GALASHIELS will be celebrating a very important milestone this year as the 1st Galashiels Girlguiding unit turns 100. Members of the Guides, Rangers, Brownies and Rainbows will have the chance to celebrate this momentous birthday with events throughout
A PEEBLES man who was involved in a bust-up with the mother of his young child has been ordered to be of good behaviour for the next four months at Selkirk Sheriff Court. Twenty one year old Brandon Bisset pleaded guilty to shouting and swearing
BACKGROUND reports have been ordered into a Galashiels man who admitted a total of three offences at Selkirk Sheriff Court. Twenty year old Louis Heatlie pleaded guilty to assaulting a male to his injury in Gala Park on October 6 by repeatedly
A 31-year-old man has been banned from entering Galashiels at night time until the outcome of his trial. Iain Murphy of Mansionhouse Drive, Glasgow, denies shouting and swearing and challenging others to fight in Bank Street on September 18.
A MAJOR new tourism drive raced into action last week in a bid to convince visitors to venture south of the capital. A new travel-inspiring website was launched along with a new app, social media campaign and blog to promote both the Scottish Borders
BOOK lovers behind the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction have announced the winners of their poll to find the UK’s favourite historical novel of all time. In first place is Hilary Mantel’s masterly Tudor novel Wolf Hall, which also won the
A BORDERS MSP has brought the plight of the salmon industry to the Parliament table. Michelle Ballantyne welcomed over 100 experts and representatives from various conservation groups and industry companies to Holyrood last week. Ms Ballantyne
A RETIRED civil engineer has charted his way down the Tweed - bridge by bridge. Jim Lyon has celebrated the structural magnificence of the bridges, which carry traffic and pedestrians, along the entire length of the river from Tweedsmuir to the
ONE of the country's best up-and-coming comedians has just announced his 2020 tour - and he's coming to Galashiels. Gary Meikle, known internationally for his hilarious, stand-up and observational viral videos, is heading back out on the road with
