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PLANS to erect more than 350 solar panels on the roof of the Borders General Hospital have been approved by Scottish Borders Council.The application for 378 panels was amended to 362 and was given the...
View ArticleSurgical tool alert halts ops at BGH
SOME surgical procedures at Borders General Hospital had to be postponed earlier this month after staff found unknown moisture on surgical equipment.The hospital’s sterilisation and decontamination...
View ArticleBorders battered by booze
THE Borders’ dangerous relationship with alcohol has been highlighted by the most in-depth report of its kind ever produced in Scotland.The region’s first alcohol profile will be presented to Scottish...
View ArticleHow alcohol affects your community
THE Scottish Borders Alcohol Profile was compiled over 12 months by Susan Walker, of the Alcohol and Drugs Partnership, and Erin Murray of Scottish Borders Council.As well as looking at the impact on...
View ArticleSelkirk medieval village dug up by workman
Workmen have uncovered a medieval village on the outskirts of Selkirk.Contractors had been aware that the site, next to the football pitch and the Philiphaugh battleground, was of historic importance,...
View ArticleLothian and Borders Police hunt Berwickshire jewellery thieves
DETECTIVES are probing a £50,000 jewellery raid on a house in Main Street, Gavinton, writes Bob Burgess.The high value theft was discovered on Friday afternoon by a family member who spotted the...
View ArticleStill Game for bowel screening? You should be
A groundbreaking campaign has been launched to encourage people between the ages of 50 and 74 to participate in bowel screening.The advert features the voice of Still Game star Ford Kiernan speaking to...
View ArticleRecycle bins plans exterminated
THE Daleks are coming to a high street near you.A total of 97 giant recycling bins will be installed in the centres of 22 towns and villages after Scottish Borders Council (SBC) won £32,000 of...
View ArticleMan charged after Midlem accident
A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Mid Wales has been charged with dangerous driving after an accident near Midlem last night.The man from Penrhiwllan was also charged with failing to stop for officers on the A7...
View ArticleCrash closes Gala road
WOOD Street in Galashiels was closed for an hour on Tuesday after a car ended up on its roof.The accident took place early on Tuesday morning and led to diversions through Clovenfords.One person was...
View ArticleSNP name Cummings for council by-election
THE chairman of Earlston Community Council has been announced as the Scottish National Party’s candidate for the Leaderdale and Melrose by-election, writes Kenny Paterson.Harry Cummings will contest...
View ArticleBlack Path walker attacked
A POLICE investigation is under way after a woman was attacked on the Black Path walkway in Galashiels.The 22-year-old was alone when she was punched on the face by an unknown female assailant.A police...
View ArticleFire destroys living room
FIRE has gutted the living room of a house in Whitefield Crescent, Newtown St Boswells.The blaze was discovered around 6.30pm last Thursday and firefighters wearing breathing apparatus had to force...
View ArticleCommunity celebrates handover of historic Crook Inn to local charity
A rural community was cracking open the bubbly after completing the purchase of its local pub. Villagers in Tweedsmuir, in the Scottish Borders, yesterday paid £160,000 to buy the 17th-century Crook...
View ArticleKelso’s Jo takes on Kilimanjaro challenge in memory of brother
A KELSO woman is going to scale the highest mountain in Africa in memory of her brother.Mum-of-four Jo Ballantyne will climb Mount Kilimanjaro in September to raise money for charities which helped her...
View ArticleUgandan farmer Justine talks Fairtrade
A UGANDAN Fairtrade coffee producer visits the Borders next week to describe her life and the importance of the Fairtrade movement during Fairtrade Fortnight, writes Sally Gillespie. Farmer Justine...
View ArticlePolice search of Hawick home uncovered air pistol
Police searched Jay Hope’s home after a neighbour reported he had a gun.Thirty-three-year-old Hope appeared from custody at Jedburgh Sheriff Court on Friday and admitted having an air pistol at his...
View ArticlePolice found drugs in ex-soldier’s car
A FORMER soldier who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan was fined £300 after being caught with heroin and cannabis in Galashiels.Steven Brunton, 36, of Pirniefield Place in Edinburgh, pleaded guilty to...
View ArticleMotorist was more than three times the limit
Police stopped a driver after he narrowly missed an oncoming car and found he was more than three times the alcohol limit.Twenty-nine-year-old John Cooper, of Main Street, Roslin, appeared from custody...
View ArticleConsultation open on regional TV news
REGULATOR Ofcom has launched a consultation on two options for the future of ITV’s news broadcasting in the Borders.It comes as part of a larger consultation on TV broadcast licences, looking...
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