Resurfacing works set to start at ‘The Dunk’ corner
Resurfacing works will be carried out on the A7 at the south end of Hawick next week.The works, around The Dunk corner, are required to improve the existing surface and represents a £95,000 investment...
View ArticleHerkes role recalled
TRIBUTES have been paid to former Stow postmaster who helped capture child killer Robert Black, writes Kenny Paterson.David Herkes died last month at the age of 75. He spotted Black as he snatched a...
View ArticleSelkirk Sessions maintain theme of traditional music open to all
Pubs, clubs and hotels echoed to the sound of music at the weekend during the annual Selkirk Sessions traditional music festival.The weather was kind, which delighted visitors who elected to camp at...
View ArticleSentence deferred following drunken rant
A drunken man who threw a knife while rampaging about his home, striking internal walls, had sentence deferred for six months to be of good behaviour.Fifty-year-old James Blair of Eildon Road, Hawick,...
View ArticleGood turn was downfall of learner driver friend
Believing his friend could be over the alcohol limit after a party the previous night, Ahmad Awad offered to drive home the following morning.But when police stopped the 27-year-old, during a routine...
View ArticleTeenager avoids jail following attack on former housemate
After being put out of the home they shared, Jade Hart assaulted her former housemate, leaving her unconscious after repeatedly kicking and stamping on her head.At Jedburgh Sheriff Court last Friday,...
View ArticleReleased on bail
A 20-year-old appeared in private, charged on petition with an alleged knife offence, assault, and threatening behaviour in Kelso at the weekend.Daniel Murdoch of Inchmyre, Kelso, made no plea or...
View ArticleDuo who stole electrical goods jailed
Two thieves who stole more than £2,000 worth of electrical appliances from a Galashiels store, were each jailed for nine months.The pair, who had travelled from Lanarkshire to commit the offence, were...
View Article‘You are effectively drinking yourself to death’
A drunken man, who re-offended a day after appearing in court, was jailed for seven months.Paul Cessford had been in court the previous day, when he was found in a drunken state near Asda and Tesco’s...
View ArticleWoman’s arrest at airport unlawful, claims lawyer
A holidaymaker arrested at Newcastle airport was unlawfully detained by police, according to her solicitor.Natasha Murray was arrested as she waited with family for a holiday flight abroad.When she...
View ArticleCausing a scene over ambulance move
It was a long time coming, but after years of to-ing and fro-ing it finally looked like the Scottish Ambulance Service was to be given a new home at Borders General Hospital, with a long-awaited...
View ArticleBlooming Melrose best of British
MELROSE has taken gold in the prestigious Britain in Bloom awards for the first time.The town lifted the top accolade in the large village category of the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS)...
View ArticleNew BGH ambulance station fears
DOUBTS have been cast over plans for a new ambulance station at Borders General Hospital.Scottish Borders Council’s landscape architect has called for the refusal of the application on its present...
View ArticleWest Linton at centre of BBC drama
THERE has been plenty of drama in West Linton over the past couple of weeks as BBC cast and production crews rolled into town, writes Fiona Scott.The Peebleshire village has landed itself a starring...
View ArticleContinued concern over Gala Black Path
FRESH safety concerns have been raised about a popular Borders walkway, writes Kenny Paterson.Fears surrounding the Black Path, which runs along the former Waverley rail line now used by dog walkers...
View ArticleElgin marble at home in Hawick
TO COMPLEMENT the opening of its state-of-the-art visitor centre and restaurant in Hawick, a seven-ton sculpture of a family of cashmere goats has been placed in the forecourt of the Johnstons of Elgin...
View ArticleCouncillor calls for dangerous stretch of A7 road to be improved
A LETTER has been sent to Scottish Government transport minister Keith Brown demanding action be taken to improve a notorious stretch of the Borders’ busiest road.Stow resident and Galashiels and...
View Articleopen country
I had not really paid that much attention to the itinerary for our excursion, so going to Sineu was a pleasant surprise. The tour buses stop by a road across from the train station. The town did not...
View ArticleWily wood pigeon walks on the wild side
The first frosts of the season have begun to give the trees their autumnal garb, triggering off a chain of events in the countryside from which there is no turning back. Soon, woodland fungi will begin...
View ArticleAssaulted
A POLICE probe is under way after a man was assaulted as he walked home early on Saturday morning in Peebles. The 24-year-old was attacked in Edinburgh Road around 2am. Police have appealed for...
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