Children’s cash
BORDERS Children’s Charity (BCC) has netted nearly £2,000 to help local youngsters this month.An open house day in Kelso when three independent businesses – Itsy Bitsy, Decoupage & Dining and...
View ArticlePPI scam warning to Borderers
SCAMMERS are using the Payment Protection Insurance scandal to try and con Borderers out of money.And police are now reminding members of the public to be wary about phone calls from people claiming to...
View ArticlePolice identify body
Police have identified the body found in Thornielee Woods near Clovenfords last Sunday as missing man Angus Clyde of Traquair, Innerleithen. The 58-year-old was last seen leaving for work at 7am on...
View ArticleSBC official was sacked after prodding woman
AN employment tribunal has heard how a senior official at Scottish Borders Council was sacked from his £50,000-a-year job after prodding a female colleague in the breast so hard she was left with...
View ArticleChaos reigns after Gala swamped
EILDON Housing Association is set to hold a meeting with tenants of a Galashiels estate which was again flooded during last Thursday’s torrential downpour and which caused chaos throughout the...
View ArticleNHS staff praised by health minister
SCOTTISH public health minister Michael Matheson has praised the dedication of local health service staff, after chairing NHS Borders annual review on Friday.The review, which was held in Tweedbank and...
View ArticleChild protection update
THE Borders’ online multi-agency child protection procedures are now fully up to date. It is hoped anyone who has contact with children in either a professional or voluntary capacity will find the...
View Articleopen country
The hallway was dark. Although I am an admirer of gloom, there has to be some aesthetic beauty about it. In this building I could not see anything to admire. I decided not to be too concerned because I...
View ArticleLauder plough prize
KELSO’S George Cook won Lauderdale Ploughing Society’s match at Bettyfield, Smailholm on Saturday.John Bathgate from Dunbar was reserve champion and third best overall was Keith Robertson from...
View ArticleSt Boswells show winners
Newtown St Boswells & District Farmers’ Show sponsor seed merchant Johnny Watson presented cups to the summer show’s stock and crop winners at a prizegiving evening at the Buccleuch Hotel, St...
View Articlelandlines
It’s easy to forget how big and important Scotland’s beef business is. But we were reminded on Monday night when Jim McLaren, chairman of Quality Meat Scotland (QMS), spoke at Kelso Agricultural...
View ArticleTwo awards in a week nothing to beef about
A BORDERS farmer is among 22 in the UK to win a Nuffield scholarship for next year.Beef producer Robert Neill of Upper Nisbet will use the £10,000 award to study cattle electronic identification...
View ArticleMind the gap – and the rats – tonight
Borders Banter, a comedy double bill written by two local playwrights Oliver Eade and Dorothy Bruce, is being performed by Odd Productions Theatre Company in Selkirk’s County Hotel on Friday, November...
View ArticleA free press is vital if we are to remain a democracy
There has been a huge amount of discussion surrounding the long-awaited publication of Lord Leveson’s findings, which are out today. Many expect him to recommend MPs introduce a law calling for the...
View ArticleFRAMED IN TIME
Sir Harry Secombe was in the Borders in November 1987, making an edition of his religious TV programme, Highway. The former Goon, who was an accomplished singer, visited the Borders abbeys – he is...
View ArticleNHS critical reports concern
CALLS have been made for a standard national system to record critical incidents in hospitals after NHS Borders chalked up more in a year than Scotland’s largest health board, writes Kenny Paterson.A...
View ArticleLanglee residents’ pharmacy fears
FEARS have been raised that a new pharmacy on a Galashiels estate would make the area look like a ghetto.NHS Borders is currently seeking views on an application by Motherwell-based Elixir Healthcare...
View ArticleSBC working group delay Catholic school review announcement
THE findings of a review into Roman Catholic education will not be revealed until next year.The Roman Catholic Education Strategic Review Group was due to discuss its consultation with the education...
View ArticleSBHA’s pay fight with union
UP TO 20 Scottish Borders Housing Association workers are taking the Selkirk-based social landlord to an employment tribunal over short holiday pay, writes Kenny Paterson.Lawyers on behalf of the Unite...
View ArticleBorder College chief fears further job losses as a result of funding cuts
BORDERS College principal Liz McIntyre has told the Scottish Parliament that jobs and student places could be lost in the further education sector due to funding cuts.The college, which has three main...
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