Survey reveals fewer Borders children are walking to school
John Lamont MSP has said he is ‘disappointed’ that fewer Borders school pupils are walking to school.A survey carried out by cycling charity Sustrans and local authorities across Scotland has shown...
View ArticleTop of 1,800 gns at Scotsheep’s first ewe hogg sale
Scotland’s national biennial sheep event, Scotsheep held the event’s first sale of ewe hoggs at Quixwood, near Grantshouse, last Wednesday.Aberdeenshire pedigree sheep breeder, Robbie Wilson, North...
View ArticleSpate of thefts prompts warning
Police Scotland has urged people living on farms and other residents in rural parts of the Borders to be extra vigilant following a series of thefts at the weekend.In the early hours of Saturday...
View Article‘Down Under’ farming candidate sought
Glendale Agricultural Society (GAS) is looking for a young farmer or someone involved in farming to attend an international conference in Australia in October.The Wooler-based society is looking for...
View ArticleArrests made in quad bike thefts
Police in the Borders have arrested and charged four men following enquiries into thefts of quad bikes and motor vehicles, as investigated under Operation RAC.The spate of thefts took place around...
View ArticleTrio prepare for Three Peaks Challenge in aid of cancer charity
Three local bus company employees are limbering up to take on a strenuous 24-hour trek in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support.Derek Gray, Gary Muir and Paul Croker work for First Borders, based at the...
View ArticleFestival followers set to rally round Fraser
The biggest week of the year is fast approaching, with final preparations being made for Melrose Festival.Taking place between Sunday, June 15, and Saturday, June 21, the highlights of the week are the...
View ArticleMarket Prices
woolerAt their weekly sale of primestock last Wednesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 288 new season lambs, 38 hoggs and young sheep and 33 ewes.Sheep numbers curtailed by inclement weather...
View ArticleRain, sun and big crowds for Whipman Play week
Festivities are in full swing in West Linton with Whipman Calum Murray and his Lass Alison Hardie leading the way.The smiling duo were appointed in April and installed last Friday at a special ceremony...
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In our final two reviews of contenders for this year’s Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Texas and New Zealand are the backdrops.The Promise by Ann Weisgarber: Review by Bridget McCannEvery so...
View ArticleBook Festival starts
Well, it’s here. The wait is over for one of the Borders’ most popular events, which this year is set to be even bigger and better than ever.The 2014 Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival in Melrose...
View ArticleTribute for Southern’s Ali Watson
The greatest asset of any local newspaper is very much its personnel and none more so than its staff photographers.For almost four decades, Southern Reporter snapper Alastair Watson captured the highs...
View ArticleCommon Riding brawl led to fine
A drunken woman involved in a brawl with her partner after Hawick Common Riding, has been fined £200.First offender Sharon Takacs, 29, of Galalaw Road, Hawick, appeared from custody and admitted...
View ArticleDrink driving allegation
A 37-year-old who denies being in charge of a van while over the alcohol limit, will stand trial on October 14.Robert MacDonald of Midburn Farm Cottage, Bonchester Bridge, Hawick, denies being in...
View ArticleRussian rally driver banned for dangerous overtake
A Russian driver competing in the Gumball 3000 rally from Miami to Ibiza, has been fined £600 after driving dangerously on the A702 near Dolphinton.The 28-year-old was contesting the...
View ArticleTrial by jury
A woman accused of diamorphine drug dealing will stand trial by jury on June 16.Janine Mullins, 35, of Keppoch Hill Road, Glasgow, denies being concerned in the supply of the class A drug at Chapel...
View ArticleTwo-year payback order for threat to ex-partners
A Hawick man who caused distress to a former partner, and assaulted another, has been sentenced to a two-year Community Payback Order.Hermes Lobo, 36, of Trinity Street, caused a former partner fear...
View ArticleNo plea
Danielle Lazzari, 23, of Chay Blyth Place, Hawick, had her case continued without plea until June 27.She is charged with being in possession of methadone at a house in Leishman Place, Hawick, on...
View ArticleRed tape hits Jed deer park
Red tape has forced the owners of Jedforest Deer and Farm Park, near Jedburgh, to make the decision to close the popular visitor attraction.A statement on the park’s website said the decision to close...
View ArticleDetails of CAP payments leave layman screaming for mercy
The countryside continues to look well, give or take a few impressive thunderstorms and an equally impressive range of plant bugs and diseases to be kept under control if possible.That “looking good”...
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