SBHA seal a £4M-plus deal
Scottish Borders Housing Association has signed a deal with Travis Perkins worth more than £4million which will see the building merchants supply repair materials.The national firm has four depots in...
View ArticleUrea Factfile
- Urea, or carbamide, is an organic compound with the chemical formula CO(NH2)2- The white crystalline solid is extremely soluble and odourless, but when mixed with water creates ammonia which gives...
View Article‘Lessons for BGH’ after woman’s eye damaged
SERIOUS lessons need to be learned, says a local MSP, after a woman was left blind in one eye after an operation at Borders General Hospital. NHS Borders was forced to apologise this week after the...
View Articlelandlines
Reading about the Moonzie farm rent case in Fife, details of which I’ll get to later, was another reminder that if at all possible, lawyers and courts should be avoided, even by tenant farmers driven...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 134 clean cattle, 59 OTM cattle, 1,736 old season lambs and 586 ewes.Bullocks (53) averaged 207.8p per kg (+2.8p on the week). Heifers (81)...
View ArticleJohne’s disease meeting
Researchers working on controlling Johne’s Disease in cattle will be holding a meeting and discussion for farmers in the Stair Arms Hotel, Pathhead on Tuesday at 10am. The meeting will hear from Ivan...
View ArticleHerds in good heart for supper
The Lauder Herds Supper Committee held another successful annual dinner in the Lauderdale Hotel last month, Dougie Scott writes. Piper Arch Anderson got the evening started by playing in the top table...
View ArticleSchmallenberg alert from NFU
As the number of UK farms affected by the Schmallenberg virus rises to 83, the National Farmers Union (NFU) in Scotland has put out an alert. The Animal Health and Vetinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA)...
View ArticlePub’s licence suspension ‘sends clear message’, says police inspector
A HAWICK pub has been forced to shut up shop after its licence was suspended for three months at Friday’s meeting of Scottish Borders Licensing Board.The call for action came in a report from Lothian...
View ArticleCouncil in talks on danger path
SCOTTISH Borders Council is in early talks to extend a path between Galashiels and Clovenfords in order to safeguard walkers.However, there are no plans at present to construct a footway along the...
View ArticleHelping Hawick to recognise contributions of its young people
Young Teris’ achievements will be recognised on April 27 at Hawick Town Hall.The first Top Teri awards presentation will be a glittering event, open to people aged 11-25, to recognise young people’s...
View ArticleBoogie night nets £1,200 for charity
CANCER Research netted just over £1,200 as a result of Friday night’s performance by the Border Boogie Band in Selkirk Rugby Club.Along with a contribution from the gate at the hastily arranged rugby...
View ArticleOh what a beautiful gesture!
REHEARSALS are well under way for the annual spring musical production by senior pupils at St Mary’s School in Melrose.The show, Oklahoma, takes place on Wednesday, March 21, at 2pm and 7pm, and on...
View ArticleGala history could be yours
HOW did modern Galashiels come to look the way it does? If you are curious, TheSouthern has four copies of a new book on the history of the town to give away in a new competition. Entitled Historic...
View ArticleEnjoy a great read with Specsavers
The hugely successful TV Book Club is back on our screens. Tune into More 4 on Sunday evenings where hosts Dave Spikey, Laila Rouass, Meera Syall, Rory McGrath and new presenter Caroline Quentin will...
View ArticleJedburgh abbey to benefit from creative thinking
Jedburgh youth cafe CO2 is involved in an art project launched recently, as a partnership between Education Scotland and Creative Scotland to engage different groups to do something creative in their...
View ArticleStruggling with the stereotypes
I STARTED the Youth Campaign last month through Facebook after a very informative conversation with my mum, writes Louise Chapman.It was about the popular misconceptions and stereotypes used on the...
View ArticleUnemployed doesn’t mean not working
A NEWS bulletin last month about the rise in unemployment quoted statistics that 1.04 million young people were unemployed.Many people wonder why so many young people are unemployed? So I put these...
View ArticleWeighty problems
Eating Disorders Awareness Week last month revealed shocking statistics through the Beat and Young Scot websites. More than half those surveyed (500-plus) said they didn’t know how to talk about their...
View ArticleBig Lottery boost for Gala and Greenlaw projects
COMMUNITY projects in Galashiels and Greenlaw have been boosted with major cash awards from the Big Lottery’s new Community Spaces fund.In Galashiels, the Waverley Tenants Organisation (WTO) has...
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