Super Sutherland stages remarkable comeback
A GALASHIELS footballer has scored a spectacular hat-trick just weeks after suffering a serious hip injury, writes Kenny Paterson.Des Sutherland came off the bench to secure a 3-1 win for Gala Rovers...
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A HAWICK man has denied injuring a woman with intent to rape her.Graeme Cook, 38, of Allars Bank, pleaded not guilty to assaulting the woman and biting her at a house in Hawick on January 6.The case...
View ArticlePassenger thought she was going to die
AN UNINSURED driver with just a provisional licence was involved in a night-time police chase in the Windyknowe area of Galashiels.A female passenger in Ashley Powell’s car thought she was going to be...
View ArticleCouncil dodges poll tax question
Scotland’s cash-strapped councils are set to write off hundreds of millions of pounds in unpaid poll tax when the debts “expire” next year, writes Sandy Neil. But Scottish Borders Council (SBC) is yet...
View ArticleCash up for grabs
NEARLY £1,000 remains out of £10,000 of public money earmarked for community projects in the Ettrick and Yarrow valleys.The cash is part of the two-year £60,000 valleys regeneration project – due to...
View ArticleSmashed window
A KELSO youth appeared from custody and admitted smashing a window at his former partner’s home.Twenty-year-old Darrell Wyper, of Inchmyre, admitted losing his temper during the bust-up with his...
View ArticleHow to be a student
SENIOR pupils are invited to an open day to learn more about college and university at the Border Union showground in Kelso today.More than 30 organisations will provide information and advice to...
View ArticleDenials
A GALASHIELS man appeared from custody and denied committing three offences.John Campbell Ure, 37, pleaded not guilty to behaving in a threatening and abusive manner at his home in Woodstock Avenue on...
View ArticlePossession of knife
A GALASHIELS man admitted being in possession of a knife in the town centre on Christmas Eve.Twenty-two-year-old Liam Brown, of Gala Park Court, pleaded guilty on indictment to the offence. Sheriff...
View ArticleJacob leaps at film opportunity
Stunt horseman Jacob Martin from Lanton, Jedburgh appears in the forthcoming $100million Hollywood blockbuster, Cloud Atlas, directed by the team behind the Matrix films.The horse cabaret performer...
View ArticleBooze thief behind bars after 78th dishonesty crime
A SERIAL alcohol thief has been jailed for four months after clocking up his 78th conviction for dishonesty.Daniel Hamilton, 23 – described as an alcoholic since he was 12 years old – was arrested on...
View ArticleRape charge
A 31-year-old man made a private court appearance charged with rape.Lee Borthwick, of Kelso, is accused of carrying out the offence at a house in the town in July 2011.He made no plea or declaration...
View ArticleNovember trial date
Mark Brodie, 30, of Blythbank Farm, West Linton, is accused of driving dangerously at excessive speed on the A701 and Main Street, West Linton, on March 22.He will stand trial on November 27.
View ArticleShoe strike
A HAWICK teenager who injured a police constable by striking him in the face with a shoe has been fined £150.Eighteen-year-old Sabrina Budge had been of good behaviour for the past 12 months after...
View ArticleFined £510
A FARM labourer who had a row with his pregnant girlfriend was fined a total of £510.Shaun Grieve kicked out and put a hole in the door of a property in Priors Court, Kelso, on July 11. Three days...
View ArticleMan pays the price for threats to GP over vet’s bill
A DOCTOR was threatened by a neighbour who claimed that the GP’s dog had injured his cat.James Sutherland waved a vet’s bill and demanded the alarmed doctor pay the fee by confronting him in his...
View ArticleDad called police over his son’s behaviour
A TEENAGER who admitted threatening and abusive behaviour towards his parents had sentence deferred for six months.Gregor Cranston, 18, returned to the family home in Glenfield Road East, Galashiels,...
View ArticleNo plea
A MOTORIST stopped in Lintburn Place, Galashiels, on Sunday has been accused of failing to tell police the identity of the driver of a vehicle.Robert Moir, 45, of Bluebell Way, South Shields, is...
View ArticleRide to the hills
FORMER racehorse trainer Rhona Elliot hosts the last “walk, run or ride” fundraiser to be held at The Yett next month.Horse riders, runners and hikers have the chance to cover 10 miles following flags...
View ArticleBhatia hits out over councillors’ cross-border ‘booze cruise’ idea
COUNCILLORS over the border have been branded “irresponsible” after describing Scotland’s imminent minimum pricing on alcohol as a “golden opportunity’.Northumberland County Council’s Labour Group is...
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