School closures remain in place as snow continues to hit Borders
SCHOOLS and roads remain closed as further snow fell overnight across the Borders.Scottish Borders Council chiefs had planned to open schools as normal today but more heavy snow last night meant its...
View ArticleSnow update – waste collection
As the wintery weather continues to affect the region, Scottish Borders Council (SBC) is working to maintain routine recycling and refuse collections.There has been some minor disruption so far, mostly...
View ArticleHistoric bridge closed due to bad weather
THE A7 Old Tweed Bridge near Selkirk has been closed again to pedestrians on safety grounds due to the recent adverse weather. The bridge had been recently reopened to pedestrian and cycle users when...
View ArticleStudents shortlist college for award
A panel representing students from Scotland’s colleges have shortlisted Borders College’s 2013 Prospectus for a national award.The prospectus has been selected for the College Development Network...
View ArticleWeather update: schools to open as normal tomorrow
ALL schools in the Borders are due to open as normal tomorrow, as snow flurries are due to ease off for the rest of the week, but Scottish Borders Council say it will monitor situation overnight.The...
View ArticleSchmallenberg hope in Scottish research
SCOTTISH research has brought fresh hope in the fight against Schmallenberg disease.Scientists at Glasgow University’s MRC Centre for Virus Research have worked out how the genetics of the virus, which...
View ArticleMARKET PRICES
ST BOSWELLSAT St Boswells Mart on Monday John Swan Ltd sold 85 clean cattle, 38 OTM cattle, 2,221 old season lambs and 320 ewes.Bullocks (26) averaged 212.3p per kg and sold to 231p (-0.7p on week),...
View ArticleBGH pool row shows no sign of abating
HEALTH bosses say consultations are still continuing between its officials and local NHS staff, patients and the public over plans to either move the existing hydrotherapy pool at the Borders General...
View ArticleThe benefits of quitting smoking
What are the real benefits of stopping smoking? Smoking kills about half of its users prematurely. Undoubtedly the best reason to stop smoking is because you want to, and you feel it’s the right time...
View ArticleHaggi were sitting ducks
AROUND 170 hungry hunters braved the elements and the slippery underfoot conditions on Selkirk Hill on Sunday, much to the horror of the local haggi population.It was the annual Great Selkirk Haggis...
View ArticleSelkirk workers caught up in HMV’s cashflow problems
Fears that 19 permanent jobs would be lost at a Selkirk call centre following the collapse of HMV have proved unfounded. But 19 temporary staff will be laid off to protect these permanent positions.On...
View ArticleDeath ‘not suspicious’
POLICE have confirmed they are not treating the death of a man in a Hawick street as suspicious.The 61-year-old local was found unconscious after collapsing in Fenwick Park at 8pm on Saturday, and...
View ArticleEx-provost dies at 88
Alexander Walker, provost of Peebles from 1967 to 1970, died peacefully on Saturday at Peebles Nursing Home. He was 88.As a Tweeddale district councillor, Mr Walker helped bridge the transition from...
View ArticleCharity box stolen
A Charity box was stolen from the Age Scotland shop in Peebles High Street on Tuesday morning.The blue box was taken from the counter and contained an unknown amount of cash.
View ArticleCouncil defers decision on Ability Centre
The council’s decision to delay a “redesign” of the Borders’ only centre for the physically disabled has been welcomed by campaigners, writes Sandy Neil.Members and carers of Galashiels’ Ability Centre...
View ArticleVandals destroy tree at Mary Queen of Scots House
POLICE and a leading councillor have blasted vandals who snapped in half a tree at one of the Borders most popular tourist attractions.The Pyrus Williams pear tree was damaged sometime before Sunday,...
View ArticleMainetti fined £60k over accident
SERIOUS injuries to a worker in a factory owned by a Jedburgh-based company could have been avoided if correct safety precautions were taken, according to the Health and Safety Executive.Mainetti,...
View ArticleWhite Rose flies to the Borders from Taggart
Firebrand’s favourite Lesley Harcourt returns to the Borders in the Hawick-based theatre company’s spring production of White Rose by Peter Arnott. The former Taggart regular will be joined in the cast...
View ArticleBurns Night Bash with String Jam
The String Jam Club’s stage is being thrown open to musicians everywhere who want to perform and share their music, at their Burns Night Bash in Gala’s Salmon Inn on Saturday, January 26.“Undoubtedly...
View ArticleWhat’s on
Saturday, January 26Kelso Folk and Live Music Club – burns night supper: The Contented Vine, Kelso. 7.30pm. Tickets £14. Music with Donald Knox and Pat Douglas, and other performers are invited to join...
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