INDEPENDENT clothing brand, FINDRA, brought home the prestigious Small Business Scotland Award at the 20th VIBES Scottish Environment Business Awards this week. The awards celebrate innovation and environmentally concious businesses in Scotland,
LOTHIANS and Scottish Borders Police are to be given more time in the community thanks to a technology update. By using the Samsung Note 9, Community and Response officers won't have to return to their stations to complete paperwork, and can stay
TWO schoolboys who went missing in neighbouring Midlothian this morning have been found safe and well. Michael and James (Jamie) O’Brien, aged 9 and 6 respectively, were dropped off to attend at school in Carnethie Street, Rosewell around 8am.
NHS Borders has revealed that there were more than 400 assaults on nurses in the Borders last year. The figures for 2018/19 show there were 172 attacks on NHS staff at Borders General Hospital and 162 in the area's mental health units, with a further
SCOTTISH Borders Council has managed to avoid a winter of discontent after reaching an agreement with workers threatening strike action. Unite, the union representing council road workers, was engaged in a dispute with the local authority over
TWEEDVALE walking football team completed a 12-hour marathon match on Saturday. Between the recent Tesco Bag Packing and the weekend's game, the club has raised £2950 for Prostate Cancer. Bobby Craigie from Tweedvale told us: "We would like to
LAUGHTER resounded in the Peebles Burgh Chamber last week when SNP Councillor Heather Anderson told members of the community council that the local authority’s administration stated 'we’re not closing playparks, we’re just removing the play equipment
ROYAL Bank of Scotland staff are rolling their sleeves up to help a local charity make a difference to the lives of local children. Three branches in the Borders are supporting Tweed Togs over the next four weeks in a drive to encourage people to
