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New egg plant jobs boost

Up to 30 full-time jobs could be created at a pasteurised liquid egg processing plant near West Linton.

Edinburgh College-Zoo

No monkey business over zoo poster for Gala student

There was no monkeying around for Galashiels art student Alistair Kerr when it came to designing a poster for Edinburgh Zoo.

The Eildon Tree

‘Peruse it or lose it’, pen local writers facing arts cuts

Border writers’ group The Eildon Tree stands to lose their decade-old, free magazine, unless readers feedback to St Mary’s Mill arts service.

Tuba player Les Neish with members of the Galashiels Youth and Junior Band at the Borders Youth Brass Day

Galashiels audience in for a tuba treat from leading light Les

Galashiels Town Band’s spring concert will be held on May 25 in the Volunteer Hall, starting at 7.30pm.

The Lavender Touch room within the Margaret Kerr Unit at the Borders General Hospital.

Cancer charity therapists making a real difference

In the latest in our series marking the 10 years of The Lavender Touch, we focus on the work of therapists

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Business forum says voice will be heard loud and clear

COMPANY bosses have formed a new organisation that will be used to make their voices heard.

Sport rss

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Kelso Races are putting on the style for final meeting

High fashion and quality racing combine for Kelso’s final meeting of the season on Sunday when Ladies’ Day boasts an exciting seven-race card.

Bike ace Peat rolls in to Peebles

The world’s most successful downhill mountain biker will be at the Tweedlove cycling festival in Peeblesshire next week.

JEDFOREST, UNITED KINGDOM. - 18/05/13: 
Kings of the Sevens 2013
Round 10, Jedforest Sevens

(Photo by  Rob Gray / Freelance / � 2013)

Goodbye Goody as Jed rain on sevens parade

There was joy for both Melrose and Jed-Forest last weekend as one of the closest Kings of the Sevens competitions for many a year came to a conclusion.

Robin Charters

Hawick rugby stalwart Robin Charters dies

HAWICK international centre and SRU past president Robin Charters died this week at the age of 82.

Lifestyle rss

Outdoor lead.

First adventure festival a Muckle success

More than 600 competitors took part in Langholm’s first Muckle Toon Adventure Festival at the weekend.

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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.

Row over the relocation of the BGH therapy pool .Len Wyse, chair of the jedburgh leisure facilities trust outsie the Laidlaw Memorial  Pool .

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.

Community rss

Stained glass window owned by Harry Tomcyzk.

Clues sought in Kelso stained glass mystery

A probe has been launched in Kelso to try to uncover the

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George Bell of Melrose Crematorium ahead on an open day on the 26th on May.

The burning questions

It may not be everybody’s way of spending a Sunday but the man who oversees the only crematorium in the Borders is confident his first open day will be a success.

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Declaration in Jedburgh of Callant Garry Ramsay and New Herald Alan Learnmont.

Pipe dreams come true for Jethart Callant Ramsay

Jedburgh hailed Garry Ramsay as the 2013 Jethart Callant outside its courtroom on Friday, before he made history by opening the Jubilee Fountain.

Declaration in Jedburgh of Callant Garry Ramsay and New Herald Alan Learnmont.

Water water – but not a drop to drink

Hope sprang at last for Jedburgh folk, as the Market Place’s Jubilee Fountain finally flowed with water after four years of repairs, and decades running dry.

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