Closely-knitted by anti-nuclear cause
A gathering of like-minded women at the Borders General Hospital Chaplaincy Centre knitting pink panels to join together to form a seven-mile scarf to be stretched from Aldermaston to Burghfield on...
View ArticlePipits prove to be like buses
On a calm, bright and pleasantly warm day last week, I paid a visit to one of my favourite picnic spots in the Borders. High on a hillside overlooking one of the most scenic parts of the Tweed Valley,...
View ArticleUK’s biggest festival of British beef
The National Beef Association (NBA) Beef Expo 2014 is set to eclipse previous years’ events, thanks to the sheer amount of animals on display, and record numbers of exhibitors and entries expected to...
View ArticleSuccess for Peelham’s pigs at top industry awards
Peelham Farm, near Foulden, is no stranger to plaudits, having been recognised by numerous industry experts.This time it’s the pigs which have brought home the bacon.Peelham picked up the accolade for...
View ArticleMarket Prices
woolerAt their fortnightly store sale last Tuesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 147 cattle.A slightly plainer show and with deflating beef market all classes a touch harder to cash. Leading...
View ArticlePianio soloist on key
Jordian pianist Lyad Sughayer is the guest at the Borders Music and Arts Society’s concert at Mellerstain House on Thursday, May 22, at 7.30pm.The young soloist will play works by Mozart, Haydn,...
View ArticleSons of Flodden’s heroes recalled
As the countdown continued to Hawick Common Riding and the 500th anniversary of the victory at Hornshole, an interesting talk is on the cards. Emma Elliot-Walker, a student of history at Edinburgh...
View ArticleWednesday gig at Midlem
Irish singer and flute player Nuala Kennedy’s band plays Midlem Village on Wednesday at 7.30pm. Nuala’s line-up includes local fiddler Shona Murray and Troy McGillivray from Cape Breton. McGillivray...
View ArticleCouncillors agree unit site
Members of the council’s executive committee have approved Earlston as the site for a single complex needs unit.The unit, to be built at the former high school, will bring together current provision...
View ArticleCommitted farmers are more optimistic about the future
Two figures caught my eye recently - one was that average farm rents in Scotland rose 13% last year, to about £15 an acre and the second was that the average price of land sold in Scotland was more...
View ArticleFlytipping of garden waste is ‘no surprise’ to councillor
In April the council dealt with five incidents of flytipped garden waste, just a month after the removal of the kerbside collections.The Southern has learnt of two further incidents this month, near...
View ArticlePoliceman dies in crash
Police Scotland has named the officer who died in a road accident while travelling to work on Friday as Constable Mark Murtagh, who was based at Galashiels Police Station.Constable Murtagh’s motorcycle...
View ArticlePrince backs plan to save Stead home for the public
The Prince of Wales has given his backing to a plan to preserve the Blainslie home of the late sculptor Tim Stead for public access.In a proposal brochure drawn up by the newly-formed Tim Stead Trust,...
View ArticleHawick book event a hit
Very soon Richard Curtis, feted director of Four Weddings and a Funeral, will have a bag of Hawick balls and haggis land on his doorstep.And it’s all thanks to young readers from 10 local schools in...
View ArticleUK’s biggest festival of British beef
The National Beef Association (NBA) Beef Expo 2014 is set to eclipse previous years’ events thanks to the sheer number of animals on display and record numbers of exhibitors and entries expected to...
View ArticleMelrose are kings at Jed 7s
Melrose completed a remarkable run of sevens victories this weekend, when they notched up their eighth win from 10 tournaments.At a sun-bathed Riverside Park on Saturday evening, the Greenyards outfit...
View ArticleGoing full cycle for kids who need help
I was one of hundreds of cyclists who took part in the Wooler Wheel Challenge Event recently run on roads on both sides of the border.The event was non-competitive, but offered a great challenge to...
View ArticleStow farm workshop on tips for growthy lambs
The first of Scotland-wide workshops to boost lamb growth took place in the Borders on Tuesday.The meeting aimed to help producers maximise lamb growth rates in the early season, through good grazing...
View ArticleBerwick’s Mick is county champion
Berwick’s John Fairbairn took top honours with his 16-year-old Clydesdale, Mick, at Northumberland County Show at Stocksfield on Monday.The Gordon Brooke Trust’s Limousin heifer, Ronick Honey owned by...
View ArticleMum wants G4S answers
The Innerleithen mother of a security contractor murdered in Iraq by a colleague says she blames the company that employed her son’s killer.Corinne Boyd-Russell was speaking as part of the BBC’s...
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