Borders bus drivers are best
Twenty-five Borders bus drivers have been recognised as some of the best on the road.The drivers, who operate from First’s Galashiels depot, have been presented with the ‘GreenRoad Fleet Elite Award.’...
View ArticleNew Gala bridge installed
A new rail bridge that will connect Galashiels to the rest of the railway network was successfully installed above the town’s Wheatlands Road at the weekend.The works, carried out across Saturday and...
View ArticleContractors sought for wind farm work
A ‘Meet the Buyer’ event is to be held in Galashiels next month by Community Windpower.The event is for local businesses to find out about opportunities related to the developer’s wind farm schemes in...
View ArticleBorders bus firm signs up to blind charity charter
First Borders has pledged its support to blind and partially sighted bus customers by becoming one of the first bus operators to sign a charter developed by the Royal National Institute of Blind People...
View ArticleBig rise in seatbelt offences detected
Almost double the number of drivers and passengers were caught in the Borders for not wearing seatbelts in 2013/14 than the previous period.The provisional police performance figures were presented to...
View ArticleMoore welcomes fall in unemployment in Scottish Borders
The number of Borderers claiming unemployment benefits fell by 113 last month and is 480 fewer than April last year.The figures, released on Wednesday morning, have been welcomed by Michael Moore MP.He...
View ArticleNew car charging points
The council will install new electric car charging points in Hawick and Eyemouth after receiving £120,000 from Transport Scotland for the project.The work will be completed by the end of June at the...
View ArticleNew bus services may ease car park issues at BGH
NHS Borders bosses have said new shuttle bus services to the hospital from nearby towns may help relieve ongoing parking pressures.Three new services have been launched by First Borders which operate...
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BONCHESTERFeteA fete is being held on June 21 (11am-1pm) – National Care Home Open Day – at Bonchester Bridge Care Centre. It will give the public a chance to have a look round the home and meet...
View ArticleTory in indy sexist claim
A councillor has been accused of making outdated sexist comments during an independence debate and has been urged to apologise.Tory Jim Fullerton is said to have made an offensive remark during a...
View Article‘Blow for Selkirk’ as NGT sheds 16 jobs
Selkirk’s Co-op NGT superstore will close in July, with the loss of 12 full-time and four part-time local jobs, staff were told last Friday.The electrical and furnishing store had faced a “tough...
View ArticlePublic speaker trial a success
Councillors have agreed to continue to allow applicants and objectors speak at the planning committee meetings.A report from Brian Frater, head of planning, revealed committee members and those who had...
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View ArticleMaking a Difference in the Borders
Two of the most important jobs a weekly newspaper has is to speak out for those who alone would struggle to be heard, or to get behind great causes that are important to the communities we serve.This...
View ArticleWestruther pupils to perform in big dance
One hundred and fifty Borders primary school pupils will perform a special dance routine tomorrow as part of the Big Dance Pledge 2014.Big Dance is the UK’s biggest celebration of all types of dance,...
View ArticleFood thief trapped by taste for lager
A food thief, caught after leaving his DNA on a lager can, was jailed for nine months.Brian Hall drank from the can and left it sitting on the kitchen table of a friend’s home.The 37-year-old, of...
View ArticleCocaine ‘present’ has £200 price tag
A “birthday treat” of cocaine cost Jamie Thomson a £200 fine.Thomson, of Havelock Street, Hawick, admitted possession of the class A drug at Galashiels police station on January 29.Graham Fraser,...
View ArticleHawick election latest
With a week to go until the Hawick & Denholm local government by-election, residents are being reminded that the will need to vote by numbers.This by-election uses a form of voting called Single...
View Article25,000 bacon rolls for railway
The Borders Railway project is marking its one-year anniversary, with just over 12 months of construction left until completion of the project delivery phase in summer, 2015. In the year since...
View ArticleAwards shortlisting for Gala company
ERIBÉ Knitwear, based in Galashiels, has been nominated for two BQ (Business Quarterly) Awards.The local business is in the running for the Scottish Export Team of the Year and Most Entrepreneurial...
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