Borders house prices droop
Borders house prices fell an average 5.5 per cent last yearFigures from LSL Property Services on house prices in Scotland show that the average house price in the Scottish Borders Council region...
View ArticleCouncillors revise specs for bus route tendering
CHANGES to the service specification and guiding principles for local bus service contracts, due for re-tendering in advance of their start on August 12, have been approved by Scottish Borders...
View ArticleMoore welcomes broadband
CONFIRMATION that BT is to provide high speed broadband to a further 400 premises in Hawick next year in addition to the 6,500 previously announced has been welcomed by the town’s MP, Michael Moore.He...
View ArticlePitch stunt pulls the plug on rugby club’s lights switch-on
A SELKIRK rugby pitch has been ruined by a do-nut driver, writes Kenny Paterson and Sandy Neil.And police have confirmed that the same man from Mid Wales has been charged with dangerous driving and...
View ArticleBorderDealz meanz businez is kept local
THE FOUNDERS of an online Borders guide offering special deals across the region hope that it can help the local economy.BorderDealz works in a similar way to established UK companies such as Groupon...
View ArticleRichard Freewheelin’ to West Linton brewery
BY the end of the year, the people of West Linton could be supping beer produced in the village’s community-owned Freewheelin’ Brewery.The micro-brewery project is the brainchild of Richard White, who...
View ArticleGreen Commercial online
Green Commercial, a recently established firm of chartered surveyors and commercial property consultant based in Berwick-upon-Tweed, has launched its website. Director Nick Green said “We have tried to...
View ArticleThe price is right – the secret of success in a sticky property market
The property market has always been of interest to people, whether they are home owners or tenants, first time buyers or downsizers. They may have considerable sums invested or just be looking to enter...
View ArticleFUNERAL DIRECTORS WIN ACCOLADE
Galashiels funeral director, A & A Doyle Ltd has been named one of the UK’s best funeral directors by the Good Funeral Guide, an independent funeral consumer advocacy organisation. The firm is run...
View ArticleLessons learned from Galashiels flood, says Herd
A GALASHIELS councillor says lessons have been learned from the flash flood which washed out seven businesses in the town last year, writes Kenny Paterson.A draft report on the November 22 incident,...
View ArticleJudicial review sought over yurts refusal
CONTROVERSY continues to surround the decision by councillors to refuse a planning application for six yurts, a small shop and associated car parking for a holiday site in the Ettrick Valley.At the...
View ArticleEarlston international parcel post assurances
LOCAL Earlston community councillor John Paton-Day has moved to allay fears over the future of the village’s post office.Last month TheSouthern reported concerns at planned changes by Post Office...
View ArticleRetail fears for Selkirk after shop closure
THE loss of another shop in Selkirk is bad for the town, writes Kenny Paterson.That is the view of Selkirk Community Council, which has decided not to oppose the conversion of former women’s clothes...
View ArticleCouncil signs up to data ‘promise’
SCOTTISH Borders Council has launched a new campaign to raise awareness of the importance of looking after information.The council itself was hit with a £250,000 fine from the Information...
View ArticleLavender Touch dream of dedicated treatment centre starts to take shape
THE next in our series of articles marking the 10th anniversary of the locally-based Lavender Touch charity, focuses on its dream to construct its own dedicated centre.Over the course of its existence,...
View ArticleOpen day
ANYONE affected by Government benefit changes is invited to an open information day at Philiphaugh Community School on Wednesday (10am-2pm).Concern over terms such as Universal Credit, DLA, PIP, ESA...
View ArticleMSPs clash over child poverty stats
ALMOST 3,000 Borders children were living in poverty last year, according to figures compiled by the End Child Poverty campaign.It also estimated that one in four children in the Hawick and Denholm...
View ArticleNew pilot project will examine land use
A LAND-USE pilot scheme for the Borders has been welcomed by senior local planning officials and councillors.Speaking last week, Paul Wheelhouse, Minister for Environment and Climate Change, announced...
View ArticleSolar and wind plans for farm
A LANGSHAW farmer has applied to Scottish Borders Council to erect almost 200 solar panels and two 25m-high wind turbines in fields near the hamlet.An application for 192 ground-mounted solar panels...
View ArticleGreen awards launched in region
THE search is on for the Borders’ greenest community.A new Green Together Community Award scheme is inviting towns and villages who have taken environmental action to enter the contest.The awards, to...
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