Road safety improvements must include demand for seatbelt in buses
As a regular bus user on the A7 I write to applaud Isobel Hutchison’s continuing efforts and Councillor Aitchison’s recent plea to the Scottish Government’s Transport Minister for improved safety to...
View ArticleScottish Borders Council appeal £250,000 data breach fine
Scottish Borders Council has appealed against its £250,000 data breach penalty - one of the biggest ever handed out to a Scottish local authority by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The ICO...
View ArticleBike theft
CALLOUS thieves stole a child’s BMX bike from a home in Tweedbank on Sunday.The green coloured Raleigh bicycle was stolen from a garden at Stobshaw Terrace between 10.30am and 1.30pm, and police are...
View ArticleYoung drivers checks
POLICE have put the brakes on young drivers travelling along a busy Galashiels road.Road policing officers carried out checks last Saturday on Melrose Road between 8pm and 9pm, following complaints...
View ArticleSelf help group
A NEW group aimed at helping Bipolar sufferers has been launched in the Borders.The Galashiels Bipolar Self Help Group is open to everyone living in the region with bipolar disorder, and their...
View ArticlePolice investigate Kelso boy death
POLICE are investigating the death of a 16-year-old Kelso boy today (Tuesday).The teenager died in Borders General Hospital this morning after being admitted along with a small group of other youths....
View ArticleSpray painting vandals target Hawick
Police are hunting spray-painting vandals who went on a spree of destruction in Hawick early this morning.Ten vehicles, fencing and walls along Burnhead Road, Eildon Road and Ruberslaw Road were...
View ArticleFree app will keep farmers up to date on industry news
A FREE new mobile phone app has been launched by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) to ensure farmers have easy access to the latest industry news and market prices at the touch of a button.The easy-to-use...
View ArticleRetired racehorse Kit Carson saved from stream by Hawick firefighters
A RETIRED racehorse was dramatically rescue from a stream near Hawick yesterday afternoon.The animal, known as Kit Carson while competing, got trapped in the water at the bottom of an embankment at...
View ArticleRecord wet season affects winter fodder
Being an eternal optimist is a useful trait if you’re a farmer and following this year’s awful weather it now seems to be a prerequisite, writes Donald Dunbar. Many of the general public have the...
View ArticleSchmallenberg: SAC warn of ongoing midge risk
Schmallenberg virus (SBV) was first diagnosed in the UK early this year following tests carried out on deformed lambs. Active infection has now been diagnosed on farms as far north as North Yorkshire....
View ArticleFluke is a real risk this autumn
As we all know, we have had a lot of rain this summer which has left pastures wet and muddy. This has provided the perfect conditions for the mud snail, which is a key player in the life cycle of...
View ArticleWhat’s on
TodaySEX & GOD (THEATRE): Eastgate Theatre, Peebles. 7.30pm. £14. Tel: 01721 725777. www.eastgatearts.comTomorrowA TALE OF TWO SHAKESPEARES (THEATRE): Walkerburn Public Hall. 7.30pm (doors open...
View ArticleFolk trio return to Eastgate
Bain Möller Molsky, a melodically and rhythmically exciting collaboration by three of the world’s leading folk musicians, makes a welcome return to Peebles’ Eastgate Theatre next Tuesday (October...
View ArticleMadge Wildfire at Gala’s String Jam Club
If you thought that Madge Wildfire was a demented old madwoman from a Sir Walter Scott novel, then think again.The Heart of Midlothian character has been artfully reincarnated as an all-female trio of...
View ArticlePeebles silver band trumpets horn player
Peebles Development Silver Band has announced its delight that Jonathan Bates, the first tenor horn player with the world famous Black Dyke Band, will host a free workshop at Peebles Rugby Club from...
View ArticleBob, Brandy and Ballads as Sir Walter returns to Liddesdale
It is a well-known fact that Sir Walter Scott was descended from Auld Wat of Harden, a notorious border Reiver, and was brought up with vivid tales of his ancestor’s daring exploits. So when young...
View ArticleStrauss, Prokofiev and Shostakovich
Two outstanding young musicians return to Kelso Music Society at the town’s high school on Friday, November 2. Cellist Philip Higham, and Alasdair Beatson on the piano, play three of the greatest cello...
View ArticleVerdi’s La Traviata takes to Gala in stylish 1950s Paris production
A stylish new production of Verdi’s beloved tearjerker La Traviata kicks off Scottish Opera’s unprecedented 50- date tour across Scotland, with a performance in Galashiels’ Volunteer Hall on Thursday,...
View ArticleScene set for ‘biggest and best’ VOMO festival
A dozen short films made by 100 young Borderers over the last 12 months, and shot in local towns such as Duns, Gala, Selkirk, Jeburgh, Kelso and Hawick, will be screened at this year’s Voice Of My Own...
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