Borders young farmers stick in at Kinross
COMPETITORS drove to Kinross to take part in the east region sports day when Ettrick and Lauderdale JAC came third in the hockey competition, beaten by winners Reston and Strathearn.The Ettrick and...
View ArticleCall out for community councillors
ATTEMPTS are being made to resurrect two community councils in the Borders.The Greenlaw and Hume council folded in March when not enough people came forward to form a council.A petition signed by 20...
View ArticleQuite a lot of quilts
Nine members of Selkirk-based Souter Quilters took part in a national quiltathon aiming to make the Guinness Book of Records for the most quilts made in one day in Scotland. The quilts, all of the same...
View ArticleNewtown ghost walk
ORGANISERS are expecting more than 250 people to enjoy a Night of Ghouls in Newtown St Boswells later this month.Newtown Community Centre is holding its annual ghost walk on October 27, leaving from...
View ArticleCrook Inn £25,000 boost
THE CAMPAIGN to save the historic Crook Inn in Tweedsmuir received a boost this week when a Clyde wind farm pledged £25,000.Locals are trying to buy the former coaching inn from owner James Doonan and...
View ArticleAnimal charity saved
ANIMAL lovers voted overwhelmingly to safeguard the future of Borders Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) by appointing a co-ordinator at the charity’s AGM earlier this month.The new post will attract a...
View ArticleVeterans mourn death of former KOSB and SAS commander
TRIBUTES have poured in for Colonel Clive Fairweather, former commanding officer of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and deputy commander of the Special Air Service (SAS), who has died from a brain...
View Article‘World’s unlikeliest film star’ in Gala for Jed director’s debut
The homeless bum who beat alcoholism to become lucky mascot to every New York movie set will appear at Galashiels’ Pavilion Cinema this Sunday, following the Scottish premiere of a documentary about...
View ArticleRotakids shoebox appeal
SOME children in central and eastern Europe will only be receiving Christmas presents this year thanks to the efforts of Selkirk Rotary Club’s Rotakids.Rotakids groups at Philiphaugh community and...
View ArticleBring on debate about future of Scotland, says Moore
BORDERS MP Michael Moore was one of the architects of the referendum agreement signed in Edinburgh on Monday.The Scottish Secretary worked with Scotland’s deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon to...
View ArticleCall for banks to do more to help house buyers in Borders
A REPORT published by The Bank of Scotland has shown that the Borders is the fifth least affordable area for new borrowers. The study showed that first time buyers and those taking out new mortgages...
View ArticleRobert has climate change down to a tea
NEW environment minister Paul Wheelhouse this week visited a climate change focus farm near Jedburgh.The Berwickshire-based MSP heard from farmers Robert and Jac Neill at Upper Nisbet about how they...
View ArticleCouncil furniture claims dismissed
THE local authority has been accused of using bogus health and safety claims to partly justify the possible spending of more than £50,000 to replace tables and chairs used in its council chamber at...
View ArticleHume welcomes new guidelines on forestry
RECOMMENDED restrictions on forestry planting on farmland have been welcomed by local MSP Jim Hume, writes Sally Gillespie.The former Yarrow farmer was reacting to the Scottish Government’s acceptance...
View ArticleGarment to help women undergoing cancer treatment
HEADWEAR using smart textiles is now a reality thanks to work by researchers at Heriot-Watt University in Galashiels.The new soft material is being used to make headgear for women with cancer-related...
View ArticleCouncillors fight for Peebles court
LOCAL councillors in Peebles are lobbying politicians to save the town’s sheriff court.Peebles Community Council has written criticising the proposal to shut the facility saying they “vigorously defend...
View ArticleContest cancelled due to lack of conkers
THE popular Scottish Conker Championships has been cancelled just days before it was due to go ahead, writes Sally Gillespie.Organisers Borders Forest Trust have been forced to pull the plug on the...
View ArticleFamily escape early morning Peebles flat fire
FIREFIGHTERS have described the survival of a family of three from a flat fire in Peebles this morning as a “very lucky escape”.The three occupants - a 42-year-old man, 41-year-old woman and a...
View ArticleCouncil’s chip and pin problems
SCOTTISH Borders Council have apologised after IT problems caused a delay to the introduction of chip and pin technology for its contact centres, registration offices and Jim Clark Room across the...
View ArticleProperty service calls for radical rethink of Scottish housing policy
THE property marketing service ESPC today called on the Scottish Government to shake up current housing policy in order to stimulate sales of existing homes in a bid to rejuvenate the housing market.In...
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