- Cash offered for turbine conversion
- Teen held after schoolboy collapse
- Returning Fraser rings 'a mistake'
- Empty-property Bill 'will not work'
- MSPs pass Bill 'to soften UK cuts'
- Lunchtime sunshine brings 25C heat
- Multilingual move 'needs backing'
- Impact of ageing population probed
- Firm fails to appear at committee
- MSPs set to pass alcohol price Bill
- Firms 'complacent' over grid energy
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With grateful thanks
I would like to extend my grateful thanks to Alan Fernie and the Scottish Borders Youth Brass Band for putting on an amazing concert last Saturday in Victoria Halls, Selkirk.
Borders MSP Grahame joins call for Megrahi conviction probe
THE call for an inquiry into the conviction of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been backed by a Borders MSP, writes Bob Burgess.
Scottish Headlines
Cash offered for turbine conversion
Millions of pounds are up for grabs to turn prototype sea energy turbines into commercial power generators.
Teen held after schoolboy collapse
A 14-year-old schoolboy has been arrested after another pupil collapsed during an alleged altercation and was taken to hospital.
Returning Fraser rings 'a mistake'
Returning jewellery to the estranged husband of an alleged murder victim was a "mistake", a former senior police officer has told a court.
Empty-property Bill 'will not work'
A proposal to bring empty shops and business premises back into use will not achieve its goal, MSPs have been warned.
MSPs pass Bill 'to soften UK cuts'
Legislation to mitigate the impact of controversial UK benefit changes has been unanimously backed in principle by MSPs.
Business
Vintage day as sun shines on Springwood
SUNDAY’S fine weather came as a blessing for the organisers of the Borders Vintage Agricultural Association’s rally at Springwood Park in Kelso.
MAD world as ex-Borders blogger is up for two prizes
a FORMER Kelso High School pupil has reached the final of two national awards to find the UK’s best parent blogs.
Uni job loss fears spark calls for savings rethink
Politicians and union leaders have called for a rethink over how savings can be made at the School of Textiles in Galashiels, despite its principal admitting it has run at a loss for at least the last eight years.
Food ombudsman plan welcomed
IT’S taken more than a decade, but a bill to set up a supermarket ombudsman was finally announced in the Queen’s Speech last week, writes Sally Gillespie.
landlines
NOW for something completely different – the weather. Small wonder that we think about it so much when what should be spring is more like a wet and blustery autumn with temperatures about half the seasonal average.
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The key to successful learning may be up in the air… video
GALASHIELS’ Jane Oliver is making it her mission to help people having trouble learning – and part of her solution is throwing bean-bags and tennis balls.
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A CHEQUE for £35,000 was handed over on Tuesday by the Friends of the Borders General Hospital to the Margaret Kerr unit appeal.
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Weather for Galashiels
Thursday 24 May 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 10 C to 19 C
Wind Speed: 10 mph
Wind direction: North east
Tomorrow
Sunny
Temperature: 8 C to 19 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: East
