Joan’s decades of service recognised
Scottish Building Society chief executive Mark Thomson joined staff past and present in Galashiels to mark the retirement of south east Scotland area manager Joan Litster after 31 years with the...
View ArticleVandals strike again at speed camera site in the Scottish Borders
Police have urged witnesses to come forward after vandals attacked a speed camera near Newtown St Boswells.The camera, close to the Tweed Horizons junction, was set on fire between 11.40pm on Tuesday...
View ArticleBest Borders businesses recognised at awards ceremony
Duns firm Topling Ltd collected a brace of awards at the Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards on Friday.The biomass boiler company were awarded the technology/innovation award and best...
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bedRuleWRITom Tokely gave a talk about his career as a joiner and undertaker. Competition – a wooden item – 1, Lesley Barnard; 2, Janet Alexander; 3, Margaret Taylor. The next meeting is the open night...
View ArticleResident woke to discover intruders
Awakened by a rustling noise during the early hours, a Galashiels resident found a thief in his home.Challenged by the householder, the culprit dropped his spoils and fled outside where the man saw his...
View ArticlePupils’ iPad passport
It may have just three classes, but one of the smallest schools in the Borders is using cutting-edge technology to forge new global links.A composite class of Primary 5/6/7 pupils at Ednam Primary now...
View ArticleGrabbed female BGH employee
A drunken 71-year-old man sexually assaulted a hospital employee.Paul Cranston claimed to have no recollection of his behaviour after arriving at Borders General Hospital by ambulance. He had been...
View ArticleSalmond gives pledge on BGH sickness bug
The region’s top doctor has refuted any picture being painted of the BGH as a hospital struggling with one long norovirus outbreak.NHS Borders medical director Dr Sheena MacDonald was responding after...
View ArticleTown’s councillors slam decision to deny waste debate
Kelso’s councillors have branded as “shameful” the refusal of fellow councillors to allow a debate on using cash allocated to the town to provide a temporary green waste service.Councillors Alec Nicol,...
View ArticleLatest internet security threat emphasises importance of having a good server...
Recently, the news has been full of stories about this so-called Heartbleed bug. It’s one of the worst internet flaws ever uncovered, and it got millions of people shaking in their virtual boots. What...
View ArticlePair shortlisted for national awards
The Horseshoe Inn at Eddleston has been shortlisted for a Catering in Scotland Excellence Award in the Restaurant of the Year category.In the running for two other awards is Gill Orde in Catering of...
View ArticleParalympian to help launch support group
A new support group for people with brain injuries is being officially launched next week, closing a significant gap in provision in the Borders. It hopes to increase awareness of brain injury and its...
View ArticleCouncil set aside £75,000 for Games
A welcome ceremony for the Queen’s Baton is among a series of events linked to the Commonwealth Games that the council has set aside £75,000 to fund.Members agreed to the cash allocation at a meeting...
View ArticleBerwickshire’s Claire bound for Down Under
A Berwickshire farmer’s daughter has been awarded funding to attend an international conference in Australia later this year.Scholar Claire Hodge is one of only three Next Generation (under aged 40)...
View ArticleCalum and Alison in West Linton pickings
West Linton was celebrating on Saturday after introducing this year’s Whipman Elect and his lass, pictured.Calum Murray has lived in West Linton his entire life, attending both West Linton Primary...
View ArticleA cure for BGH parking headache?
BGH bosses’ plans to increase parking space to accommodate an extra 79 vehicles are to be welcomed.Visitors to hospitals are often already stressed about a sick – or, at times, dying – friend or...
View ArticleKevin named Peebles’ Cornet-Elect for 2014
There was a warm welcome for the 2014 Peebles Beltane Festival principals when they were announced in the town’s Burgh Hall on Friday night.Former Kingsland Primary and Peebles High School pupil, Kevin...
View ArticleAshdown on the French resistance
Paddy Ashdown may or may not be the best prime minister Britain never had, but what cannot be disputed is his talent as a historian and author.And it is a major coup for Borders Book Festival...
View ArticleBusiness boost for Borders
There was jubilation this week with news that a bid to have Assisted Area Status restored to parts of the Borders has been successful.Council wards in Hawick, Galashiels, Selkirk, Tweedbank, Melrose,...
View ArticleEggs take centre stage at Tweedbank Easter evening
Tweedbank Parent Council held an Easter egg bingo evening for families – and all prizes were, of course, Easter eggs, so the children loved it.There was a tuck shop and hot dogs on sale. A group of P6...
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