A BORDERS woman has been convicted of illegal fox hunting. Master of the Hounds Claire Bellamy, of Longformacus, was found guilty of deliberately hunting the wild animal using a pack of dogs. The 51-year-old has carried out 1,500 hunts in...
A WOMAN who killed her partner with an air rifle has been given a three-year supervision and treatment order. Simone Ramage was sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh after a judge concluded she had killed Brian Kowbel in Galashiels in 2023.
THREE dedicated fundraisers will be sleeping on the streets in a bid to generate cash and awareness around homelessness. Karen Redpath, Fiona Howie and Joe Spence will hold the sponsored sleep out in Galashiels to support Steps to Hope, a...
GALASHIELS is in the running to win a community grant as part of a UK-wide competition. The town has been entered into the Let’s Celebrate Towns 2026 contest, organised by Visa and Nationwide. At this month’s Galashiels Community Council...
A PAINTER and decorator who crashed his work van while three times the legal alcohol limit has been banned from the road at Selkirk Sheriff Court. Police found a bottle of vodka which was almost empty in the footwell of the vehicle when they...