Councillor promises public meeting over Gala play park fears
A PUBLIC meeting is to be called to discuss plans for a £30,000 play park in Galashiels, after road safety fears were raised.Councillor Bill Herd says he will arrange the meeting within the coming...
View ArticleEvening with Scots Makar delights poetry lovers
After Border writers’ group The Eildon Tree hosted The Scots Makar, Liz Lochhead, at the Heart of Hawick last week, Selkirk-based writer and Eildon Tree co-editor Julian Colton reviews the readings of...
View ArticleSalmon on the menu
PLANS have been approved to turn an empty Ettrickbridge home into a salmon smokehouse and office.The application by Michael Bell received the backing of Scottish Borders Council’s planning department...
View ArticleLocal author’s tale of soldier bear looks set for big screen
HOLLYWOOD movie producers are looking at turning a book by a Borders author on how a bear came to fight as a Polish soldier in some of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War, into a big-screen...
View ArticleCouncil to fight Holyrood over proposed court closures
The Scottish Goverment is facing strong resistance in the Borders, with Scottish Borders Council and a firm of local solicitors both against its plans to close Peebles and Duns Sheriff Courts. SBC...
View ArticlePaediatric doctor shortfall fears
EFFORTS are under way to minimise any potential impact on children’s healthcare services in the Borders due to a continuing national shortage of specialist paediatric doctors.The paediatric workforce...
View ArticlePolice believe body discovery is missing man Angus Clyde
POLICE believe they have found the body of missing Traquair man Angus Clyde.The body was discovered yesterday afternoon in dense woodland at Thornielee Forest near Clovenfords.Mr Clyde was last seen...
View ArticleA72 road closed after accident
THE A72 road between Clovenfords and Galashiels is currently closed while fire crews attempt to cut free a woman from a vehicle.The 40-year-old’s car left the road near Meigle Farm at 1.30pm and crews...
View ArticleHunting is alive and kicking
FEARS a ban on hunting would lead to job losses and the slaughter of hounds have proved groundless, according to statistics out last week. Country sports supporters, Countryside Alliance surveyed UK...
View ArticleVulnerable woman found after eight-hour search
A VULNERABLE woman has been found alive and well after a huge eight-hour search last night (Monday) in a Borders town.The 27-year-old was last seen wandering through woods in Galashiels, with no shoes...
View ArticleRankin backs Crook Inn battle
Top crime writer Ian Rankin is backing the battle to save the Crook Inn in Tweedsmuir.Rankin, famous worldwide for his Inspector Rebus novels, is making a donation to the campaign, which needs to raise...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 74 clean cattle, 67 OTM cattle, 2,509 new season lambs and 556 ewes.Bullocks (37) averaged 211.1p per kg and sold to 235p (+4.7p on week)...
View ArticleSt Boswells Show winners night
NEWTOWN St Boswells & District Farmers’ Show sponsor Dunbar seed merchant Johnny Watson presented cups to the summer show’s stock and crop winners at a prize dinner at the Buccleuch Hotel, St...
View ArticleWhy statutory regulation of the press would be fatal for democracy
The Leveson Inquiry recommendations for a new regulatory regime are published today (Thursday) amid editors’ fears that new legislation for press regulation could have potentially devastating...
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A POLL released this week reveals for the first time that voters do not believe press regulation is a priority for their MPs, believing time is better spent on more important issues such as the...
View ArticleBorders get a bunch of Baroque
BorderS audiences can enjoy more Baroque music concerts this December, after Passacaglia’s performance of 18th-century French composers Marais, Couperin and Rameau at Kelso Old Parish Church at 7.30pm...
View ArticleAnti-fuel theft leaflet for farmers being launched at Christmas Cracker in St...
POLICE and farming leaders launch a leaflet advising farmers how to stop thieves stealing fuel at John Swan’s Christmas Cracker at St Boswells mart on Tuesday afternoon.Lothian and Borders Police warn...
View ArticleCannabis farm seized
A CANNABIS farm valued at £1,600 has been seized from a house near Denholm.Around 50 plants were taken after police searched a house in the Roxburghshire settlement of Minto Kaimes at 2pm last...
View ArticleMusic for every taste on offer
Music lovers can feast on a week of folk, swing and rock ’n’ roll.The UK’s No. 1 Bruce Springstein tribute band, The Rising, play at the Reivers in Galashiels on Saturday, December, 1 at 9.30pm. The...
View ArticleYarrow painter follows footsteps of Tom Scott and William Johnstone
The Border landscape painter Claudia Massie has opened an exhibition on Yarrow at Selkirk’s Forest Bookstore. “She has 10 new works, mostly small oil paintings on panel,” writes shop owner Allan...
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