Home plan
PLANS have been approved to turn a Broughton computer training centre into a home.Planning officers backed the bid for the building at the Glenholm Centre, which housed a school until 1943.
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up to 10 people could be employed if plans to create a coffee shop and office in Galashiels are approved.The application at the former Beautique building in High Street is for part change of use and is...
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a former Hawick pub is set to be reopened as a takeaway.Plans have been submitted for the Balmoral Bar premises in Langlands Road by Yannan Fei of Edinburgh.The submission includes alterations to form...
View ArticleCharged
TWO 12-year-old girls have been charged with vandalism at Tweedbank Primary School.A children’s reporter will consider the case after it is believed the pair from the village came forward to admit the...
View ArticleThirlestane memorial concert to back Kerr Unit
THIRLESTANE Castle is to host a concert in memory of Forbes Morton which will raise cash for the Margaret Kerr Unit appeal.Forbes lost a short battle with duodenal cancer in November 2008 at the early...
View ArticleAnger at homes plan for Hawick hospital
HAWICK’s former cottage hospital could be turned into a residential complex, writes Kenny Paterson.Borders College, which has a campus directly below the hospital site on Buccleuch Road, has...
View ArticlePolice recover remains from World War II Spitfire crash site
On the afternoon of January 16, 1943, a New Zealand pilot was killed as his spitfire crashed into the Borders countryside, shortly after he took off from an East Lothian air base on a training...
View ArticleRecruitment call goes out for part-time firemen
FIRE chiefs have put out a call for retained firefighters to help provide vital cover in three areas of the Borders.Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service says staff are needed to man the engines...
View ArticleSessions plea
THIS year’s Selkirk Sessions music festival takes place on the weekend of October 5-7, featuring competitions and workshops in addition to the popular pub sessions.Anyone interested in contributing...
View ArticleYetholm allotment gardeners feeling chipper as they go green
YETHOLM allotment holders officially open their £18,000 environmental regeneration scheme in the village tomorrow.Annual £500 water bills prompted the 27 gardeners to start seeking eco-friendly...
View ArticleWestruther farmer loses appeal
A LEADING Borders farmer has lost a five-year environmental battle to improve a rough grassland field on his land because of the effect it will have on the bird population.Tom Macfarlane had appealed...
View ArticleHaining auction raises more than £100,000
THE real work begins now, declared a trustee of The Haining after the Selkirk mansion picked up around £50,000 from an auction of the estate’s contents, writes Kenny Paterson.The highlights of the...
View ArticleBlooming good try by Gala and Copshaw
GALASHIELS and Newcastleton were scrutinised by Beautiful Scotland judges on Tuesday, writes Kenny Paterson.The two Borders communities are up for national prizes, and hope to follow the lead of...
View ArticleThirty properties flooded in Jedburgh and met office says more rain to come
A WARNING has been issued for more heavy rain across the Borders prompting fears of more flood, writes Bob Burgess.The town centre of Jedburgh was badly hit around 8.30am Sunday when the...
View ArticleBlood service plea on donation holidays
BORDERERS have been urged not to forget to donate blood during the summer holidays. The transfusion service is worried that the Olympics will also impact on life-saving supplies.Frances Steel, who...
View ArticleHolm Show is cancelled
THE HOLM Show is the latest victim of the wet summer.Organisers Liddesdale Agricultural Society announced the show’s cancellation on Saturday.The popular event was to have taken place on the show field...
View ArticleA7 motorcyclist was clocked at 120mph-plus
A MOTORCYCLIST has been charged with riding in excess of 120mph in the Borders – just three days after a national campaign aimed at cutting road speeds ended, writes Kenny Paterson.The speed was...
View ArticlePolice and SEPA on the trail of Galashiels fly-tippers
FLY-tippers have been warned they face a hefty fine or jail if they are taken to court and convicted.The warning came from Scottish Borders Council after piles of unwanted household items were...
View Article‘Lost generation’ fears as youth jobless rate reaches 49 per cent
ALMOST half of Borderers aged 16 to 24 were out of work in 2011, writes Kenny Paterson.According to a Scottish Government employment report, only 51 per cent of the age bracket were employed during the...
View ArticleFolk music on a Roll…
ORGANISERS described the weekend’s folk festival in Melrose as “a huge success”.The three-day Rolling Hills Folk Festival in Melrose’s Corn Exchange started on Friday with a sell-out ceilidh. Sunday...
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