Fighting fines
TWO teenagers who fought with each other in Galashiels during the early hours of Sunday have been issued with fixed penalty fines under anti-social behaviour legislation.Both youths, aged 18, were...
View Article£12,500 Gala walkway work goes to waste
“A disgrace” is how Galashiels Community Council chairman Ian Purvis described the state of a riverside walkway which previously had £12,500 spent on renovating it, writes Kenny Paterson.The 400m...
View ArticlePloughing a furrow back to the Borders
THE Scottish Ploughing Championships return to the Borders later this month.World ploughing champion Andrew Mitchell, of Forfar, will be competing in the contest over the weekend of October 27-28,...
View Articlelandlines
All is not quite safely gathered in, but the recent spell of lovely October weather has brought that happy day closer. Grain and beans, that is. Maincrop potato harvesting has some way to go and the...
View ArticlePolice target schools as anti-drugs crime campaign enters new phase
POLICE are targeting Borders schools as the next stage of Operation Goal kicks off.The anti-drugs initiative will see officers attend schools across the region before the end of the year, and discuss...
View ArticleChildren’s woodland creation is set to shine
BORDERS primary schoolchildren planted nearly 700 native trees at Buckholm Farm on Friday.The 150 children were planting the first phase of Halkburn Diamond Wood on Torwoodlee Estate near...
View ArticleAccordion club returns
SELKIRK Accordion and Fiddle Club kicks off its new season with an open evening at the town’s cricket club tonight (Thursday).Musicans and non-musicans are welcome for the free event, which begins at...
View ArticleViewing the Borders’ Iron Age past
IT is the Borders – but from a bird’s eye and Iron Age view.A new book entitled Scotland’s Landscapes includes a series of stunning aerial photographs of some of the region’s most recognisable natural...
View ArticleSBC apology for bowling parking deal failure
A COUNCILLOR has apologised to Galashiels Bowling Club after the local authority failed to adhere to a parking agreement.The Scott Crescent club hope to build an access door through a boundary wall...
View ArticleDevolution? Yawn
people COULD be so bored of devolution talk that when a referendum happens it will be an anti-climax, says Lord Steel.The former Liberal leader was asking “What Kind of Country?” in the Kirkgate...
View ArticleBill’s poem gets royal approval
A FORMER Galashiels KOSB pipe major has received a personal thank you message from The Queen after penning her a poem to mark the Diamond Jubilee.Bill Heatlie, 82, now of Dalmeny near Queensferry, put...
View ArticleWind farm cash plea
A CALL has been made for Galashiels to cash in on community funding available from wind farm projects.Galashiels councillor Bill White said he was “astonished” by how much small nearby villages have...
View ArticleGala nightclub closes
A GALASHIELS nightclub has closed its doors on its fifth anniversary.Move Music Venue on Overhaugh Street shut down last week, with a lack of business believed to be the main reason behind the...
View ArticleParting with junk is such sweet sorrow
Some years ago I had a rather soft spot for a crazy old man called Mr Trebus; he was the reluctant star of a television documentary series where urban local authority workers took on the unpleasant...
View ArticleJust like you’d find at Granny’s
A NEW Selkirk shopkeeper is living her dream.Cathy Meldrum, 60, has opened Granny’s Den in the High Street.“I’m selling everything you would find at your granny’s. When I was young you would go to your...
View ArticleAshkirk farmer takes top ticket
ASHKIRK farmer Scott Davies (pictured) enjoyed more than the glorious weather at the Borders Shepherds’ Show at Yetholm on Saturday.For the North Country Cheviot breeder took the overall championship...
View ArticleBGH car parks plea
PARKING capacity has been reduced at the Borders General Hospital where two of the car parks are undergoing essential maintenance.Resurfacing and realignment began this week on parks one and two – the...
View ArticleCash boost for autism group in Borders
A LOCAL charity has been awarded £14,000 from the Scottish Autism Development Fund.The cash will be used by the Borders Asperger and Autism Group Support (BAAGS) to set up and run an employment...
View ArticleInn campaigners need to raise £60,000 by Christmas
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save an historic inn are confident they will raise the £160,000 needed by the end of the year.The Tweedsmuir Community Company already has £100,000 to buy the village’s Crook...
View ArticleHealth chiefs count the cost of patients who fail to appear
PATIENTS who failed to turn up for appointments in the Borders last year wasted almost £800,000 of health service cash, writes Bob Burgess.More than 6,000 slots were missed, according to NHS Borders,...
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