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Activities return to Borders leisure centre after temporary boiler installed
ACTIVITIES are about to restart at a Borders leisure centre after a temporary boiler was installed. The swimming pool at Teviotdale Leisure Centre in Hawick has been closed for public use for 10 days as a result of plummeting temperatures.
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Original vision for Borders care village 'will not be possible' as costs soar
IT will “not be possible” to deliver the original vision of a new care village at Tweedbank due to escalating costs, councillors are to be informed. Plans for the care village on the Lowood Estate first surfaced in 2020 after council representatives
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Melrose street set to close for two days this week to facilitate patching works
A MELROSE street is set to close for two days this week to facilitate patching works. Weirhill Place which is off High Cross Avenue will be closed from 9am to 5pm on Thursday September 21 and Friday September 22. READ MORE: Charity demonstrate
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Pet-friendly care complexes in Borders pass inspections with flying colours
TWO pet-friendly supported living complexes in the Borders have passed inspections with flying colours. Eildon Care and Support West provide combined care at home and housing support services at two developments. They oversee 37 two-bedroom
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Borders councillors navigate around obstacles and clutter on the streets in Kelso
A GROUP of Scottish Borders councillors tried to navigate around obstacles and clutter on the streets in Kelso on Friday September 15 wearing spectacles that mimic different sight loss conditions. The exercise was arranged by national charity RNIB
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Man arrested in connection with shop break-in
A MAN has been arrested and charged in connection with a break-in in the Borders. Yesterday (Tuesday, September 19) Scottish Borders Police launched an appeal following a break-in at a shop in Hawick on Monday, September 18. A 41-year-old man
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End in sight for bank branch in Borders town as planning bid filed with council
THE end is in sight for the soon-to-close Bank of Scotland branch in Jedburgh after a planning bid was submitted this week. Planning permission is being sought from Scottish Borders Council to remove the external signage and branding, and to replace
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Controversial Raac identified at two fire stations in the Borders
THE presence of a controversial lightweight concrete has been confirmed at two fire stations in the Borders. Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) has been identified in the emergency buildings in Hawick and Galashiels. Action was taken
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New inshore lifeboat named after sister of generous donor at ceremony in Eyemouth
Representatives from the RNLI and the local community gathered at The Hippodrome in Eyemouth on Saturday September 16 to celebrate the new inshore lifeboat D-877 Sheila. The lifeboat D- 877 Sheila arrived at Eyemouth RNLI lifeboat station on May
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More than £5,000 raised for Borders Water Rescue during open water swim
Galashiels Rotarian Lynda Stoddart recently organised a swim in aid of Borders Water Rescue and celebrating the reopening of the special crossing of the River Tweed. The challenge was the 9.5 km swim from Union Chain Bridge down to Berwick RNLI
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Borders man caught with indecent images of children is placed on supervision
A 25-YEAR-OLD Selkirk man who admitted at the town's sheriff court possessing and distributing indecent images of children has been placed on supervision for the next two years. Police swooped on an address in Selkirk's Chapel Street in May last
