A NEW destination playpark designed to celebrate Earlston’s history and surroundings has officially opened. Children from Earlston Primary School and Leader Valley School joined local councillors, community representatives and...
THE decades-long wait for the first Scottish James Bond since Sean Connery could soon be over, with one Borders actor surging into the lead in the race to become the next 007. Slow Horses star Jack Lowden, from Oxton, has overtaken long-time...
A COMMUNITY initiative using sport to help bring people together and reminisce has been awarded praise. Sporting Memories, which meets fortnightly at Selkirk Rugby Club, invites attendees to share stories, memorabilia and laughter in a...
A SELKIRK man has admitted being involved in two disturbances. Michael Hartley, 36, pleaded guilty at Selkirk Sheriff Court to behaving in a threatening or abusive manner towards a retail worker at Home Bargains in Galashiels on April...
BACKGROUND reports have been ordered on a man who assaulting a young girl. Ben Wardle, 25, pleaded guilty to seizing the girl by the body and shaking her at an address in Galashiels on April 2. He also admitted a second charge of behaving in a...