Ex-manager wins wages claim
FORMER valleys farm manager Ed Glenwright lost his case against his charity employers for breach of contract at a recent employment tribunal in Edinburgh.However the ex-Borders Forest Trust (BFT)...
View ArticleA ‘huge asset’ to the local economy
“IN such tough economic times, to have an event like this based in the heart of the Borders is a huge asset for shops, restaurants and hotels, and is a significant contributor to the local economy.”So...
View ArticleLining up pioneers of the great outdoors
lAST year, Scots adventurer Mark Beaumont was one of the star turns at the Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival, thrilling his Melrose audience with an account of how, in 2010, he had cycled from...
View ArticlePensioner’s plea to clear flood debris at local beauty spot
A KELSO OCTOGENARIAN is urging the council to clear the “mess” they left in a local beauty spot, writes Sally Gillespie.Roxburgh Street resident Rena Wark saw Scottish Borders Council staff rake up...
View ArticleStress probe is needed, says SBC candidate
A CANDIDATE at the forthcoming Scottish Borders Council elections is calling for an investigation into a claim that work-related stress is at “pandemic” levels at the Newtown-based local authority,...
View ArticlePicture of Lauderdale’s wind farm future stokes the fire of campaigners’ ire
LOOKING to the Lauderdale horizon, all the eye can see is a forest of giant wind turbines blanketing the landscape.At least this is the future that awaits this picturesque area of the Borders, if,...
View ArticleLatest Big Quiz raises £5,000 for prostate charity
THE Big Quiz helped raise more than £5,000 for Prostate Scotland – and celebrated the memory of former Gala and Scotland rugby star Duncan Paterson.It means almost £10,000 has been realised for the...
View ArticlePolice plea for witnesses after pensioner is attacked
POLICE have issued an urgent appeal for witnesses after receiving a report that a 66-year-old man with mobility problems was assaulted by two young men in Newtown St Boswells on Monday, writes Andrew...
View ArticleNurse who poisoned friend’s baby is struck off for fraud
AN intensive care nurse who injected her best friend’s four-month-old baby daughter with a massive dose of insulin at Cardona, near Innerleithen, was this week struck off by the Nursing and Midwifery...
View ArticleSNP wants council to tour region
MEETINGS of re-established Scottish Borders Council committees will be held at venues throughout the region if the SNP gains control after the May 3 election.In its manifesto published on Monday, the...
View ArticleDuns metal theft leads to police warning in Scottish Borders
POLICE in the Scottish Borders have issued a fresh warning for people to be on their guard against metal thieves, writes Bob BurgessThe rising price of scrap metal has led to a farms, industrial yards,...
View ArticleDNA project proves we are all Jock Tamson’s bairns afterall
THE questions of who we are and where we come from has been asked by every single human being since the beginning of time.Now, thanks to a project part founded by local historian, author and...
View ArticleGirl (14) in drunken breach allegation at Hawick and alcohol seized from...
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl has been charged with breaching the peace while she was allegedly drunk, writes Bob Burgess.Police confirmed today that she was arrested on Saturday outside Hawick Rugby Club’s...
View ArticleCouncil Elections 2012 - More female candidates needed in Borders, says...
A CALL has been made for more females candidates to stand for council elections in the Borders. And Tweeddale West councillor Catriona Bhatia queried whether the use of quotas to increase female...
View ArticleHow you see greening
z TheSouthern asked three local farmers for their thoughts on the “greening” proposals. Known mostly as a successful beef producer, Robert Neill’s Upper Nisbet farm near Jedburgh is an arable monitor...
View ArticleNFU leader calls for ‘clear consensus’
KEY players will be at a two-day conference on CAP “greening” proposals organised by farming leaders for the end of the month. Defra Secretary of State Caroline Spelman, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for...
View ArticleParker: Time to tackle stress at SBC head on
the outgoing leader of Scottish Borders Council, the region’s largest employer, admitted this week that the management of stress in the local authority workplace must be tackled “head on”.David Parker,...
View ArticleWhen a life story can be part of cancer treatment
The project to build the Margaret Kerr Unit at the Borders General Hospital involves many people, including the dedicated team of specialist palliative care doctors and nurses. Palliative care is a...
View ArticleHawick health centre closed after doctor found dead on premises
a SENIOR doctor at a medical practice in Hawick has been found dead at the town’s health centre, writes Bob Burgess.The doctor worked for the Teviot Medical Practice. A spokeswoman for NHS Borders...
View ArticleAlisdaire’s passion for old Vauxhalls leads to 600-mile Swedish adventure
IT was February 1912 that Vauxhall managing director Percy Kidner entered the company’s Prince Henry vehicle in a 600-mile winter trial through rural Sweden in sub-zero temperatures.Now a Selkirk...
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