Holyrood to consider site move for Gala service
THE Scottish Government will consider the relocation of Galashiels ambulance station to a site at Borders General Hospital on April 24, writes Kenny Paterson. Both NHS Borders and the Scottish...
View ArticleCampaign boost as sod cutting sees palliative care unit become reality
THE building of a much-awaited specialist palliative care facility got under way at Borders General Hospital (BGH) this week.NHS Borders chairman John Raine officially launched the start of the...
View ArticleGreenlaw plan for 11 homes
PLANS have been submitted for 11 homes and six business units in Greenlaw.Planning permission in principle is sought from Kelso-based Langlee Development Services and would mean 11 houses being built...
View ArticleDigger
TWO mini-digger buckets were stolen from Abbotsford House. between 7.30pm on Sunday and 9am on Monday.Anyone with any information tshould contact the police.
View ArticleCar hit
a WING mirror on a Ford Focus car was damaged in Burns Road, Hawick, between 10.30pm on Sunday and 10.50am on Monday.Police are appealing for any witnesses to contact them.
View ArticleInitiative slashes Hawick antisocial behaviour calls
THE results of a joint initiative to reduce antisocial behaviour in a notorious area of Hawick have this week been described as “hugely encouraging”.In the three months since the project was launched,...
View ArticleAmbulance service aims to use locals for first response
The Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) is looking for volunteers in Innerleithen to learn basic first aid and lifesaving skills.A meeting has been arranged at St Ronan’s Primary next Wednesday to explain...
View ArticleSBC’s £18,000 phone mast revenue revealed
SCOTTISH Borders Council (SBC) raises over £18,000 per year from telecommunications masts situated across the region.The figure from five masts was revealed after questions by Galashiels councillor...
View ArticleBetter news in month Titanic sank
ONE hundred years ago this month, the world was shocked with news that the “unsinkable” ocean liner, RMS Titanic, had been lost with the death of 1,514 people.National pride was boosted, however, with...
View ArticleSBC ‘missing out’ by refusing payment in kind for homes levy
A KELSO businessman says the local authority is missing out by refusing to use professional services offered by local experts in place of financial developer contributions of the sort charged when...
View ArticleThird time lucky
EDUCATION boss Glenn Rodger has been named as Scottish Borders Council’s third chief executive in the past two months.Permanent post holder Tracey Logan has been absence for around six weeks, and her...
View ArticleNHS Borders backs cancer campaign
BREAST, bowel and lung cancer accounts for about half of the avoidable deaths in Scotland and yet cancer is more treatable now than it has ever been. That is why NHS Borders is backing the national...
View ArticleRights boost for Borders social housing tenants
a CHARTER that sets out 12 standards and outcomes which social landlords should be achieving for their tenants has been welcomed by the boss of the Scottish Borders Housing Association.Chief executive...
View ArticleLights earn black mark for green centre
EDINBURGH Castle managed to switch off its lights, as did the Sydney Harbour Bridge, but a Peebles recycling centre has been charged with failing to contribute to Earth Hour by leaving on a set of...
View ArticleHaining trustee defends plan to end tenancies
A TRUSTEE of Selkirk’s Haining Estate has defended a decision to give notice to two of its long-term residents.Susan Edington said the proposal to turn properties in the stable block courtyard into...
View ArticleHow the candidates line up
Tweeddale West: Willie Archibald (SNP), Catriona Judith Steel Bhatia (LD), Nathaniel Buckingham (Con), Nancy Norman (LD), David Pye (BP), Julia Reid (Lab).Tweeddale East: Stuart Bell (SNP), David Cox...
View ArticleBuccleuch bounces back
THE chief executive of the Borders’ largest private landowner has described the organisation’s return to profit as a significant step in the right direction, writes Kenny Paterson.The Buccleuch Group’s...
View ArticleSceptics not swayed by wind farm vote
NEARLY two-thirds of those who voted on a proposal for the region’s first community wind farm in Selkirk are in favour of some kind of development – but are evenly split on which of three options is...
View ArticleDuncan plots comeback
BACK in the 2001 General Election, Peter Duncan had the distinction of being the sole Scottish Tory MP when he took the Galloway and Upper Nithsdale seat from the SNP.Mr Duncan was later named chairman...
View ArticleLabour’s ‘fairness’ pledge
BY contesting eight of the 11 multi-member wards, the Labour Party in the Borders, which currently has not a single councillor on SBC, will field a record number of candidates. Michael Grieve,...
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