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Below are our archives for May 2012. If you are looking for a different month, please use the date search box feature below. To browse please choose from last month or try the News, Sport or Opinion archives for this month.
Wacky costumes brighten up last day of school in Earlston
IT has become a tradition at Earlston High school that on the last day of school before study leave, the sixth years have a fun afternoon.
Borders children's book a finalist in national competition
MONKEY King's Revenge, a Yin Yang adventure that takes a Chinese girl and her Borders school-friends from the River Tweed to the perils of mythological China, has been voted finalist for the children's section of The People's Book Prize.
Girls told to get on their bike for TweedLove
A FULL programme of women's road and mountain bike events has been announced for the TweedLove Bike Festival.
Sir Walter Scott exhibition tours the Borders
A SELECTION of historic items belonging to Sir Walter Scott have gone on display as part of a special exhibition touring the Borders.
Nice little runner set for vintage appearance in the Borders
AS a 'new' car it had its faults - dodgy brakes, vague steering, a grumbling gear box and woodworm in the floor. And the wife's reaction wasn't all that good either when it pulled into the drive for the first time!
Harestanes celebrates 20 years
HARESTANES Countryside Visitor Centre is celebrating its twentieth anniversary this year.
Local pipers on song with new CD
A NEW CD featuring young pipers James Thomson and Chris Waite has been released. They're endeavouring to bring new life to a tradition that has almost disappeared.
From A to Z: T in the Park has the sound track to the summer sorted
WITH the bill bulging with the biggest bands and the best breakthrough talent we have put together an A to Z to help guide you through the line-up of this year's T in the Park - the sound track of the summer.









