Jedburgh demolition saga enters final stage
WORK was scheduled to start on the long-awaited demolition of 31 High Street in Jedburgh at the beginning of this week.A Glasgow firm is the contractor which submitted the successful tender bid for the...
View ArticleSound of top brass in Selkirk
Selkirk came top in the Borders’ brass bands as more than 400 musicians descended on the Royal Burgh’s Victoria Hall last Saturday for the 11th annual Borders Entertainment Contest, organised by the...
View ArticlePeebles housing approved
AN AFFORDABLE housing scheme in Peebles has won the backing of Scottish Borders Council – despite calls for it to be put on hold until a location for the town’s second bridge is agreed.Eildon Housing...
View ArticleTeri soldier’s Christmas wish is a Tennent’s
A HAWICK soldier is back in the UK after a six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan – and is looking forward to a pint of his favourite lager in the town at the New Year.Brian Turnbull, 25, is a lance...
View ArticleLeslie Robertson Adams
Leslie Robertson Adams JP, better known as Les, a retired builder and cabinet maker, and well-respected member of the Yetholm and Kelso communities, died at the age of 90 on September 12.The youngest...
View ArticleClive Fairweather
WITH the death of Colonel Clive Fairweather on October 13, at the comparatively young age of 68, Scotland has lost one of its most able men.Clive was someone who really had a sense of compassion and a...
View ArticleFRAMED IN TIME
Thirlestane Castle at Lauder fell to the Napoleonic French army on the last Sunday of March in 1988.But their occupation was short – the castle was regained the following day by the might of a European...
View ArticleYoungsters are happy with Garvie
THE appointment of the Borders’ civic head to the prestigious post of children and young people’s champion at Scottish Borders Council has been welcomed by youngsters involved in helping redraft the...
View ArticleSBC to create 30 apprenticeships as part of structure review
A MINIMUM of 30 new apprenticeships will be created over the next five years as part of the review of the local authority’s environment and infrastructure services.At its last full session meeting,...
View ArticleJanitor sues
A FORMER Galashiels Academy janitor is suing Scottish Borders Council for £50,000 after suffering serious injuries following an alleged prank.Linda Gillie received head and leg injuries in the incident...
View ArticleChemists targeted
POLICE are hunting thieves who targeted a Hawick chemists.Crosby pharmacy on North Bridge Street was broken into in the early hours of Monday but police say the culprits did not make it into the main...
View ArticleRustlers steal sheep flock
POLICE are hunting rustlers who have stolen sheep valued at more than £900 from a Peeblesshire farm.Officers believe the theft of the black-faced ewes from a field at Shiplaw near Eddleston took place...
View ArticleVillage hall asbestos find
Asbestos has been discovered during the refurbishment of Denholm Village Hall, but it seems there was no danger to the public. Last weekend’s Denholm Folk Festival was forced to move from its...
View ArticlePup probe continues
ANIMAL charity the Scottish SPCA says its probe into the illegal sale of puppies from a car boot in a supermarket car park is continuing.Closed circuit television captured a woman aged between 25 and...
View ArticleGP’s active challenge
SCOTLand’s ultimate endurance athlete has urged Borderers to get involved in a campaign to get the nation active, writes Kenny Paterson.Former Borders General Hospital, Galashiels and Hawick health...
View ArticleChernobyl children
ANOTHER trip for Chernobyl children to visit the Borders is being planned for next summer.An information night will be held in the Kingsknowes Hotel, Galashiels, on November 19 at 7.30pm. Members of...
View ArticlePetition to safeguard hospital pool
THERE is a question mark over the future of hydrotherapy facilities at Borders General Hospital, TheSouthern can reveal this week.Following enquiries by us, NHS Borders this week confirmed that the...
View ArticleAm-dram fun with Kelso stalwarts
Kelso Amateur Dramatic Society are treading the boards for the next three nights, with Cambusdonald Royal: a new Scots farce in three acts by playwright James Scotland. The shows mark the...
View ArticleSocial media on tourism agenda
THE artist director of Edinburgh’s Hogmanay will speak to Borders tourism operators at an industry seminar in Peebles today.Managing director of Unique Events, Pete Irvine, will talk to the meeting...
View ArticleDocumentary of Yetholm Folk
A documentary film, set in Town and Kirk Yetholm and the valleys of the Halterburn and the Bowmont, is being shown at 7.30pm on tomorrow, November 16, in the Abbey Row Centre, Kelso. “Ranging from the...
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