Health board deny Lamont’s heroin overdose drug claims
NHS Borders have strongly denied a local MSP’s claims that its issuing of take home kit for heroin addicts will encourage drug use, writes Kenny Paterson.Statistics released this week that the region’s...
View ArticleTourism guru to speak to rebel Borders group
A BORDERS-BASED tourism guru is to speak at the AGM of a local breakaway group.B&B operators, dissatisfied with national promoters VisitScotland, set up the Borders Tourist Board five years ago....
View ArticleCyclist who died in Peebles crash named
POLICE have named a cyclist who died in a crash near Peebles on Monday afternoon.Mark Sanderson of Edinburgh, died at around 4.20pm on the A703 road after veering into the southbound carriageway and...
View ArticleCopshie café on the cards
A NEW coffee bar and shop could be set to open in Newcastleton.Chrisa Dobson wishes to turn a barn at her Singdean home into The Strudel Bar – and promises to use local craftsmen to built it.The...
View ArticleBrash’s brush with Gold
Crowds flocked to Peebles High Street on Tuesday morning to watch the town’s red Royal Mail post box being painted gold in honour of local lad Scott Brash’s Olympic gold medal win in the Equestrian...
View ArticleSBC defends £150k credit card spending
PONCHOS, sweets and costumes were among the items purchased with Scottish Borders Council credit cards, totalling almost £150,000 since 2007, writes Kenny Paterson.The details of each departments...
View ArticleCouncil reassures staff following data breach
SCOTTISH BORDERS COUNCIL is facing a major fine for data breaches after hundreds of pension records were sent for recycling. However, the council has reassured staff it is confident no personal...
View ArticleEarly morning disruption due to wind farm traffic
Motorists are being warned of traffic disruptions over the next three or four months due to convoys of lorries carrying abnormal loads to a wind farm site near Westruther. Lorries are currently...
View ArticleMissing ministers sealed Waverley Line fate claim
IT’S hard to believe that after the thousands of words already in print about the Waverley rail route, anything new could be said.However, David Spaven, author of Waverley Route: The life, death and...
View ArticleEarlston students set sights on Peru
EARLSTON High School teenagers are on a mission to raise money to help children in Peru.The 10 modern studies students need to raise £10,000 to take part in a Vine Trust initiative next June and each...
View ArticleChristies’ long march back to Gala
RETIRED Galashiels teachers were back home on Sunday – after walking nearly 400 miles from London.The former PE teachers, Alastair and Mary Christie, undertook the hike unsupported in aid of the...
View ArticleHeartening story of Lyn and Ross as mum prepares for Great North Run
A BRAVE Tweedbank mum is running not just for her son next month but for all those with heart disease.Now 12, Ross Falconer was born with heart failure and immediately needed a pacemaker which surgeons...
View ArticleCash claim chance for cohabitants
The door has opened a little wider for unmarried couples to claim financial compensation from one another when they split up.In a landmark Supreme Court ruling last month, Angus Grant was told he...
View ArticleCash needed if more Borders athletes to attain Olympic dream
IF Borders youngsters are to get the chance to emulate Peebles show jumper Scott Brash and win Olympic gold medals of their own, then the Scottish Government has to step up to the plate and pledge...
View ArticleGalashiels meeting to discuss Borders’ largest housing development
A SPECIAL meeting will be held tomorrow to discuss a planning application for almost 400 homes in Galashiels.Persimmon hope to build 397 houses in the second stage of its 500-home development at Easter...
View ArticleRainbow Kilts LGBT Festival to brighten up Hawick this weekend
SCOTTISH Borders LGBT Film and Performing Arts Festival returns for a second year this weekend.Named Rainbow Kilts, the theme for 2012 is challenging homophobia, following up research commissioned last...
View ArticleAnimal charity appeals for information on abandoned Langholm cockerels
TWO abandoned cockerels have been found on a remote farm near Langholm.The wandering pair, named Pete and Dud, were discovered on Middle Moss Farm last Wednesday.The Scottish SPCA are now appealing for...
View ArticleFree legal advice for carers
Borders Asperger and Autism Group Support is offering a rare opportunity for Borders carers and individuals to have a free 30-minute consultation with a qualified solicitor experienced in the legal...
View ArticleBrunta Hill wind farm plans scaled down
Scaled down plans for a wind farm in Berwickshire will go on display later this month.PNE Wind UK Ltd originally planned 10 turbines on land at Brunta Hill, near Westruther.However, it has now cut the...
View ArticleBorderers invited to leave an impression on the Margaret Kerr Unit
People from across the Borders are being invited to make their own unique contribution to a piece of art that is being produced to reflect the numerous donations that are being made to The Margaret...
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