Chemical alert at Kelso engineering plant
VAPOUR from aluminium filings have led to a major chemical alert at Border Precision on the Pinnacle Hill industrial estate in Kelso, writes Bob Burgess.Specialised crews from Lothian and Borders Fire...
View ArticleBack to school for MP as he talks the talk
IT was the corridors of his former secondary school rather than those of Westminster, which Borders MP and Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore, found himself stalking on Friday. But the Lib...
View ArticleKelso factory at centre of chemical scare gets the all clear
A CHEMICAL scare at the Border Precision engineering factory on the Pinnacle Hill industrial estate in Kelso is over, writes Bob Burgess.Fire chief downgraded the incident to a small fire in ducting...
View ArticlePoppy money theft
Thieves made off with Remembrance Poppy charity collection tins in Melrose over the weekend. The thefts took place between Friday and Sunday from licensed premises in the town.Poppy Appeal organisers,...
View ArticleMalaysian visit
MALAYSIA’s Minister for Tourism, the Honourable Dato’ Sri Dr Ng Yen Yen, visited Dawyck Botanic Gardens last month. She made an impromptu tour of the Peeblesshire gardens after she launched the new...
View ArticleSentence deferred for reports on Gala vehicle vandal
A 22-year-old Galashiels man vandalised cars in the town, causing more than £600 worth of damage.Daniel Stewart, of High Tweed Mill, King Street, admitted five charges of recklessly damaging vehicles,...
View ArticleYou can’t choose what laws to obey, drug dealer warned
A Selkirk man involved in supplying diazepam said he believed drug-taking was a personal choice.But Sheriff Kevin Drummond warned James Sutherland the practice was illegal and he must observe the law,...
View ArticleAssault allegation
A MAN appeared in private charged on petition with assault to injury and danger of life.Twenty-one-year-old Alan Walker, of Duns, made no plea or declaration and was released on bail.
View ArticleBoozed-up clubber had knife on him
A drunken man who bought a knife from a Galashiels supermarket during the early hours of Christmas Eve told police he made the purchase for his own protection after a man strangled him in a...
View ArticleGuilty plea in £40k fraud
A HAWICK woman has pled guilty to a £40,000 benefits fraud.Elizabeth Yule was handed a community payback order at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last week after admitting the offence at an earlier hearing.The...
View ArticleAnger as teen death crash driver appears in court
A TEENAGER who killed his best friend in a car crash has said he wished he had died instead.Robert Thornton was at the wheel of a relative’s powerful Mitsubishi Lancer Extreme Evo when it ploughed into...
View ArticlePeebles parents fuming over daughter’s missing school uniform
A PEEBLES mum and dad has called for greater measures to protect school pupils’ clothing after their daughter was forced to walk home in her gym kit when her uniform went missing, writes Kenny...
View ArticleOor Man in China returns – to a prize for Chinese poetry in Scots
A Border man’s translation of 8th-century Chinese poetry into Scots has impressed 2012 Stephen Spender Prize judges. The national competition challenges people to translate a poem from any modern or...
View ArticlePlanning policy plea to save Borders’ town centres
THE Borders’ senior councillor for economic development believes a controversial planning policy should be relaxed in order to save the region’s high streets.The ED4 rule, which aims to protect prime...
View ArticleLANDLINES
Bringing cattle indoors after a summer at grass should be enjoyable. What’s not to like about cattle romping round in their new surroundings, knee-deep in clean, bright straw, or watching them come to...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 75 clean cattle, 104 OTM cattle, 3,436 new season lambs and 1,030 ewes.Bullocks (46) averaged 204.1p per kg and sold to 236 (-4.4p on week),...
View ArticleCouncil wardens camera plea
A CALL has been made for community wardens to be handed video cameras to alleviate threatening behaviour towards them, writes Kenny Paterson. Galashiels Community Councillor Murray Dickson made the...
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 ArticleCommunities urged to agree CRP
WITH climate change predicted to accelerate over the next 20 years, Borders communities have been urged to sign up to a resilience plan to deal with emergencies.The scheme - put together by Scottish...
View ArticlePanto comes to Walkerburn
Buoyed by its debut performance of Finale in August, Walkerburn’s Oyster Theatre is returning with a pantomime Alice in Wonderland next week.Their production is being staged at Walkerburn Village Hall...
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