Ambulance station row rumbles on
FORMER council leader Drew Tulley believes the local authority should have done more to ensure the Borders General Hospital ambulance station plans were approved.However, a member of the planning...
View ArticleNew chapter in Buchan story
A FRESH chapter in the history of the Chambers Institution in Peebles began last weekend (NOV 3/4) with the official opening of the John Buchan Story Museum.More than three years in the planning, the...
View ArticleFSB chairman re-elected
COLDSTREAM-BASED Graham Bell, right, was re-elected chairman when the Borders branch of the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) held its annual meeting in Newtown St Boswells.Mr Bell is joined by Hans...
View ArticleAda on a high after taking the plunge
BREAST cancer survivor Ada McLean raised more than £300 when she skydived 10,000 feet earlier this month.The Trust Housing Association employee from Lilliesleaf, who turned 60 in March, was raising...
View ArticleLorry pulls in £2,200 for charity
EARLSTON villagers raised more than £2,200 for Children in Need on Saturday.Residents and visitors donated as eight local men pulled a nine-tonne truck from the village’s primary school to the Square...
View ArticleOrgan donors urged to sign up
HEALTH chiefs have launched a fresh plea for people to make their organs available for transplant following their death.Three people die each day in the UK waiting on a transplant and there are 600...
View ArticleNo more “it’s aye been”
“I’M going to be fairly blunt. We have to work together in the next 50 years, either we do it or die.”So says Borders environmentalist Chris Badenoch who will speak at a land use debate in Melrose on...
View ArticleAnn merits horse award
JEDBURGH horsewoman Ann Fraser has been awarded a national leading horse charity’s award of merit.Mrs Fraser of Overwells received the British Horse Society’s (BHS) recognition from BHS president...
View ArticleBeef farm’s final destiny
BORDERS farmers Robert and Jacqueline Neill are finalists in the Scotch Beef Farm of the Year award.The new accolade, run by Agriscot and Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), is aimed at highlighting...
View ArticleBorders playwrights have a bit of a banter
Borders Banter, a comedy double bill written by two local playwrights Oliver Eade and Dorothy Bruce, begins its three week tour around the Borders next week. The first of the five performances, which...
View ArticleNew gazebos to gaze at
Scott’s Selkirk has bought more than 20 new pop-up market stalls for this year’s festival, thanks to almost £13,000 of funding.The Scott’s Selkirk Association celebrated a double windfall in October,...
View ArticleGalashiels loses out on pay-parking cash
GALASHIELS has been deprived of thousands of pounds due to a missing pay-parking machine, writes Kenny Paterson.The Stirling Place meter generated nearly £20,000 in the 17 months before it was...
View ArticleFurniture boost for local hall
NEW chairs and tables will be purchased for St Boswells village hall, thanks to a £600 financial boost from phone and broadband provider, TalkTalk. The hall will be sponsored by TalkTalk for the next...
View ArticleBlack Path safety concerns
A GALASHIELS police officer has denied the Black Path is a no go area of the town.Sergeant Duncan Marker said reports last month of anti-social behaviour on the popular cycling and walking route turned...
View ArticleDemand for action over school faults
THE local authority is being urged to seek compensation for what a former councillor for Earlston has described as an on-going series of defects with the village’s flagship secondary school.Together...
View ArticleMoffat for Loretto
KELSO author Alistair Moffat is to deliver the next Loretto Lecture at the Musselburgh boarding school.The writer is a former director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and one-time head of programmes...
View ArticlePolice hunt scar-faced Peebles attacker
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a suspected assault in Peebles last Saturday.A 41-year-old woman was making her way to a family member’s house in Northgate at around 12.45am when her top was...
View ArticleTeenage mountainbiker airlifted to hospital after Glentress crash
A TEENAGER mountainbiker has suffered a serious head injury at one of the Borders most popular courses.The 14-year-old boy from Bathgate was injured while cycling at Glentress Forest yesterday...
View ArticleFlood alert for the Borders
THE BORDERS is currently under a flood alert after heavy rain hit the region on Monday and is expected to continue this morning.A spokesperson for the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency said: “A...
View ArticleBag a prize in BSPC competition
DO YOU have a favourite view in the Scottish Borders?If so, the free-to-enter competition run by Borders Solicitors Property Centres (BSPC) could see your photograph being chosen to appear on a BSPC...
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