Arable advice after dire harvest season
COLLEGE experts are offering free advice to arable farmers making cropping plans for the year,The Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) workshop takes place at The Lodge, Carfraemill on Wednesday.A...
View Article‘Shirra’ cited in court debate
SELKIRKSHIRE councillors will unite later this month in a bid to strangle at birth any plans to close Selkirk Sheriff Court.In so doing, they will echo the demands of the six elected members from the...
View ArticlePolice warning after thefts
“IF you are a victim of crime, don’t hesitate to contact us – we are here to help and bring those responsible to justice.”That was the New Year message from the police in the Borders, after a series of...
View ArticleWatchdog gives positive rating to region’s child protection services
CHILD protection services provided by Scottish Borders Council and its partner agencies – including the police, NHS Borders, Children’s Reporter and voluntary organisations – have this week been given...
View ArticleCharity hits out at snaring delays
AN ANIMAL welfare charity is accusing the Government of delaying implementing snaring regulations.The League Against Cruel Sports notes much of the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act,...
View ArticleNew health centre plan for Lauder
LAUDER has taken another step towards seeing its new health centre housed at Crofts Road.A fresh application has been submitted by NHS Borders to build the facility, along with 18 car park spaces and...
View ArticleYoung footballer dies in New Year’s crash
EARLSTON Rhymers Football Club’s match against Lauder this Saturday has been postponed as a mark of respect to Scott Johnston, who died in a car crash on New Year’s Day.The 18-year-old was the...
View ArticleAnonymity pledge as hunt stepped up for Horse vandals
POLICE have issued a fresh plea for help in their hunt for vandals who desecrated Hawick’s 1514 Memorial, writes Bob Burgess.The cherished town-centre Horse monument was erected in memory of Hawick’s...
View ArticleHobby historian claims King Arthur in Yarrow grave
AN Edinburgh hobby historian is claiming the Yarrow Stone marks the grave of King Arthur, writes Sally Gillespie.Self-styled literary archaeologist Damian Bullen says academic consensus has the...
View ArticleVictory is sweet after 28‑year battle to trace PoW father
MORE than 60 years after their father was repatriated to Italy as a prisoner of war, never to see them again, Peebles twins Carlyn McCall and Janlyn Townley have finally been united with the missing...
View Article2012’s first borderer
THREE baby Borderers were born on New Year’s Day at the Borders General Hospital.First came Noah James Wood, born at 3.10am and weighing in at 5lb 13.5oz, a first child for proud parents Steven and...
View ArticleIt’s Officer Steven...
STEVEN Heatlie has been confirmed as the Royal and Ancient Burgh’s new Junior Burgh Officer, writes Andrew Keddie.His appointment by the Common Riding Trust means he is the fifth successive member of...
View ArticleCare workers suspended as alleged abuse of dementia sufferer is probed
TWO care workers have been suspended following an allegation of physical and verbal abuse against an elderly female resident at a specialist home for dementia sufferers in Tweedbank.An investigation...
View ArticleParker rejects spending £500,000 windfall on police
SCOTTISH Borders Council is not prepared to pay for police community contact vehicles (CCVs) to cover the loss of rural police stations.That is the unequivocal message from council leader David Parker,...
View ArticleRoof fears as storm hits Borders
AS the Borders was once again battered by extreme weather conditions, communities across the region are counting the cost.Winds of around 80 miles per hour brought down trees, closed roads, left 1,200...
View ArticleSoutra open days
THE medieval hospital site at Soutra will be the subject of three open days this Easter weekend.Now in its 26th year of a programme of archaeological study, the Soutra Hospital Research Project will be...
View ArticleMike’s Model T still going strong as it hits the ton
IT won’t get a message from the Queen, but Mike Povey will celebrate the 100th birthday of his Ford vintage car this year.The Ancrum enthusiast owns one of the oldest working Model Ts in Scotland, and...
View ArticleTyres stolen
POLICE are searching for thieves who stole four tyres worth £1,000 from a Land Rover Discovery in Kelso between 10am on December 30 and 8am on January 4.The culprits cut through wire fencing of a...
View ArticleFarm truck driver hurt
aN EDINBURGH man is recovering in hospital suffering from serious injuries after rolling his agricultural vehicle down an embankment near Peebles.The incident, in the early hours of last Friday, saw...
View Article‘We need to know’ – Hawick family’s agony a year after mum found dead
tHE daughter of a Hawick woman whose body was found a year ago still hopes the cause of her death will be discovered.This Wednesday is the first anniversary of Betty Brown being found in woods near a...
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