Britain is obsessed with the past as nostalgia intensifies
No, I can’t believe it’s May the first either. Put another way, one third of another year gone. Or less than three months until the start of harvest.On the credit side, most cereal and oilseed crops...
View ArticleVets warn of deadly worms
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 ArticleGlendale gearing up for bigger and better
August Bank Holiday Monday brings a new and improved Glendale Show near Wooler this summer.Organisers Glendale Agricultural Society (GAS) are introducing new livestock classes this year, including a...
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Visit any Borders town, village or hamlet and there will be a memorial bearing the names of men killed in what is known as the Great War.This summer, this region will join the rest of Scotland and the...
View ArticleGetting to grips with Newtown litter
There was a good turnout on Sunday for the annual Newtown clear-up of litter, which had been arranged by community councillors.Some of those who helped are shown in the photograph, above, but others...
View ArticleGordon teen wows the judges with her words
Earlston High School student Molly Watson has said winning a creative writing competition has put her one step closer to a career as a writer.The 15-year-old from Gordon has won the National Galleries...
View ArticleFlat start to my street surgery sessions
Well, letters were duly posted to all the streets in Gala I would journey to with bruv driver Tony for my Easter street surgeries.Plans had been laid and those letters made it clear that for the timing...
View ArticleEaster visitors boost
Latest figures released by national tourism body, Visit Scotland, shows Easter proved a bumper weekend for visitors to the Borders. Footfall through the Visit Scotland Information Centres in the region...
View ArticleCharity cheques out
The Inner Wheel Club of Galashiels welcomed Margaret Tooth, from Blythswood Care, to their April meeting.She gave a presentation on the charity’s work since it began in Glasgow in 1966. Every year club...
View ArticleHome Basics gets lottery cash
The Borders’ furniture recycling charity, Home Basics, is celebrating an award of £61,496 from the Big Lottery.The new funding will allow the charity to continue to expand its operation at its depots...
View ArticleHotels celebrate being the best in Scotland
The Scottish Hotel Awards at the weekend proved very successful for Borders establishments, with national and regional success.In the national awards, the Dryburgh Abbey Hotel was announced as the...
View ArticleTrust me to get lost in the car park
I have written previously about getting the service bus to Berwick for a day’s bird watching and at a recent Scottish Wildlife Trust committee meeting I happened to mention what an enjoyable day it was...
View ArticleMake-up artist turns tutor for college course
A Hawick make-up artist is set to pass on her skills as part of a new Borders College course, which starts next Wednesday.Sarah Miles, 23, recently returned from France where she was make-up artist on...
View ArticleFrom Kelso to Kabul: This week it’s life with the paras for Union Jack
One of the great things about being a public affairs officer is that you seldom do anything boring, since boring events are not newsworthy.And events which are not newsworthy are therefore of no...
View ArticleKelso Rotarians having a sale of a time
Rotary Club of Kelso is grateful to all the visitors who snapped up bargains at its spring clear-out sale of household goods, furniture and glassware at Springwood Hall.The event raised £315, all of...
View ArticleBroody hen signals start of egg search
This week, I’m back on-piste, on-message, and it’s ... drumroll ... yes, you guessed it. Chickens.The main topic of conversation this week at Shoogly Towers has been if we have a broody chicken or not....
View ArticlePolice won’t turn blind eye to pinot grigio picnickers
One of the region’s top police officers has told councillors that bobbies in the Borders will not turn a blind eye to drinking in public if new alcohol bylaws are put in place around the...
View ArticleGlendale gearing up for bigger and better
August Bank Holiday Monday brings a new and improved Glendale Show near Wooler this summer.Organisers Glendale Agricultural Society (GAS) are introducing new livestock classes this year, including a...
View ArticleBritain is obsessed with the past as nostalgia intensifies
No, I can’t believe it’s May the first either. Put another way, one third of another year gone. Or less than three months until the start of harvest.On the credit side, most cereal and oilseed crops...
View ArticleA teddy fit for a prince
St Boswells Guides Erin Henderson, left, and Jessica Swinton, both 11 and from Newtown, won the District Guides Challenge Badge this year, which was to design a toy for Prince George’s first birthday....
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