Planners have your big day covered
MORE and more brides are turning to wedding planners, who can bring a wealth of bright ideas, to help organise the big day.Wedding planners have the contacts to bring your look to life. So whether...
View ArticleEarlston primary pupils hope hats help Harry raise cash for GOSH
it was hats off to young Harry McCulloch this week, when fellow pupils at Earlston Primary School finished a special project to help the youngster raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital for...
View ArticleBike stolen
POLICE are seeking information about the theft of a grey-coloured Ironhorse mountain bike from Glentress, near Peebles, on Saturday afternoon.
View Article‘Bad karma’ sees robber ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work
A RELUCTANT robber was spared jail today (Thursday) for his part in a vicious attack on a vulnerable man.Victim Dale Murray, 44, who has mild learning difficulties, was beaten up and held hostage while...
View ArticlePupils will learn to live with a new era
For several decades, the people of Clovenfords waited – not always patiently – for a new school to replace the Victorian-era Caddonfoot building and its attendant temporary structures where local...
View ArticleCattle keep Allan contented in his work
A BEAUTIFUL place and good employers have helped a Borders tractorman stay working on the same farm for more than three decades.Mindrum Farm’s cattleman for five years and tractorman for the previous...
View ArticleElectrical fault blamed for farm shed fire
FIREfighters took nearly three hours to make safe a farm shed containing fertilizer after a blaze near Gordon on Monday night.The Kelso crew were first on the scene to a tractor which had caught fire...
View ArticleBookshop shortlisted
AN AWARD-WINNING St Boswells book shop is a finalist in national awards to be announced next month.The Mainstreet Trading Company is on two shortlists of the prestigious 2012 Bookseller Industry Awards...
View ArticleComputer scam claims another local victim
POLICE say a resident living in the Kelso area is the latest Borderer to be ensnared in a computer scam.And a spokesman for the force has renewed calls for members of the public to be on their guard.“A...
View ArticleDouble whammy means no Easter holiday for Border Search and Rescue
A quiet start to the year for the Border Search and Rescue (BSAR) unit came to an abrupt end over the Easter break, with two call-outs in the space of a week. The first, on Wednesday April 4, took...
View ArticleKelso pavements
LORRIES mounting pavements came in for criticism at Kelso’s community council last week.Cracked slabs in the town’s Roxburgh and Bridge Streets numbered nearly 500 reported councillor Dean...
View ArticleFuel theft warning
POLICE are appealing for information following a spate of thefts in Selkirk’s Dunsdale Road and Riverside industrial areas over the weekend.Thieves tried to steal fuel from three timber lorries in a...
View ArticleThe importance of branding should not be underestimated
With the announcement of the winners of this year’s Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards last month and victory for Borders Vintage Automobile Club in the Marketing Campaign of the Year Award,...
View ArticleToasting firm’s tenacity
THE owners of empty shops in Borders towns should be more flexible in the lease conditions they demand from potential tenants.That is the view of Gillian Morgan who, with her business partner Lesley...
View ArticleLaw changes aimed at boosting employment
LEGAL changes which will affect employers and employees in the Borders and all over the UK came into force on Good Friday.In essence, the UK Government has changed the qualifying period for protection...
View ArticleCountry house prices in region continue to rise
THE Borders is bucking the national trend in terms of prime house prices, according to Lauder-based top-of-the-range estate agents Knight Frank.According to the firm’s latest property index, prices of...
View ArticleBorders businesses show real vision
Four businesses have won prizes in a special award scheme to highlight companies that do more to help blind and partially-sighted people.The Go Shop Awards scheme – launched by the Royal National...
View ArticleEarlston altercation
TWO local men, aged 31 and 24, have been charged with allegedly committing a breach of the peace following an altercation in Queensway, Earlston, at around 7pm on Sunday evening. A police report is...
View ArticleRules set for Selkirkshire hustings meeting
THE six candidates seeking election to the Selkirkshire ward at the Scottish Borders Council elections on Thursday, May 3, will take part in a hustings meeting later this month, writes Andrew...
View ArticleVote in council elections, even if not for Conservatives, says leader Davidson
SCOTTISH Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson has urged Borderers to vote in the council elections – even if it was not for her party.Fears have grown that the turnout could sink to 25 per cent across...
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