Bid for play park cash fails
Those behind a bid to create a play park in Earlston have said they are ‘extremely disappointed’ that their lottery bid has been rejected.Mags Powell of Earlston Community Development Trust said: “The...
View ArticleCostly coffee for thief
A coffee thief has been jailed for three months. Paul Crowe, 38, of Glendinning Terrace, Galashiels, appeared from custody and admitted stealing coffee worth £4.64 from Home Bargains in the town’s...
View ArticleOxton actor says Olivier Award win is ‘surreal’
Borders actor Jack Lowden has told The Southern that winning an Olivier Award on Sunday at the Royal Opera House is still sinking in.The former Earlston High School pupil, from Oxton, beat former...
View ArticlePolice discovered images of children
Police found more than 1,000 indecent images of children after searching the home of a 37-year-old man, a court heard.Martin Hendron claimed to have come across them while surfing the internet for...
View ArticlePirate CD trader faces the music
Music lover Angela Cochrane traded online in pirate DVDs and CDs – and a court heard the value of her illegal material topped £54,000.She had her own website called Angie’s Bootleg DVDs, but was snared...
View ArticleJean’s happy 100th
Galashiels centenarian Mrs Jean Scott celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends at the King’s Arms Hotel in Melrose last Sunday.And later in the afternoon, the Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh,...
View ArticlePolice crack down on illegal parking to halt ‘chaos’
Police issued 12 parking tickets in Selkirk last week in their first surprise crackdown in Borders towns. Local cops are now swooping on illegal parking on single and double-yellow lines after Police...
View ArticleSelkirk gets out walking boots for revived festival
Hikers from near and far are expected to descend on Selkirk for the Royal Burgh’s walking weekend on Saturday and Sunday.The festival was started in 2003 in memory of Provost Tom Henderson, who loved...
View ArticleCafe bar shut down without warning
Filmhouse Cafe Bar has pulled the plug on its Tower Mill operation without any warning, and left Scottish Borders Council to pick up the pieces.The shock announcement was made to 12 members of staff...
View ArticleJim Clark museum plan steps up a gear
The Jim Clark Room in Duns is set to be expanded next month with the opening of a new room to display previously unseen photographs. The Jim Clark Trust has announced that the new room will be open to...
View ArticleTatties signal start of Shoogly veg season
The Shoogly Towers raised beds are ready for action. Gamford has been quietly, and relentlessly, filling them with compost lovingly barrowed across the vast acreage from our three doughty compost...
View ArticleKelso art ‘a monstrosity’
An online petition has attracted more than 120 signatures opposing the siting of Kelso’s first public artwork in The Square.‘Kelsae’, a 20-tonne cobble-shaped block from India, was lowered into The...
View ArticleRocking and rolling way out west
Last week I was away from the Borders and even my – still – temporary office across the Tweed in Berwick. For a number of years now I have been sent – seconded sounds better – to assist on this title’s...
View ArticleStudents strutting their stuff in Selkirk
It was a pleasure to attend Selkirk High School’s fashion show at the end of last month.Throughout the year the students involved have been working towards the event by up-cycling clothes to fit in...
View ArticleKelso hotel bought by owners of Dalhousie Castle
The owner of a string of prestigious country house hotels has just added Ednam House Hotel to his collection.The hotel has been acquired for an “undisclosed sum” by Guyzance Hall Ltd, which is owned by...
View ArticleRobots are a class act at Tweedbank
As part of the learning about the 1960s, all children in P4 at Tweedbank Primary School made a robot as part of their homework.Teacher Lorna Stirling set the pupils a challenge: “Neil Armstrong’s...
View ArticleCouple bring taste of Trinidad to Scotland
Made in a village hall in the Borders, a hot sauce with a Trinidadian background has been shortlisted for a top national award.Ooft! Sauce is produced by Gabrielle and Tony Johnson in Smailholm village...
View ArticleWind farm extension plans submitted
The owner of the Longpark wind farm above Stow has applied to the Scottish Government to erect a further 10 turbines on the site.This would take the total number of turbines in the scheme to 29. The...
View ArticleLearning disabled shown election ropes in Galashiels
SIX of the seven candidates seeking election in Galashiels and District – the only Scottish Borders Council ward to return four members – heard about the concerns of local people with learning...
View ArticleRowell’s are ‘thrilled’ with best scanning results ever
The Peebles monitor farm hill flock have had the best scanning results in the history of the flock.Hundleshope farmers, Ed and Kate Rowell, who are taking part in Quality Meat Scotland’s (QMS)...
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