Treasure Island has Gala audiences on the crest of a wave
SELL-OUT audiences at the Volunteer Hall in Galashiels were swept along on a magical sea of mirth and music last week.
£119k energy improvements for Langlee homes
A BARRHEAD company has landed a £119,000 contract to improve the energy efficiency of houses in the Lower Langlee area of Galashiels.
Borders beauty spot inspires Susan to launch her own skincare brand
FUNDING and expert support from Business Gateway Scottish Borders has helped a former corporate lawyer from Peebles turn her interest in natural skincare into a successful small business.
Dedicated £4.5 million dementia unit to break new ground
DESPITE escalating costs, work on the region’s first privately-run specialist residential unit for people with severe dementia is set to get under way next week.
Health minister quizzed over increase in Borders smokers
SCOTLAND’S health minister has admitted the Borders has “still some way to go” in reducing the number of smokers in the region.
Tweed is suffering from a salmon slump
WITH just over two weeks left of the 2017 salmon fishing season, catches on the River Tweed are predicted to be the lowest in 33 years.
Parents’ fears over new school traffic disruption
EFFORTS are being made to “minimise” traffic disruption around the site of a primary school currently under construction in Kelso.
Borders Railway extension threatened, claims outvoted Paterson
A REDUCTION of £600m in funding for Scotland’s railway infrastructure between 2019 and 2024 could sound the “death knell” for plans to extend the Borders Railway south of Tweedbank.
New book charts a century of Earlston's ups and downs
WHEN, three years ago, Tom Burnham agreed to assemble a book marking the centenary of Earlston Golf Club he did not envisage an onerous challenge.
No City Deal funding for Galashiels textile centre
HOPES that the much-vaunted Edinburgh and South of Scotland City Deal would provide funding for a textile innovation centre in Galashiels have been dashed.
