Treble rap for driver
A MOTORIST has been charged with being at the wheel while three times the drink-drive limit.The 60-year-old man was arrested by police in Galashiels early on Sunday afternoon.Police had responded to a...
View ArticlePolice on advice beat
COMMUNITY police officers in Peebles have organised a surgery in the old Corn Exchange on the High Street between noon and 3pm on Saturday, February 16.Constables Chris Burnside and Anne McNair will...
View ArticleJedburgh bowling plans
ONE of the oldest bowling clubs in the Borders has submitted plans to build a new pavilion.Jedburgh Bowling Club wishes to demolish its current facility and replace it with a modern clubhouse which...
View ArticleBus breach
A pensioner who caused a breach of the peace at Galashiels bus station on Saturday has been issued with a fixed penalty fine.Police were alerted to the Stirling Street station at midday following...
View ArticleDrug charges
POLICE raided a house in Hawthorn Road, Galashiels, at the weekend and later said they had recovered herbal cannabis valued at £350.After Saturday’s noon search, a police spokesman said the occupier, a...
View ArticleFlashdance – what a feeling to help victims of abuse
FLASHMOBS are likely to be popping up all over the Borders in the next few days – leading up to the worldwide day of action to end violence against women and girls.What exactly is a flashmob? Well,...
View ArticleSheriff’s warning for the Tesco troublemakers
‘This court has been seeing quite a lot of incidents at Tesco, and this is going to be stopped’– Sheriff KevinDrummond
View ArticleCommunity payback order
A woman who breached an ASBO (antisocial behaviour order) by approaching “an extremely vulnerable man” was sentenced to a 12-month community payback order, with a condition she completes 80 hours of...
View ArticleJail for man who struggled with his pregnant ex-partner
A 40-year-old man with a history of violence was jailed for 162 days after an outburst involving his pregnant ex-partner.Richard McKendrick appeared from custody at Selkirk Sheriff Court on Monday and...
View ArticleDrink-driver forced police to take evasive action
AFTER his partner was hospitalised, Jamie Whigham was in the course of a telephone call to her father when his mobile phone battery ran low.The 26-year-old decided to drive his girlfriend’s car to her...
View ArticleCustody choice
A day after his release from prison and desperate for somewhere to stay, Brian Chilcott decided to offend, hoping to be arrested and sent back to custody.The 26-year-old phoned police on January 18,...
View ArticleBGH ambulance station appeal
THE Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) has claimed its plans for an ambulance station at the Borders General Hospital site would increase the chances of patient survival by up to a fifth, writes Kenny...
View ArticlePlans for ‘solar panel park’ revealed
PLANS are in the pipeline for the creation of a ‘solar panel park’ near Galashiels.About 11,000 solar panels could fill a field between Easter Langlee and Glendearg if Green Switch Solutions goes ahead...
View ArticleWoody appears with a colourful flourish
After the snow finally departed and the temperature soared by around 10 degrees, the local bird population obviously thought that spring had arrived. My garden fieldfare, which arrived with the snow,...
View ArticleBeauty after the blizzard
STAFF photographers from TheSouthern capture the tranquil beauty of the Borders’ brief Tuesday flurry of snow in Wilton Park, Hawick and near Ettrickbridge, though it also kept some people busy, for...
View ArticleFRAMED IN TIME
A party of Dutch retailers visited the Borders in March 1982 when they toured the Clan Royal of Scotland mill and textile museum in Walkerburn.Their two-day visit to the area was a prize in a...
View ArticlePhone fiasco signals need to ring mobile changes
THE majority of us probably take access to a mobile phone as a necessity, but spare a thought for the residents of remote rural regions like the Ettrick Valley where a mobile can literally mean the...
View ArticleHealthy push by Holyrood
PARENTS are being urged to take an active role in making sure their children –and themselves – are fit and healthy.It’s part of the Scottish Government’s TakeLife On, drive which says children should...
View ArticleRegistrar’s office restaurant plan gets green light
AN important Hawick town centre building is to be turned into a restaurant, writes Kenny Paterson.Councillors backed the plans by David Wilson for the empty premises at 12 High Street at Monday’s...
View ArticleOld Earlston High set to come down
HOPES have been expressed that the former Earlston High School building now standing empty will be demolished sooner rather than later, before it becomes more of an eyesore.At last week’s draft budget...
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