New fitness pilot for Peebles diabetics
A FITNESS pilot study for people with type 2 diabetes is underway in Peebles.Borders Sport and Leisure (BSL) personal trainers at Gytes Leisure Centre are setting up exercise and healthy eating...
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IT was always on the cards that livestock farmers in Scotland would not avoid Schmallenberg disease, a midge-spread infection that causes abortions in sheep and cattle and/or deformed foetuses.It was...
View ArticleTop ploughmen at Coldstream for Scottish championships
THE COUNTRY’s top ploughing experts are in the Borders this weekend.The 50th Scottish Ploughing Championships - including the Six Nations Classic and Vintage competitions - are at Coldstream Mains,...
View ArticleWind farm applications costing SBC a ‘scandalous’ level of cash
THE spending of nearly £227,000 by Scottish Borders Council over the last five years on processing wind farm applications was this week described as “scandalous” by a leading local anti-turbine...
View ArticlePolice probe death of 16-year-old Kelso boy
POLICE are continuing to investigate the death of a 16-year-old boy who was amongst a group of youths rushed to hospital, writes Kenny Paterson. The boy, named locally as Billy Robson of Kelso, was...
View ArticleCharity says BGH buckling under strain
SCOTLAND’s leading charity for older people believes Borders General Hospital is among a number of healthcare services “buckling under the strain” of coping with elderly patients.Age Scotland has...
View ArticleGiant night out expected at Bowhill
BOWHILL will be the venue for a Giant Night Out tonight and tomorrow.The evening events are the culmination of the Giants in the Forest project, which was launched earlier in the year by...
View ArticleMan charged with dog attack
A SELKIRK man has been arrested after his dog allegedly bit a member of the public.The 53-year-old was charged with an offence under the Dangerous Dogs Act after the incident on October 5, in the...
View ArticleLottery cash for Crook Inn
CAMPAIGNERS saving the historic Crook Inn at Tweedsmuir have been given nearly £10,000 from Awards for All.The Lottery boost of £9,666 is for a community needs study into Tweedsmuir and the upper Tweed...
View Article‘Rural Oscars’ entries wanted
BORDERS entries are being sought by the Countryside Alliance for their annual awards dubbed the “Rural Oscars”, writes Sally Gillespie.Now in their eighth year, the UK-wide awards were set up to...
View ArticlePoles’ fight for freedom recorded in new Borders wartime exhibition
FLICK through any copy of the Borders telephone directory and you’ll find numerous surnames of Polish origin.Many of these Borderers are the descendants of some of the Polish soldiers who were...
View ArticleAfrica update for SBAAG
SBAAG members are to get an update on the group’s work at the St Francis Hospital in Zambia.The speaker at the Scottish Borders African Aids Group will be Dorothy Logie, who recently visited the...
View ArticleOwner’s plea to return dog
THIEVES have stolen a working terrier from kennels at Lauder.The trained ratter (above) is one of four dogs owned by self-employed pest control man Danny Cassidy.The three-year-old Border Terrier named...
View ArticleCouncillors heed French lesson over signs
ABBOTSFORD, textiles and even mountain biking could be among images used in an effort to revamp existing signage at entry points into the Borders.However, the estimated cost for replacing the signs...
View ArticleGlendale Agriculural Society to focus on the future in its anniversary year
The Glendale Agriculture Society may be one of the smallest in the UK, however, now in its 120th year, it is a society that unlike so many has stood the test of time and has real vision for the...
View ArticleHawick provost tells of his town’s ‘relief’ at Chanel’s takeover of Barrie
HAWICK provost, Ron Smith, has spoken this week about the relief in the town, after news that French luxury fashion label Chanel had bought local cashmere mill, Barrie Knitwear.TheSouthern reported...
View ArticleMSPs clash on Borders Railway
A RETURN to public ownership of Scotland’s railways could lead to the reinstatement of trains along the former Waverley line from Carlisle to Edinburgh, writes Kenny Paterson.Christine Grahame...
View ArticleNurses for teen parents
A pioneering programme to help teenage parents is being rolled out across Scotland, although there are currently no plans to launch it in the Borders.The £11million Family Nurse Partnership, for...
View ArticleRoom for improvement
EARLSTON Primary School has been told to improve its curriculum following a visit by inspectors.The HM Inspectorate of Education’s (HMIe) report outlined a number of strengths and weaknesses at the...
View ArticleShould 16 and 17-year-olds get the Scottish vote? We asked them...
WE need more information before deciding on Scotland’s future.That was the message of students at Selkirk High who discussed the impending referendum with TheSouthern.We spoke to a fifth-year modern...
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