News
Forum get say on repairs
The council is to consult Teviot and Liddesdale area forum on where £140,000 for road repairs should be spent. It is part of a £1.14million capital fund for resurfacing agreed by the local authority in March.
Call for council nominations
Selkirk residents have until 5pm on Thursday to put their name forward to become a community councillor.
Kelso pays war tribute
The singing of the Polish national anthem poignantly closed a special Kelso war tribute.
Free legal help for those facing eviction or repossession
Residents in the Borders facing a court battle to save their homes can now access free help from a housing law advisor.
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Lyle, 24, meets the standard for Innerleithen role
Gardener Lyle Caine is the young man with the honour of carrying the Blue Banner of St Ronan’s in Innerleithen this summer.
Sport
Hawick rugby fans tasked to choose greatest Greens
HAWICK Rugby Club are challenging supporters to pick their greatest ever Greens squad.
Melrose crowned Kings but Jed-Forest take home title
IT WAS a cruel day weatherwise at the Mainetti Jed-Forest Sevens but action was red hot throughout.
Lifestyle
We’ve been enjoying a pint for longer than you may think
A bevy of foragers will ramble deep into the Teviot Valley on June 1-2, hunting for wild plants to flavour six new beers by the Scottish Borders Brewery.
Health chief admits error over Jed pool
Borders health chiefs jumped the gun in issuing a statement that gave the impression a new hydrotherapy pool at Jedburgh was a done deal.
Time to shed that macho image, Mr Entwistle
HOW do you measure the success of a smallholder? By how much they manage to produce to feed their family each year? By how many gallons of pea-pod burgundy they can make? By how many acres they have?
Maxton granddad’s baby charity hike
RETIRED scientist Tom Veitch will start to walk the Pennine Way for charity later this month.
Local line-up for national festival
Award-winning photographer Laurie Campbell holds a day-long outdoors photography workship near Jedburgh next Sunday.
Students cook for Mr Roux video
ALBERT ROUX had a surprise for the six students competing for the grand prize of a six-month placement at one of his restaurants.
Community
Fatlips Castle saved by a major facelift
A crumbling castle perched high on a cliff edge overlooking Teviotdale has been saved – thanks to a major restoration project.
Crash course
Rescue workers searched for survivors amongst the wreckage of a crashed plane in the centre of Galashiels in October 1988.
Scam alert after courier fraud cons over 2,000 people
Police have issued a warning over a phone scam which has claimed nearly 2,300 victims across the UK.
Health chief admits error over Jed pool
Borders health chiefs jumped the gun in issuing a statement that gave the impression a new hydrotherapy pool at Jedburgh was a done deal.
Farmer Alasdair reaps Muckle Toon votes
There was only one talking point in the Muckle Toon last week and that was who would be given the honour of being Langholm Cornet, 2013.
Camping case for Copshaw capers
I want to start this week by clearing up a mystery. The mystery of the ladder. I like to believe that you were all alert enough last week to be mystified why my humble ramblings about music were accompanied by a photograph of a ladder propped against a wall. The answer is me and modern technology.
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Weather for Galashiels
Monday 20 May 2013
Today
Light showers
Temperature: 8 C to 18 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 7 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North
