Property developer’s hopes are flagging after planning refusal
A firm of Melrose property developers has, for a second time, been refused planning consent to erect four flagpoles outside a well-known building in the town.The proposal was part of a facelift planned...
View ArticleLinda gives cancer groups the kindness treatment
Breast cancer survivor Linda Dick wanted to “give something back” to the two organisations which sustained and guided her through the dark days of her invasive treatments.To show her gratitude, Linda...
View ArticleTackling climate change
One of the really great things about living in the Borders (apart from the beautiful landscapes and the human scale communities) is the way that people in the same sector tend to know each other.I’m a...
View ArticleEvelyn’s trip to Germany to bury her uncle – 72 years after his death
Selkirk woman Evelyn Craig buried her Uncle George in Germany yesterday (Wednesday) – 72 years after he died.Mrs Craig – born in 1946 – never knew her uncle, whose Lancaster bomber was shot down in...
View ArticleProstate Cancer Support Group
The next meeting of Scottish Borders Prostate Cancer Support Group will be held on November 4 at 7pm in Borders General Hospital’s Macmillan centre.At the last meeting, Uzma Aslam, manager of the...
View ArticleViolet’s Yellow Boots
Inner Wheel Club of Galashiels member Violet Romanis came second with her photograph, titled “Yellow Boots”, in the International Inner Wheel photography competition, “Light the Path”.The Galashiels...
View ArticleSupport services ranked ‘excellent’ by watchdog
Two Borders support services have received the highest grade possible from the Care Inspectorate.Borders Supported Living Service, run by mental health charity Penumbra, provides flexible and...
View ArticleDardanelles remembered
Archie Hume, of Hume’s Country Clothing, and Derek Robeson, of Friends of Kelso Museum, hold the Dardanelles Plaque which commemorates the 1915 Gallipoli campaign in which many men from Kelso and...
View ArticleBorders strawberries on menu for chef challenge
Some of the best of Borders produce features in a new series of promotional films produced by VisitScotland.Top chefs from across Scotland are set to inspire wannabe culinary masters in the movies...
View ArticleHelping home-schooled kids
Scottish Borders Council is to lobby for more powers to guarantee the educational wellbeing of children who are schooled at home. The council’s executive agreed on Tuesday that leader David Parker...
View ArticleNHS teams in Scottish Health Awards finals
NHS Borders staff have been selected as finalists at the 2015 Scottish Health Awards.The Melburn Lodge Team is shortlisted for both the Top Team Award and the Care for Mental Health Award. Melburn...
View ArticleDavid’s ‘real journey’ towards employment
David Black, 23, of Coldstream, has won an award for young people who have overcome personal barriers to move into employment. David completed Tomorrow’s People Galashiels Works! which is a 10 week...
View ArticleSt Ronan’s Wells Visitor Centre awarded 4 stars
St Ronan’s Wells Visitor Centre in Innerleithen has been awarded a 4 star grading by the VisitScotland Quality Assurance scheme.Situated on the site of the historic spa, the centre hosts exhibitions...
View ArticlePolice target boy racers in Hawick
Police in the Borders have confirmed that dealing with the growing number of complaints about boy racers in Hawick is a “top priority”.According to councillor Watson McAteer, most of the town’s six...
View ArticleHawick knitwear firm Peter Scott set to axe 20 jobs
A Hawick knitwear firm is set to pay off almost a third of its workforce, blaming “lower than expected turnover and tough trading conditions”.It is understood that 20 jobs will go in the coming weeks...
View ArticleShoebox pick-up points
The Blythswood Care Collection Van will be returning to the Borders at the beginning of November to collect donations of filled shoe boxes for the annual appeal. The van will call on Monday, November...
View ArticleKerr takes Government to task on Syria
Borders MP Calum Kerr has challenged UK government ministers over the current refugee crisis by demanding that they do more to help vulnerable children arriving on the shores of Europe. He told a...
View ArticleNo problem with tapestry process, says chief executive
There was nothing wrong with the way Scottish Borders Council determined and approved the £6million visitor centre for the Great Tapestry of Scotland at Tweedbank.That is the conclusion of chief...
View ArticleLibraries set for overdue book amnesty month
Borderers with forgotten library books have a perfect chance to escape fines next month.The library service at Scottish Borders Council is holding an amnesty throughout November to try and retrieve as...
View ArticleLife in the navy
Six Borders College preparation for armed services students, who expressed an interest in joining the Royal Navy, were flown from Edinburgh to Southampton for a three-day acquaint course recently,...
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