Wind farm plan recommended for approval
A controversial bid to build a wind farm near Bonchester Bridge is being recommended for approval by planners next week.More than 60 objections have been lodged against plans to erect the 12-turbine...
View ArticleTimber group in finals of apprenticeship awards
An Earlston-based timber group is the only business in the Borders to become finalists at this year’s Scottish Apprenticeship Awards.Family-0wned BSW Timber Group, set up by James Waddell in 1848, is...
View ArticleAngered Scots launch campaign to keep Saltires on food packaging
An online campaign rallying against the Union Flag replacing the saltire on Scottish produce has been launched.Fed up supermarket customer Ruth Watson started the #KeepScotlandTheBrand campaign after...
View ArticleKelso celebrates 200th year of veterinary services
More than 150 farmers and animal owners turned out at Kelso’s Galedin Veterinary surgery to mark the 200th anniversary of the town’s first veterinary surgeon.Celebrations saw clients of Galedin Vets,...
View ArticleKelso scaffolding will stay up for weeks to come
Roxburgh Street in Kelso will be closed to traffic for a further six weeks at least to allow repairs to be made to a town centre building in dangerous condition.The busy street was closed to traffic...
View ArticleJedburgh guisers take over town for Halloween
More than 300 of Jedburgh’s scariest little monsters took to the town’s streets on Tuesday for a spooky evening of Halloween fun.The treats came courtesy of the majority of the town’s shopkeepers and...
View ArticleMelrose Post Office to stay put for now
The future of post office services in Melrose looks uncertain after plans to relocate the town’s post office to Abbey Mill were scrapped this week.Proposals to move the post office 350 metres from...
View ArticleBorders farmers staging show of support for rugby legend Doddie Weir
Farmers throughout the Borders are staging a show of support for disease-stricken rugby legend Doddie Weir this weekend.More than 100 tractors are expected to be driven through Lauder this coming...
View ArticleBorders MP rubbishes claim that universal credit is to blame for people...
Borders MP John Lamont has launched a verbal broadside at a Hawick councillor over claims the rollout of universal credit could be forcing Teries to rake through bins for food.Those claims were made by...
View ArticleDock outburst leads to man being jailed
A foul-mouthed outburst in the dock at Jedburgh Sheriff Court resulted in a Hawick man being jailed for 60 days.Gary Crossett appeared from custody on Monday to face several motoring charges, but the...
View ArticleEstimated bill for Hawick flood defences rises to £44.3m
Hawick’s £44m-plus flood protection scheme is set to move a step closer to becoming a reality today, November 2.Members of Scottish Borders Council will be asked to make a preliminary decision at their...
View ArticleLord hits back over expenses
A Conservative party peer from the Borders has defended his £12,279 expenses claim over the past parliamentary year, saying he has volunteered his services many times in his career.Lord Sanderson of...
View ArticlePlans to move Hawick’s Burnfoot Post Office abandoned
Plans to relocate Hawick’s Burnfoot Post Office to a supermarket a short distance away will now not go ahead, it has been confirmed.The proposal drawn up to shift the facility from 5 Kenilworth Avenue...
View ArticleMinister visits Borders College to meet apprentices hoping to be hired
Scottish Government employability and training minister Jamie Hepburn paid a visit to Borders College in Galashiels last week to find out more about how its apprenticeship programmes are helping young...
View ArticleHawick primary school earmarked for closure after pupil roll falls to 14
A consultation is to be held over the planned closure of a Hawick school as part of a Borders-wide review by education chiefs. When members of Scottish Borders Council’s executive committee meet next...
View ArticleMove could be in store for Kelso Men’s Shed
Plans have been unveiled for Kelso Men’s Shed to take over the former Somerfield supermarket building in the town’s Roxburgh Street. The group plans to turn part of the old shop, closed in 2005, into...
View ArticlePolice investigating after Hawick care home staff suspended
Police have launched an investigation after five members of staff at a Hawick nursing home were suspended over what are described as serious allegations.It has emerged that the probe centres on what...
View ArticleMan attacked by woman in Galashiels street
Borders police are appealing for witnesses to an alleged serious assault by a woman on a 20-year-old man in Galashiels early on Sunday morning.The incident took place in the town’s Overhaugh Street,...
View ArticlePaterson accused of ‘political mischief’
A bid by a Hawick councillor to have Scottish Borders Council write to the UK Government expressing concerns over cuts in funding was narrowly beaten today in a full council meeting at Newtown.Hawick...
View ArticleDrivers face hold-ups in Selkirk as roadworks come thick and fast
Selkirk is set to become a blackspot for traffic jams over the next few weeks as roadworks come thick and fast.The biggest set of works will be the resurfacing of the A7 Edinburgh-Carlisle road at...
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