Talking Faith
The story is told of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson on a camping trip. As they lay sleeping one night, Holmes woke Watson and said, “Watson, look up into the sky and tell me what you see.” Watson said,...
View ArticleBowhill Giant Night Out
THIS year’s Tweed Valley Forest Festival, which finished last weekend and featuring a Bowhill event, was “the busiest ever” say organisers.Co-ordinator Chris Sawers said the seventh annual woodland...
View ArticleHawick school vandal suspects reporter to fiscal
TWO teenagers suspected of being responsible for vandalism at a primary school in Hawick have been reported to the procurator fiscal, writes Bob Burgess.It follows a police probe into an incident on...
View ArticleInnerleithen’s Switched On Sunday meet
INNERLEITHEN’S Switched On Sunday is just a month away, and shop owners wishing to take part should attend the group’s next meeting on Thursday, November 15 in the Union Club (7.30pm).The December 9...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
ST BOSWELLSAT their weekly Primestock sale on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 82 clean cattle, 94 OTM cattle, 1,708 new season lambs and 513 ewes.Bullocks (39) averaged 208.5p per kg and sold to 239p (+0.3p...
View ArticleBy the book
Scottish agricultural experts have updated The Farm Management Handbook. New sheep and dairy sections in the SAC Consulting book include figures for high and low-cost systems. The manual also includes...
View ArticleMoredun sets up BVD blitz briefing
CONTROLLING BVD will be the subject of a free farmers’ meeting at The Lodge, Carfraemill, on Wednesday (November 14).Bovine viral diarrhoea can cause abortion, infertility, poor performance and...
View ArticleFlood prevention techniques on show
NATURAL flood prevention and how farmers can help will be the subject of a farm walk near Heriot next week.Experts from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC, formerly Scottish Agricultural College), Tweed...
View ArticleShepherdess heading high
A BORDERS shepherdess is a finalist in a national competition to find the country’s best farmers’ apprentice.Annabelle Story, who works at Dolphinston Farm, near Jedburgh, is one of 10 in the final...
View Articlelandlines
THE advice to farmers and others who feel that they can’t take much more is to talk to someone about their problems. How difficult that is to do is indicated by recent suicides, local and national,...
View ArticleMEP will say no to ‘blunderbuss’ CAP
ONE of Scottish agriculture’s key negotiators in CAP reform is in the Borders today to talk about farming and the local economy. As a member of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee, SNP MEP...
View ArticleGirl forced into sex act
A MAN who forced a 13-year-old girl to commit a sex act on him at a house in Galashiels has been remanded in custody for background reports.Andrew Dale, 26, admitted making the youngster touch him in a...
View ArticleGalashiels man is remanded in custody
A GALASHIELS man has been locked up pending his trial next month after being arrested in the town on Sunday.Robert Gregg pleaded not guilty to threatening behaviour and committing a breach of the peace...
View ArticleOut for the count in bank
AN alcoholic was found by police lying drunk on the floor of a Galashiels bank, breaching the terms of his antisocial behaviour order (ASBO).Garry McElrath, 30, of Glendinning Terrace, Galashiels,...
View ArticleDeferred
A Hawick man who kicked and smashed the door of a shop had sentence deferred until November 16.Barry Hayward, 30, of Kenilworth Avenue, admitted recklessly damaging a door at the Co-op, Kenilworth...
View ArticleNew Year’s Day bottle attack in pub costs offender £1,000
A MAN who smashed a bottle over the head of another male during a New Year’s Day karaoke party has been ordered to pay £1,000.Paul Gresham appeared from custody at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday after...
View ArticleTeenager’s trial date fixed
A TEENAGER was released on bail at Jedburgh Sheriff Court last Friday – only to be arrested for an alleged house break-in in Kelso the following day.Seventeen-year-old McRae Fairbairn, of Bowmont...
View ArticleCheque thief sentenced
STEALING a giro cheque and cashing it by forging the recipient’s signature resulted in a Kelso man being sentenced to a two-year community payback order and told to complete 125 hours of unpaid work at...
View ArticleFurniture filched
A COUNCIL depot in Galashiels has been hit by metal thieves. They struck overnight last Thursday into Friday at the SBC yard in Hall Street and escaped with cast iron street furniture, including tree...
View ArticleWhat’s on
TodayJedforest Historical Society (TALK): Chris Veitch “The Story Behind the Pictures”. British Legion, Jedburgh. 7.30pm.Scottish opera - La traviata: Volunteer Hall, Galashiels. 7:30pm. £14/£5 under...
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