Sheriff makes a case for the status quo
For a dozen years, Sheriff Kevin Drummond has watched from the benches of the four Borders courts as the whole procession of local humanity trooped before him.If anyone knows the peculiarities of...
View ArticleCAP payment cuts fear
AS TheSouthern’s farming pages went to press, union leaders across the UK were reacting to reports of possible extra cuts in CAP direct payments.On Tuesday NFU Scotland said government negotiators in...
View ArticleLANDLINES
Allegations that supermarkets squeeze unmercifully the farmers who supply them with basic products such as meat, milk, eggs, vegetables, soft fruit and potatoes have been made for years.The claims...
View ArticleGalashiels hustings
THE Galashiels public will get the chance to question council election candidates on the issues affecting them on Monday. A hustings meeting organised by Galashiels and Langlee Community Council takes...
View ArticleMagic of Sleeping Beauty on way to Borders
AUDIENCES in Langholm and Peebles are in for a treat as the European Ballet brings them its highly acclaimed touring version of The Sleeping Beauty. Set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score and enhanced by...
View ArticleHawick and Hermitage Three councillors
Bill CummingScottish Labour PartyAs the other Scottish Borders Labour Party candidates are doing elsewhere, I am standing in this election because we want people to have the opportunity to vote for a...
View ArticleHawick and Denholm Three councillors
Alastair CranstonScottish National PartyBorn in Hawick, educated at Minto, Denholm and Hawick High schools had a positive effect on my four years at Edinburgh University. Travelling around the world...
View ArticleSelkirkshire Three councillors
Michelle BallantyneScottish Conservative and UnionistFrustrated with politics? The only way to improve things is to get involved and fight for what we believe in, that’s why I am standing for...
View ArticleGalashiels and district Four councillors
Sandy AitchisonBorders PartyI live in Stow, and know the people and ways of Galashiels and the Gala Water well. Local knowledge, both yours and mine, is vital, especially when facing the huge changes...
View ArticleTweeddale East Three councillors
Stuart BellScottish National PartyIn local elections many vote for the person rather than the party. I stand on my track record as a community council secretary and campaigner for local improvements. I...
View ArticleTweeddale West Three councillors
Willie ArchibaldScottish National PartyElectors possess a valuable right, the right to vote. Everyone has an equal say in how government works. No priorities, no favouritism – all equal, rich or poor,...
View ArticleTributes paid to senior doctor found dead at Hawick Health Centre
A POPULAR family doctor has been found dead at Hawick Health Centre. Police say there are no suspicious circumstances, writes Bob Burgess.The body of Dr Patrick Manson was discovered in a rest room at...
View ArticleFRAMED IN TIME
We go back 20 years for Framed in Time this week and a visit to Gattonside.In June 1991, Gattonside Chain Bridge was closed to allow for refurbishment and strengthening work to take place. The then...
View ArticleGraeme in driving seat for Weavers
standard Bearer for 2012 for the Weavers’ Corporation is Graeme Bell, writes Sally Gillespie.The 43-year-old delivery driver was appointed by Deacon Keith Miller at the Corporation’s AGM on...
View ArticleKenny picks up flag the for Fleshers
FORMER abattoir worker, electrical mechanical engineer Kenny Robertson, is the Incorporation of Fleshers Standard Bearer for this year, writes Sally Gillespie. The enthusiastic Common Riding supporter...
View ArticleMore than fair as Stuart cops plum Common Riding role
NORMALLY when Stuart Lunt has been attending Selkirk Common Riding, he has done so in his official capacity as an officer with Lothian and Borders Police, writes Mark Entwistle.However, this year will...
View ArticleYetholm to be start of Scottish National Trail
KIRK Yetholm will be the start of a national trail through Scotland that is to open later this year, writes Sally Gillespie.TV presenter, writer and outdoors enthusiast Cameron McNeish was in the...
View ArticleFour contenders to attend Scott Prize ceremony
AT LEAST four of the six authors shortlisted for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction will be at the Brewin Dolphin Borders Book Festival in person.Andrew Miller is already booked to...
View ArticleArchie McArthur
ENTHUSIASTS of Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns, have lost one of their most venerable members with the death, at the age of 93, of Archie McArthur, from Kelso.He passed away last month in...
View ArticleCyclists put heart and puff into £9,000-plus fundraiser
THE £100-odd to be raised by a couple of cycling buddies turned into £9,000 and counting when nearly 90 people cycled the inaugural Tour de Lauder for charity on Saturday.Bikers in lycra on racers and...
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