Matheson set to weave vocal magic in Peebles
THE Eastgate Theatre in Peebles has landed a major coup and is anticipating a sell-out when Karen Matheson, the voice of Capercaille, appears in concert next Friday, June 15, at 7.30pm.Matheson will...
View ArticleBorders promoters give unsigned bands a chance to shine
TWO Borderers who run an events and marketing company and have close links with the movers and shakers in the music industry are on the lookout for unsigned local bands to perform at a major festival,...
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...
View ArticleBook festival future secure as three-year sponsorship deal confirmed
WITH just a week to go until the start of the ninth annual Borders Book Festival, the star-studded event has received a major boost.It was confirmed this week that investment fund management firm...
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November 1987 saw the first patients admitted to the new £30.5million Borders General Hospital.Sixty residents moved in from Sanderson Hospital, Galashiels, on Tuesday the 24th, to be followed the next...
View ArticleReception VIPs to get Selkirk bannock treat
CAMERON’S, the only bakery still based in Selkirk, has received a royal boost which will help spread the word about the town’s most famous food export, writes Andrew Keddie.The long-established...
View ArticleJubilee lunch with Queen for young Earlston designer
“Absolutely amazing and an experience I’ll never forget” – that was the excited reaction from young Earlston textile designer, Heather Sinclair, who was one of a select few to be invited to join the...
View ArticlePark work is ‘vital’
IMPROVEMENTS to Victoria Park are vital to Innerleithen, says the town’s community council chairman, George Brown.A meeting between stakeholders was held last week to discuss the upgrading of the...
View ArticleWater search team dedicated to harrowing task of finding bodies
WITH its many hills, rivers and lochs, the Borders is one of the most scenic areas of Britain.But those features which make it so inviting are the same ones that can turn a fun day out into tragedy....
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ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 96 clean cattle, 51 OTM cattle, 485 spring lambs and 209 ewes.Bullocks (45) averaged 207.6p per kg (+0.3p on the week). Heifers (46) averaged...
View ArticleMoffat race day plan sounds a little baaaarmy
THE Glorious Twelfth is usually associated with shooting grouse, not racing sheep, writes Sally Gillespie.It’s no joke – there are perhaps enough sheep and farmer jokes – there really will be sheep...
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Not for the first time in farming we have a difference of opinion between those who see any new legislation as expensive red tape and those who think that what looks like a problem could actually be...
View ArticleAmbitious timetable as colleges plan merger
THERE is a lot of work to be done before the new Scottish Rural University College (SRUC) comes into existence ahead of the autumn intake of new students.That was the view of Nigel Miller, National...
View ArticleMedia savvy training day
Wired and Yob-Byp recently held a media training day introducing young people to how the media works, held at Langlee Community centre in Galashiels. It lasted around five hours and consisted of four...
View ArticleGala millennium garden given timely makeover
The Millennium Garden, at the heart of Galashiels Academy, was created in 2000 to commemorate the lives of pupils and staff who have died whilst at the school.Over the years, however, attention to its...
View ArticleInspiration and fun at Young Scot awards
RECENTLY myself and the Wired team hopped on a minibus and headed to Glasgow, dressed to the nines in order to attend the Young Scot Awards for which we were nominated. The award ceremony was held at...
View ArticleViews sought on council’s 10-year plan
A THREE-month public consultation on the main issues report in the Borders development plans ends on June 25. The report sets out how the local authority plans to handle issues such as housing, the...
View ArticleWater chiefs say safety first before taking the plunge
SAFETY is always vital when around water and Borderers are being reminded by Scottish Water to be extra cautious during hot weather when there is the temptation of cooling down in local rivers, burns...
View ArticleOlympic flame will set a hot pace…
AFTER the jubilee beacons comes the flame of the Olympic Torch. Day 27 of its 8,000 mile journey through the UK on its way to London brings it to the Borders next Thursday.From Edinburgh to Alnwick it...
View ArticleCooking up storm in a cupcake
CHOCOLATE and bacon or pear cider? These were the two fine contenders vying to win The Southern Reporter Jubilee Cupcake Challenge which closed on Monday, writes Sally Gillespie.It was tough: chocolate...
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