Assurances given as council decides to end use of Kelso respite short-break...
THE local authority has given an assurance to families that the closure of a respite short-break facility in Kelso will not mean a diminution of the service.Concerns were expressed at a Kelso Community...
View ArticleCouncil’s damning indictment of proposals to axe local courts
NOTHING less than an unacceptable and flagrant breach of the principles for dispensing justice is the damning judgement on plans to axe courts in Peebles and Duns.So agreed councillors, attending last...
View ArticleDomestic abuse reports rise
THE Borders’ highest-ranked policeman expects the number of domestic abuse reports in the region to rise this year, writes Kenny Paterson.Figures in an Accounts Commission report into policing values...
View ArticleNew novel from Kelso author on sale
KELSO lecturer-turned-author Margaret Skea was the guest of honour at a glittering event at the Edinburgh branch of the Waterstones book chain last week for the launch of her debut novel.There was a...
View ArticleSafety doubts as region’s roads fall short of mark
THREE of the Borders transport links are not up to the mark – and it is putting lives at risk, writes Kenny Paterson.That is the belief of a national road safety organisation who say a significant...
View ArticleProstate group
SCOTTISH Borders Prostate Cancer Support Group’s Christmas social evening is on December 5 (7pm) at Borders General Hospital’s chaplaincy centre. Committee members should be there an hour earlier.At...
View ArticleAgnes pushes herself to new heights
A MELROSE pensioner has raised more than £2,000 for charity by trekking in Jordan.Keen hillwalker Agnes Waldie, 64, of Darnick, hiked 100km (62 miles) over six days when she visited the caves and tombs...
View ArticleYouth Theatre at the Wynd
The Kelso Seniors of Borders Youth Theatre are presenting a performance of Lisa McGee’s The Heights: the story of Lillie, set in a high-rise estate in which young people have, as usual, little to do....
View ArticleFab four reach final of local business contest
FOUR Borders businesses were today shortlisted for The Southern Reporter Local Business Accelerator competition. The nationwide campaign, which was launched in October by regional and local newspapers...
View ArticleAn invitation to band together in St Boswells
St Boswells Concert Band is recruiting for its community concerts this Christmas. “Unlike most brass bands, St Boswells doesn’t enter contests, which means it is more likely to suit players who prefer...
View ArticleCommunity council restates opposition to chalets
SELKIRK Community Council has reiterated its opposition to plans for a 28-chalet complex at Whitmuir Hall, writes Kenny Paterson.The application, originally lodged last year, came before community...
View ArticleAussie on the run in Borders
AN AUSTRALIAN ran through the Borders at the weekend to raise money for cancer charities.Harald Ulriksen is running unsupported from Inverness to Brighton over two weeks, expecting to arrive at the...
View ArticleOver 1,300 sign BGH pool protest in fortnight
WITH a new patients protest group and 1,300 signatures added to paper and online petitions in just two weeks, pressure is mounting on Borders health chiefs over the possible closure of the hydrotherapy...
View ArticleKelso man jailed for selling banned bullets to police officers
A Borderer released early from prison was jailed for 45 months at the High Court in Edinburgh this week, after selling banned bullets, which are designed to expand on impact, to undercover police...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
WOOLERAt their weekly Primestock Sale held at Wooler last Wednesday John Swan Ltd had forward and sold 1,200 lambs and 226 ewes.Lamb numbers curtailed by adverse weather conditions selling vendors...
View ArticleJohn Swan’s Christmas Cracker cheer for charity
Channelkirk primary schoolboy Toby Dawson won John Swan’s young auctioneers competition in the St Boswells company’s first Christmas Cracker, which saw four finalists – pictured right – auction a lamb,...
View ArticleTry to see the bright side of babysitting
I KNOW it can be annoying if you’re asked to babysit a little brother or sister, but instead of seeing it as a chore, I think we should remember there are also good points to it.I have a little...
View ArticleNHS says vacancies not cause of delays
MORE THAN 30 nursing and midwifery vacancies at NHS Borders are not causing undue delays to patient treatment, according to local health chiefs, writes Mark Entwistle.The health authority was...
View ArticleWhole lot of Santa
SANTA is helping raise money for a children’s charity in Melrose on Saturday.Admission to Santa’s grotto at the Whole Lot in High Street is by donation to Cash for Kids.Mr Claus will be accompanied by...
View ArticleWee bird took to stripping in my garden
Further to last week’s scribblings about my unsuccessful trip to Gretna to watch the spectacular annual starling murmuration, W.B. of Galashiels emailed to say that they have moved their roost from...
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