Sainsbury’s subsidies
Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has given more than £12,500 to community projects in and around Kelso.The Kelso Community Grant Scheme is funded by Sainsbury’s as part of the deal with Scottish Borders...
View ArticleFestival cash boost for Yetholm, but Melrose will face another tough year
A COUNCIL grant fund of more than £82,000 will be available to local festivals for each of the next three years, but there has been no change to the method of allocating the cash, despite continued...
View ArticleApproval rolls out welcome mat for royal Qataris
THE Borders is to welcome one of the richest royal families in the world.Members of the planning committee at Scottish Borders Council (SBC) gave the go-ahead to a falconry breeding centre in...
View ArticleGo-ahead for West Linton houses
A CONTROVERSIAL housing scheme in West Linton has finally been given the go-ahead, despite predictions of traffic troubles.Springfield Properties can build 92 homes alongside St Andrew’s Close on the...
View ArticleArmy recruiters set for retreat from Borders as Gala office is targeted
A FORMER senior army officer and commander of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers has again questioned the logic of the Westminster government’s defence policy after news that the Borders is set to lose...
View ArticleCouncil rejects Greenlaw scheme
A BID to build a linked housing and business development on the outskirts of Greenlaw has been labelled ridiculous, writes Kenny Paterson.The Scottish Borders Council (SBC) planning committee refused...
View ArticleLow carbon plans set out
PLANS for a low-carbon economy in the Borders has been set out in a draft paper produced by Scottish Borders Council.The low carbon economic strategy includes suggestions for projects and schemes that...
View ArticleShaky start to band’s Scottish trip
A GERMAN bus driver ferrying a Finnish folk band smashed into a car shortly after crossing the England-Scotland border at the Carter Bar.Frank Giesecke was at the wheel of a double-decker towing a...
View ArticleRoad repairs in a ‘downward spiral’
A COUNCILLOR has said road maintenance in the Borders is in “a downward spiral”, and he has called for more money to be spent on long-term repairs.Councillor Gavin Logan made the comments at last...
View ArticleYOUR VIEW
THE issue is not just limited to Lauder, as Jedburgh mum Sharron McLean discussed the problem in her town last week.She wrote: “Just been out with my pram again today, having to stop in the middle of...
View ArticleNo happy dog tale in Lauder as under-threat wardens are criticised
SCOTTISH Borders Council’s threatened warden team have been accused of ignoring Lauder’s dog fouling problem in favour of other towns in the region.Window cleaner David Miller said the royal burgh is...
View ArticleFears after phone blackout
A TRAGEDY just waiting to happen – the verdict after the apparent accidental slicing of a phone cable saw residents of the Ettrick Valley unable to contact anyone outwith the area for 24 hours.With...
View Article2,200 apply for rail posts
MORE THAN 2,200 people want to drive trains on the Borders Railway, writes Kenny Paterson.ScotRail revealed the staggering number who vied for the 18 trainee posts – meaning applicants had a one in 123...
View ArticleFigures don’t add up, says Parker as Tories announce budget plans
COUNCIL leader David Parker has dismissed an alternative budget by the Conservatives, claiming its figures don’t add up.The opposition group at Newtown unveiled their proposals ahead of today’s crunch...
View ArticleBorderers ‘deserve better’ when it comes to ITV
SOUTH of Scotland MSP Joan McAlpine was meeting with television bosses yesterday to discuss ITV’s “inadequate” coverage of the Borders.It follows the members’ debate the MSP led on the issue at...
View ArticleBelle inspires her grandad to follow his grandfather’s footsteps
A GATTONSIDE grandfather is to walk in his grandad’s footsteps to raise money for a cancer charity, writes Sally Gillespie.Fundraiser Alistair McIntyre’s granddaughter Belle has a rare form of the...
View ArticleWatson calls time on role as local councillor
FIVE months after dropping the bombshell that he was looking to swap life as a councillor and leader of the Borders Party for one of clock-making and a long-held dream of sheep farming in Cumbria,...
View ArticlePolice enlist allies to net Tweed poachers
POLICE attempting to stamp out poaching on the River Tweed have launched a partnership approach to tackle the problem.Lothian and Borders Police have joined with the River Tweed Commission, Scottish...
View ArticleSwede lands first salmon in quiet start to season
A SWEDE has become the first angler to land the Tweedside Tackle Trophy for the second time. Magnus Klintheim caught the first spring salmon of the season, a seven-and-a-half pound cock fish, on the...
View Article‘No loss to services’ if disability forum votes for closure
Disabled Borderers are being reassured there will be no cuts to their local services if the Borders Disability Forum (BDF) votes to disband as expected next week.The BDF in Galashiels “exists to...
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