Health bosses say lessons will be learned after BGH inspection
AFTER stinging criticism from government inspectors over the care given to dementia sufferers and the elderly at the region’s biggest hospital, Borders health chiefs say lessons will be learned and the...
View ArticleSuspected con leaves kids misérable
A SUSPECTED theatrical conman has duped Borders families after lying about his career.Newcastleton-based Gary Adams earlier this year said he was looking for teenagers to stage a production of Les...
View ArticleSouthern Reporter parent company fastest-growing regional online publisher
Johnston PRESS, the parent company of The Southern Reporter and Selkirk Weekend Advertiser, is now the biggest and fastest-growing regional online publisher, according to latest figures from the Audit...
View ArticleCruelty inspectors probe headless cat find near Galashiels
A DECAPITATED cat has been found on a housing estate near Galashiels - prompting a probe by police and the Scottish SPCA, writes Bob Burgess. The grim discovery was made on Friday, August 31 but...
View ArticleLanglee proves community is king
SATURDAY saw the community of Langlee come out in force on Saturday to enjoy the annual carnival, writes Kevin Janiak.Proud Langlee Lad and Lass, Jay Fox and Mikaela Wright, cut the ribbon to open the...
View ArticleBorders war memorials judged to be some of the finest
Two war memorials in the Scottish Borders have won first prizes in the Royal British Legion’s Best Kept War Memorial Competition 2012. The Chambers Institute War Memorial in Peebles won the Large...
View ArticleTHE ART OF DIVINING
What is it used for?It’s used to locate ground water, buried metals or ores, gemstones, oil, gravesites, and many other objects and materials, as well as so-called currents of earth radiation (Ley...
View ArticleX marks the spot: Walter Elliot on his use of ancient art of divination
“I’ve been considered nuts, speaking to two bits of wire and expecting an answer from them,” admitted local historian Walter Elliot as he published his new book on dowsing, called Divining Archaeology,...
View ArticleHawick in line for comms boost
Businesses and other areas of the community in Hawick are set to be the next in line to benefit from a new, high speed communications network.BT’s Ethernet network, aimed at medium-sized businesses,...
View ArticleObituary Andrew Duthie
Andrew May Duthie, Andy, passed away on Saturday, August 25.Andy – originally from Fraserburgh – came with his wife Jean and their young daughter Ruth to Galashiels in 1958. Their family was complete...
View ArticleKelso cyclist takes on 130-mile Parkinson’s charity
a KELSO cyclist plans to cover 130 miles in a day to raise funds for the Parkinson’s UK charity.Christopher Blunt, 44, will undertake the pedal challenge tomorrow for his dad, Simon, 78, who was...
View ArticlePipes and drums CD launched as Borders soldiers head out to Helmand
HUNDREDS of soldiers from the Royal Scots Borderers have started deploying for a six-month tour to Helmand Province in Afghanistan.An emotional farewell parade was held at the end of last week for the...
View ArticleArchaeologists hunt for a window on the 1540s at Kirkhope Tower excavation
ARCHAEOLOGISTS say the grounds of a Borders peel tower could be hiding some of the best preserved remains of what life was like in the early 1540s.While the A-listed 16th century tower just outside...
View ArticleCraft a raft for Ettrick
Ettrick’s Macmillan raft race is go.The first raft leaves Honey Cottage Caravan Park at 2pm on Sunday September 23 and the race ends at Tushielaw Bridge. Soup and refreshments will be available to crew...
View ArticleMemories of wartime experiences in stage version of Radio 4 series
HEARTBREAK and humour from the dark years of World War II will be brought to Smailholm Village next Saturday, September 29, with a production of Keep Smiling Through.The show started life as a Radio 4...
View Article‘Itinerant shoplifter’ had foil-lined bag
A would-be thief, caught in Tesco’s Galashiels store with a foil-lined shoulder bag, claimed he had been given the item by two fellow Romanians he met after sleeping rough in Glasgow.But Sheriff Kevin...
View ArticleHappy 70th and here’s to many more at Yetholm hostel
KIRK YETHOLM youth hostel celebrated 70 years of offering hikers and others a bed for the night, on Sunday, writes Sally Gillespie.Around 60 people attended the open day marking the anniversary and...
View ArticleChaplains gather
Scottish Borders Council is hosting a national conference for school chaplains at Tweed Horizons on Tuesday. Director of education Glenn Rodger will introduce a draft policy for consultation across...
View ArticleAppreciation: Professor Sid Watkins
THE man known to the fastest drivers in the world as Professor Sid or even just Sid, died last week aged 84.Sid Watkins, who retired to the Borders, served as a professor of neurosurgery at the...
View ArticleHave you seen this sheep?
RUSTLERS have snatched the only sheep that was grazing in a field Newcastleton.The home-alone animal, pictured above, was taken during the early hours of Saturday morning.Police say that a car and also...
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