Earlston woman’s housing nightmare finally over after Southern steps in to help
A Waverley Housing Association tenant’s 14-month nightmare looks set to be finally over, after she bravely wrote to TheSouthern for help.Sharon Hamilton of Earlston said her living conditions have been...
View ArticlePolice charge 11 in road safety blitz
A POLICE blitz on motorists has netted a haul of drivers who have been charged with breaching traffic laws.Lothian and Borders Police say its a reminder that if drivers choose to break the law, they...
View Article‘It’s nae sore…’
Since the Borders lost its ba’ games in Peebles, Gala, Selkirk, Melrose, Hawick and perhaps twenty more villages, Jedburgh is the largest local town where an annual hand ba’ survives.“Jedburgh is...
View ArticleEnglish head that started 500-year tradition
Jedburgh’s ba’ game enjoyed a bit of je ne sais quoi this year, with a film crew from the TV station France 3 visiting, writes Sandy Neil.The reporters were joined by a French anthropologist, Françoise...
View ArticleFirm action required to keep weapons out of our classrooms
WEAPONS in schools at one time were confined to the odd catapult, a flexible ruler that carried a mighty sting and a length of leather in the top drawer of the teacher’s desk that left an even mightier...
View ArticleCouncil fires an assurance after surge in school weapons is revealed
TEN pupils were found in possession of offensive weapons in the region’s schools in the last full academic year, it has been revealed.And that was more than double the grim haul confiscated during the...
View ArticleBorders find that has scientific world buzzing
THE collection of fossils found by Stan Wood in the Whiteadder has caused great excitement in the world of palentology and it is not difficult to see why.Experts say the fossils, dug out of the bed of...
View ArticleBorders stand on the brink of palaentology-led tourism boom thanks to Selkirk...
THE diagonal line of dark shale scarring the bed of Whiteadder Water, near Chirnside, would have attracted little attention from most people, but veteran fossil hunter, Stan Wood, was intrigued.It was...
View ArticleBypass boogie
AROUND 75 local children, teachers and parents will be dancing along a mile stretch of the Kelso bypass from Shedden Park to Sainsbury’s at 3pm on Saturday to raise money for Sports Relief. “We wanted...
View ArticleMoore hails a budget for the many
Borders MP and Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore MP, has hailed today’s statement from the Chancellor as a Budget for the many, not the few, following the announcement of a rise in the...
View ArticleNo change to Borders bus services, says First
FIRST Bus has said the cutting of routes and up to 200 jobs in the Lothians will not affect its Borders services.The UK public transport operator is scrapping 20 of 37 bus runs in East Lothian and...
View ArticleWind farm vision for Bonchester site rises to 20 turbines
In November last year, Hamilton-based Banks Renewables gave a presentation to Hawick Community Council about its proposals for a 14-turbine wind farm at Birneyknowe.The meeting heard that the plans...
View ArticleSelkirk catches up with faster broadband in BT roll-out
More than 3,300 homes and businesses in Selkirk now have access to faster broadband.The town is among the 21 communities across Scotland to benefit from the roll-out of BT’s next generation broadband...
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I write in response to the two critics of the stance taken by the Reverend Leslie Steele (letters, August 21) – a stance which is taken by many Christians who are extremely disturbed by many of the...
View ArticleSNP set to axe cabinet system
ALTHOUGH the SNP is not due to publish its manifesto for the SBC elections until next week, the party of government at Holyrood is thought to be bullish about its chances on May 3.All six councillors...
View ArticlePolice search for two men who stole Kelso bus
POLICE are hunting for two men who stole and crashed a bus in Kelso in the early hours of this morning (Thursday).The Volvo single decked vehicle, belonging to UK operator First, was found badly...
View ArticleSearch continues for missing Duns man Tony Quinn
Police have today (Thursday) continued their search for missing Duns man Tony Quinn.Mr Quinn was last seen on Sunday evening in the tiny settlement of Longformacus, north west of his home town.The...
View ArticleTools worth £7,500 stolen from Galashiels depots
TWO Scottish Power depots in Galashiels have had a total of £7,500 worth of equipment stolen, police announced today (Thursday).And officers wish to track down a large van seen near both facilities at...
View ArticleVisitors to get glimpse of Scott’s world
BOWHILL is revealing rooms to the public not seen in 30 years.The house opened in time for Easter this year – three months earlier than usual – and has unlocked the Sir Walter Scott room and the...
View ArticleSYHA to consider new hostel
FAR from abandoning the Borders, youth hostel bosses revealed yesterday they are looking at opening a new facility in the region.SYHA Hostelling Scotland put their Melrose and Yetholm facilities on the...
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