Kelso company to the rescue
Border Search and Rescue Team has taken possession of a new Land Rover Defender, supplied by Kelso firm Lloyd Land Rover.Fully kitted for off-road work, the Defender will make a massive contribution to...
View ArticleFears voiced over sex-crime offenders
THE chairman of Galashiels Community Council has called for those on the sex offenders list to be classified, writes Kenny Paterson.Bill White made his comments at the council’s April meeting after a...
View ArticleBusinessman claims voters have rejected community wind farm plan
A BUSINESSMAN who waged a personal campaign against the region’s first community wind farm being developed in Selkirk has demanded that the project should now be ditched.“It would be grave injustice...
View ArticleSNP under fire over votes for teenage soldiers
A BORDERS ex-army officer has accused the local Scottish National Party of misleading voters with claims that teenage boys in uniform are really “fighting” soldiers and as such should be allowed to...
View ArticleNo solution in sight for bottleneck congestion
NO plan is yet in place to fix a troublesome bottleneck junction in Galashiels.Queues are often lengthy at the narrow Hall Street junction which merges onto busy Island Street near the centre of...
View ArticleAuthor on the road to more fame
THE Galashiels author of a famous Scottish lullaby could have a street named after him on one of the Borders largest housing estates. National developer Persimmon has put forward Coulter Avenue to...
View ArticleChloe’s face fits for Stobo Castle
PEEBLESSHIRE health spa Stobo Castle has chosen a new Face of Stobo.Ayrshire 19-year-old Chloe Campbell, pictured, triumphed from more than 350 entries across Scotland.Stobo Castle managing director...
View ArticleEarlston fundraiser to take on Abbotsford House task
EARLSTON’S Lorna Duncan has been appointed Abbotsford House major gifts fundraising manager, as the estate attempts to find a further £3.7million to secure the property’s long-term future.The...
View ArticleFormer hotel site set for makeover
THE people of Stow will get three months to air their views on the future of the former Royal Hotel site, writes Kenny Paterson.Scottish Borders Council’s planning committee on Monday passed a planning...
View ArticleCall for policy review on affordable housing
IT is asking too much of private builders to demand that 25 per cent of the houses they build on any particular site should be affordable, writes Andrew Keddie.That is the view of Councillor Carolyn...
View ArticleQualification demand for managers puts nurseries ‘under threat’, warns...
FEARS for the long-term future of nurseries, playgroups and out of school clubs run by the independent and voluntary sector in the Borders have been voiced this week.According to John Paton-Day, who is...
View ArticleSchool bus firm sanctioned
A BUS firm which holds three school contracts with Scottish Borders Council in Peeblesshire has been sanctioned by the Traffic Commissioner.McKendry’s Coaches, based in Loanhead, Midlothian, had two...
View ArticleNew book maps out archaeological legacy of Romans’ failed conquest
THE Borders features strongly in a new book which reveals the true extent of the Roman Empire’s attempts to conquer Scotland and explores the archaeological legacy left behind by its legions. Roman...
View Article£500 pledge for Braw Lads’ bunting
GALASHIELS Community Council has come to the aid of the Braw Lads’ Gathering, with a £500 pledge towards new bunting for the town’s annual celebrations.The donation goes a long way to paying for the...
View ArticleOAPs on shoplifting spree for thrills
THRILL-SEEKING OAPs have been caught shoplifting in Galashiels.PC Bob Millar told the town’s community council that in March officers arrested a number of elderly people for the crime, normally...
View ArticleHermitage Valley wind farm reprieve as firm delays application due to...
CAMPAIGNERS opposing a wind farm near Hermitage Castle have been granted a stay of execution, writes Sally Gillespie.Renewables developer Infinis, which hopes to put up 20 turbines at Windy Edge,...
View ArticleProbe into disabled man’s ramp rebuff as local firms step into breach
A PROBE will be launched into why it took Scottish Borders Council’s social work department eight months to determine whether a brain-damaged Hawick man should be provided with a ramp outside his...
View ArticleIf at first you don’t succeed…
If the event you want to go to is sold out, Paula Ogilvie co-ordinator of the Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival says, it may be possible to buy returns or go on a waiting list. Enquiry at the box...
View ArticleDon’t delay, schools told
The Knight Frank Schools Gala Day on Friday, June 15, will offer more that 1,500 nursery and primary school pupils access to authors and their work during the Borders Book Festival.This years programme...
View ArticleMain festival programme
Thursday, June 146pm: Mark Beaumont, FM, £13 (£11 concessions)6.15pm: Liz Lochhead. SBBM, £9 (£7)6.15pm: Dr John Reid, Lochcarron Marquee, £9 (£7)7.30pm: Prue Leith, FM, £13 (£9)7.45pm: Charles Glass...
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