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1 week ago | 
bordertelegraph.com | Paul Kelly
The murders of UK MPs David Amess and Jo Cox have led to calls for a return to civility and restraint amid political differences. Councillor Viv Thomson, SNP for Tweeddale West, is putting a motion to full council which calls for a “constructive tone in debate” and urging people to behave respectfully towards others “including those you disagree with”.
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1 week ago | 
bordertelegraph.com | Paul Kelly
Fountainhall Primary School is a non-denominational school, with capacity for 50 pupils, located in the very small village of Fountainhall in the north-west of the Borders on the Gala Water. A report to be presented to Scottish Borders Council next week recommends that the school is mothballed for one year.
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1 week ago | 
bordertelegraph.com | Paul Kelly
Scottish Borders Council HQ RESIDENTS in the Borders face a third week of disruption to their waste collections following an incident which resulted in the injury of a bin worker. The man was treated in hospital after being caught and dropped by a bin lorry’s lifting mechanism on a rural route last month.
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1 week ago | 
bordertelegraph.com | Paul Kelly
Scottish Borders Council refused an application for the change of use of the first floor property at 1 Johnston’s Close. Council environmental officers expressed concern that approval could impact the operation of the adjacent Hunters Hall watering hole.
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1 week ago | 
bordertelegraph.com | Paul Kelly
The Buccleuch Arms, a 19th century coaching inn in the village of St Boswells, comprises 19 bedrooms, as well as a bar and bistro, large private garden, boardroom/private dining room and function room. The business has won the Scottish ‘Inn of the Year’ Award four times and benefits from strong footfall and loyalty from the local community, as well as travelling business and leisure guests.
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1 week ago | 
bordertelegraph.com | Paul Kelly
Applicant Hannah Thomson has won approval from Scottish Borders Council for the food and drinks establishment at 39 Horsemarket. The property occupies a ground floor retail unit between a coffee shop (Sook Jai) and a licence bar/restaurant (Salt and Fire).
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1 week ago | 
bordertelegraph.com | Paul Kelly
ALMOST three-thousand children across the Borders will be safely in the swim of things this month. Upwards of 2,800 youngsters will be swapping swimming strokes for safety during June – learning vital skills like floating, spotting hazards, and helping others as part of a national push centered on Drowning Prevention Week, June 14 to 21, one of the UK’s largest water safety campaigns.
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2 weeks ago | 
bordertelegraph.com | Paul Kelly
Charity Restoring Upland Nature (RUN – formerly known as the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project) has raised concerns that proposals for the eight-turbine Scawd Law Wind Farm in the Moorfoot Hills present a high risk of habitat loss and collision, which could detrimentally impact on the still fragile golden eagle population in the area.
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2 weeks ago | 
bordertelegraph.com | Paul Kelly
Scottish Power submitted an application to SBC to rebuild existing overhead power lines on land east of Lochton Farm at Birgham to land west of Coldstream Holiday Park. Historic Environment Scotland (HES) objected to the application as a result of the impact on two scheduled monuments – Homebank and Cottage Hospital. Both survive as a buried features visible as cropmarks on some aerial photographs.
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2 weeks ago | 
bordertelegraph.com | Paul Kelly
Although asset-rich, Hawick Common Good Fund is currently facing an overspend of around £85k by the end of the current financial year. Common Good committees in Scotland are responsible for administering and managing the assets – primarily land, property, and investments – passed down from former burghs.
