Teenager faces jail
A TEENAGER who created a disturbance at Borders General Hospital has been branded a hooligan by a sheriff and warned he could be locked up.Jordan Cunningham, 17, was taken to the accident and emergency...
View ArticleTeenager admonished
A TEENAGER who carried out an assault after two groups of youths squared up to each other in Mossilee Road, Galashiels, has been admonished.Dillon Scott, 19, now living at Hawthorn Road in Galashiels,...
View ArticleAppeal after snakes found dead in Stow
THE Scottish SPCA is appealing for information after two dead snakes were found near Stow within a month.The charity was first alerted on November 23 when a member of the public discovered a red and...
View ArticleExtra £1million for musical instruments
Scottish schools will be given an additional £1 million to buy musical instruments for their pupils. The move was announced by minister for learning, Dr Alasdair Allan, who has also formed a new group...
View ArticleBig top skills a big bonus for Langlee centre children
It was circus time’ for 21 children of Langlee Support Centre, as three months’ work came to fruition in a burst of fun, colour and performances, including lion tamers, strongmen, and the human...
View ArticleTraquair festival sets up international links
The man behind Traquair’s Books, Borders and Bikes festival is meeting ex-President Bill Clinton and 30 former heads of state in America this week, to discuss matters from Scottish independence to the...
View ArticleFolk fans have plenty to choose from
There’s still plenty of music to tempt you out of your home over Christmas. The Rolling Hills Folk Club is hosting its Christmas party at the George and Abbtosford Hotel in Melrose at 8.30pm tomorrow....
View ArticleBreached bail order
A HAWICK woman who had two bust-ups in the street with her former husband has been ordered to be of good behaviour for the next three months.First offender Anne Little, of Branxholme Road, admitted...
View ArticleAdvice issued as surgeries and chemists close for festivities
HEALTH chiefs in the Borders have issued a reminder that some key services will be shutting down at Christmas and the New Year.All health centre and GP practices will be closed on Christmas Day and...
View ArticleSaxhorn band
Hawick’s Saxhorn Band are playing a Christmas concert at the Heart of Hawick on Sunday, December 23, at 3pm. The programme will include a mixture of traditional and contemporary Christmas music given...
View ArticleAbusive telephone call
A HAWICK man who made an offensive telephone call to his former partner was sentenced to a two-year community payback order.Remo Nardini, 54, of Ramsay Road, admitted phoning his ex-partner and...
View ArticleCase continued
ALAN Turnbull, 41, of Broom Drive, Galashiels, has been charged with being almost double the legal alcohol limit while driving.The offence is alleged to have happened in Tweedbank Drive, Tweedbank, on...
View ArticleStole from his mum to pay for drugs
A 30-YEAR-OLD Innerleithen man has admitted stealing jewellery from his mother to pay for drugs.David Rychel, of Horsburgh Street, pleaded guilty to the offence, which happened at his mother’s home...
View ArticleFelix urged: ‘Step away from the garden’
IT’S the season of goodwill to all men, women – and animals too, hopefully. But if you’re a gardener who loves watching the birds you feed in your tended ground, no season is ever likely to involve...
View ArticleGalashiels man appears in court on attempted murder charge
A GALASHIELS man has appeared in private at Jedburgh Sheriff Court today charged with attempted murder.It follows an incident in the Glendinning Terrace area of Galashiels on Tuesday night when a...
View ArticleDrink driver was four times limit
A driver who was more than four times the alcohol limit has been banned from the roads for six years.Twenty-six-year-old Martyn Murray – whose car was also forfeited by the court – drove away from a...
View ArticleGalashiels club’s festive opening hours extension thrown out
A GALASHIELS club has had an application to extend its opening hours on two of the biggest nights of the festive period rejected.The Scottish Borders Licensing Board opposed the bid by Indigo Rooms...
View ArticleRabbit single caught in spotlight
The critically acclaimed Scottish quintet Frightened Rabbit have announced details of their new single The Woodpile, which will be released January 28.This week the Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe made it his...
View ArticleDrink-driving charge
A MOTORIST has been charged with driving while almost four times the legal alcohol limit.Paul Cook, 54, of Garvald Park, Dolphinton, is alleged to have committed the offence on various roads in...
View ArticleSmashed shop door
A MAN who recklessly smashed a shop door in Hawick has been ordered to pay £200 compensation for the damage he caused.Barry Hayward, 30, of Kenilworth Avenue, Hawick, admitted committing the offence at...
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