A CONVICTED sex offender who gave a 16-year-old girl a bottle of alcohol has been ordered to carry out unpaid work. Thomas Hopkins had earlier saw the teenager on a bus and after seeing her again in a group outside the Co-op in Innerleithen went
SENTENCE has been deferred on a Galashiels man for good behaviour for the next six months. Neil Gray, 45, pleaded guilty to four offences of misconduct at Borders General Hospital including police assault. Sheriff Peter Paterson told him the
MIDLOTHIAN South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale MSP Christine Grahame sponsored an event in Holyrood last week to raise awareness of the valuable service Blood Bikes Scotland provide to NHS Scotland. Blood Bikes Scotland is a voluntary organisation
“SIGNIFICANT” investment is needed at many leisure hubs across the region if they are continue to operate, according to Live Borders. The trust – which runs culture services on behalf of the council – was subject to a scathing attack after it received
A VITAL Post Office service is set to return to a Borders village. Post Office services were put on hold at Scottish Borders Council headquarters (SBC HQ) as the coronavirus pandemic forced the Newtown St Boswells site to close. Services which
DEPARTING Peeblesshire pub owners have thanked “staff, customers and friends” for their support as they head into retirement. Stephen Harper and Fiona Ingrim have called time on their quarter-of-a-century tenure at The Gordon Arms Hotel in West
A POPULAR Galashiels café celebrated its 30th anniversary on Saturday. And four generations of the original owner’s family were there to join in the celebrations along with former staff members. Annie McCall opened Annie’s Café in September
A ‘DAD’S Army’-style health workforce has been proposed in the Borders to help address patient needs at the region’s main hospital. ‘Safe Hands’ was established a year ago following concerns around staff shortages at Borders General Hospital.
A BORDERS business has been recognised for its support of women artisans. The Wee Souk, which moved to Galashiels earlier this year and promotes women creatives from Tweeddale to Tunisia, won the LUXLife Social Impact Award 2023 at a recent ceremony
BORDERER Rory Sutherland is hoping his surprise recall to the Scotland starting XV for Sunday’s must-win World Cup showdown with Tonga can help him in his “stressful” search for a new club. The 31-year-old prop is in the unusual position of being
BORDERER Finlay Christie made his Rugby World Cup debut in the opening game of the tournament against France. The 27-year-old Auckland Blues scrum-half, who was born at the Borders General Hospital and brought up in Peebles, started the match on
POLICE in the Scottish Borders are appealing for assistance tracing Norman Stewart (85yrs), who has been reported missing from Yarrow Terrace, Hawick. Norman was last spoken to about 4pm on Thursday September 21 2023, when he was at home.
