A call has gone out to Teries to reveal their favourite trails around the town, as part of the ambitious Town of 1000 Trails project....
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Staff at a local care company are inviting clients to show off their dance moves in a bid to lift spirits amid the virus pandemic. In recent weeks, SRS Care Solutions has been encouraging those they support to get into the groove as much as they can to popular tunes such as Village People’s YMCA,...
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Talented artist Adele Gourlay has just completed an impressive portrait of Captain Tom Moore – the 100-year-old war veteran who raised more than £32million for the NHS by completing over 100 laps of his Bedfordshire garden on a zimmer frame....
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The finishing touches have been added to a distinctive new sculpture in memory of exiled Teri Lynn Power. The fifty-year-old died in her sleep in October. Her family, ex-Acting Father and Mother Jim and Sheena Hogg, sister Lesley and niece Lexie spent a quiet couple of minutes together at the monument in Liddesdale Road last...
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Stringent health and safety measures are in force as more mill workers return to their jobs. Johnstons of Elgin now has 30 per cent of its employees back at its Eastfield Mills site, with staggered introduction. A fortnight ago we reported that a pioneer team of some 25 staff opted to return to work, and...
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Kiwi couple and adopted Teries George and Peggy Keown celebrated their golden wedding at home last Saturday. George came to Scotland as a teacher in 1967, securing a post at Burnfoot school. He boarded with Peter and Cathie Johnston, of Silverbuthall, during which time he fell in love with the town and its rugby heritage....
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Community spirit brought some tasty cheer to Joe Yallop as he prepared to celebrate his 12th birthday in lockdown....
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Budding young artist Gracie Dalgleish has come out tops in a sunflower drawing competition....
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Burnfoot’s overgrown bankings are littered with discarded dog poo bags, according to local ward councillor, Stuart Marshall, who has been inundated with complaints....
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The loved ones of William Wright who died last week have been overwhelmed by the level of support and tributes they have received. William, 48, lost a brave two-year battle with illness at Borders General Hospital last Thursday. His brother Cammy, who now lives in Kent, told us: “Everyone really liked William. He was hard-working,...
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A representative from the Ex-Servicemen’s Club and the local branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland marked the 75th anniversary of VE Day last Friday with a low-key ceremony at the war memorial in Wilton Lodge Park....
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At 11am last Friday, three local KOSB veterans paid their respects to those who died in the Second World War by laying a wreath at the war memorial....
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VE Day celebrations last Friday should have been a time for great rejoicing but, due to the coronavirus restrictions, events across the country and in Hawick were replaced by home and online tributes. Friday marked 75 years since the formal acceptance of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender – Victory in Europe Day. Of course, for many...
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Three virtual concerts will bring Common-Riding celebrations to people’s homes following the loss of this year’s historical event to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic....
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A MESSAGE FROM THE PROVOST Today marks 75 years since the end of the Second World War and in any other circumstances would be a day of great celebration and thanksgiving....
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Concerns have been raised about an increase in traffic on the road through Denholm and groups of people using riverside walks in the Hornshole area....
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