innerleithen organised dinner for their family, friends and teachers after attending a 12-week cookery programme.More than 20 guests sampled food prepared on the day by the...
View ArticleEat 7 a day and live to be 150
Two interesting items of news this week trickled into my awareness zone; firstly a report of research by some obscure bod who reckons the long-held principle of eating five portions of fruit or veg...
View ArticleMarket Prices
woolerAt their weekly primestock sale held at Wooler last Wednesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 286 hoggs and 235 ewes and rams.Hogg numbers again tight, fleshy types keenly sought after.Leading...
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