Police round up - Tuesday morning
OFFICERS are hunting a thief who stole a charity box from the Plough Hotel in Town Yetholm, believed to have taken place on November 4 or 5. In Lauder, three Silkie chickens valued at £180 have been...
View ArticleMan charged with Peebles car thefts
A 26-YEAR-OLD man will appear at Duns Sheriff Court on Wednesday charged with stealing cars in Peebles.The man was arrested after allegedly threatening drivers and taking the cars across a number of...
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A recent survey by the consumer organisation Which? found that price is the priority for most food shoppers, and 65 per cent of those asked said that it had become even more important because of...
View ArticleWeather slows building
BAD weather is hitting some subsidy-supported capital projects, NFU Scotland has been told.Farmers who gained Rural Priorities support to carry out major works during 2012 are concerned they might not...
View ArticleJack set to drop the hammer at 48 years
ONE of the Borders farming community’s most “weel-kent faces”, Jack Clark, has brought his auctioneer’s hammer down on countless livestock sales across the region.But next year will see him call time,...
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WOOLERAT their weekly Primestock Sale held at Wooler last Wednesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 1,228 lambs and 223 ewes.Lambs forward in larger numbers, many heavyweights on offer and all...
View ArticleDrunken yob caused fracas at mum’s BGH workplace
A drunken man was told he should be “thoroughly, thoroughly ashamed” of his disruptive behaviour at Borders General Hospital, where his mother works.Imposing an alternative sentence to custody, Sheriff...
View ArticleArtist gets nine months
An artist found in Galashiels with a knife was jailed for nine months at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday.Fifty-seven-year-old Michael Kay, described as a prisoner in Edinburgh, appeared on indictment...
View ArticleYouth fundraiser
PEEBLES Youth Trust (PYT) holds a fundraising Christmas shopping fayre in the town’s MacFarlane Hall tomorrow (November 23), 7-10pm.There will be stalls selling bags, candles, toiletries, cookware and...
View ArticleJail term for knife-wielding shoplifter who terrorised staff
A shoplifter who terrorised staff by brandishing a knife has been jailed for 17 months.Employees at Aldi’s Galashiels store caught Jordan Renwick stealing from the King Street premises and were waiting...
View ArticleHelping a Borders charity to realise its dream
If there is one thing the Borders does brilliantly, it’s getting behind good causes.And this week TheSouthern is getting behind another fantastic local charity that aims to help alleviate some of the...
View ArticleMan to appear in court over alleged Peebles shop attack
A 41-year-old man will appear at Selkirk Sheriff Court this morning charged with an alleged assault in a Peebles shop.A 52-year-old woman was attacked at a premises on the High Street on Tuesday,...
View ArticlePolice search for missing Traquair man Angus Clyde
POLICE are appealing for information on a Traquair man who has been missing since Monday morning.Angus Clyde was last seen leaving his home at around 7.10am and his family believed he was heading to...
View ArticleChemical alert at Kelso factory
VAPOUR from aluminium filings has been blamed for a major chemical alert at a Kelso engineering factory.Specialised crews from Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service in Edinburgh joined colleagues...
View ArticleAncrum wildlife mural unveiled
A 16-foot mural was unveiled at Woodside gardens near Jedburgh yesterday afternoon.RSPB Borders commissioned Kelso illustrator Lucy McCririck to produce the work for a wall of their resource building...
View ArticleGala club to take no action after coach Graham admits punching man
GALA Rugby Club is to take no further action against head coach George Graham after he admitted punching a man he believed had got his wife the sack. Graham pled guilty at Carlisle Crown Court to...
View ArticleBorders Railway project hits the road
THE authority responsible for delivering the return of trains to the Borders for the first time in over 40 years have admitted there will be increased traffic on the A7 during the construction phase of...
View ArticleBrechin and Wilkinson to unveil album tracks at Peebles
“reflective songs, driving tune sets and caustic wit” are promised as Edinburgh accordionist Sandy Brechin and Borders singer/guitarist Ewan Wilkinson return to Peebles’ Eastgate Theatre on December 1...
View ArticleRace the Loser CD winners
The winners of two CDs of Scottish folk band Lau’s new, third album, Race the Loser, are Finlay McDermid of Kelso and Alan Brunton of Selkirk. Finlay and Alan correctly answered the question posed by...
View ArticleSloss and Hill head for Peebles
Peebles’ Eastgate Theatre welcomes two Scottish comedians this week and next: the “half-man-half-Xbox” Daniel Sloss today (November 22), and the “cheeky, irreverent and gloriously camp” Craig Hill on...
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