http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/ Latest from the online edition en-gb Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:52:09 +0000 Copyright (C) 2010 Clyde and Forth Press Ltd http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/feeds/ 21 http://www.clydeandforthmedia.co.uk/furniture/bt_logo_500x75.png http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/ MORE than 40 years after it closed, work has begun to reopen the rail line between Edinburgh and the Borders. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/397677-transport-minister-cuts-first-sod-on-borders-rail-link/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/03/397677-transport-minister-cuts-first-sod-on-borders-rail-link/ Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:52:28 +0000 News A FAMILY forced to flee in fear after a fire ripped through their home in the Borders are lucky to be alive, it has been claimed. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397630-borders-blaze-victims-lucky-to-be-alive/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397630-borders-blaze-victims-lucky-to-be-alive/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:45 +0000 News A BANK worker has admitted stealing £25,000 from a vulnerable pensioner in the Borders. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397626-bank-worker-admits-stealing-pound25k-from-pensioner/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397626-bank-worker-admits-stealing-pound25k-from-pensioner/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:31:48 +0000 News THE future of Hawick's Common Riding has been brought into question following an article in a national newspaper this week. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397623-hawick-common-riding-insist-no-decision-has-been-made-on-cornet-following-scandal/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397623-hawick-common-riding-insist-no-decision-has-been-made-on-cornet-following-scandal/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:23:05 +0000 News A 35-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested after police discovered heroin with a street value of £32,000 in an abandoned car in the Borders. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397619-man-charged-following-heroin-haul/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397619-man-charged-following-heroin-haul/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:48:47 +0000 News SCOTTISH Borders Council leader David Parker will officially open the new post office in Newtown St Boswells next week. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397621-new-post-office-opens-in-newtown/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/02/397621-new-post-office-opens-in-newtown/ Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:59:30 +0000 News PLANS to build new state-of-the-art accommodation for 250 students will be unveiled at a public exhibition this week. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/01/397592-plans-for-new-student-accommodation-unveiled-in-galashiels/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/03/01/397592-plans-for-new-student-accommodation-unveiled-in-galashiels/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:14:25 +0000 News A 17-YEAR-OLD girl was left screaming for her life after being crushed by a bus in Earlston. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/397494-girl-crushed-by-bus-in-earlston/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/24/397494-girl-crushed-by-bus-in-earlston/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:05:29 +0000 News THE opening of a new dental centre in Hawick has been welcomed by local politicians. But, they say, more needs to be done to stop the rot. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/23/397366-health-minister-officially-opens-dental-practice-in-hawick/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/23/397366-health-minister-officially-opens-dental-practice-in-hawick/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:33:50 +0000 News SHE lost her voice after being struck down by a deadly illness. Now she has organised a charity karaoke competition to thank staff who saved her life. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/23/397356-i-almost-died-now-i-want-to-thank-hospital-staff-who-saved-my-life/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/23/397356-i-almost-died-now-i-want-to-thank-hospital-staff-who-saved-my-life/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:23:12 +0000 News A LOCAL MSP has renewed calls for a ban on air guns after a three-year-old boy was shot in the Borders. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/22/397323-msp-renews-calls-for-air-rifles-to-be-banned-after-selkirk-toddler-is-shot/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/22/397323-msp-renews-calls-for-air-rifles-to-be-banned-after-selkirk-toddler-is-shot/ Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:55:38 +0000 News PLANS for a new Galashiels petrol station have been unveiled by supermarket giant ASDA. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/22/397360-supermarket-drives-forward-plans-for-new-petrol-station-in-galashiels/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/22/397360-supermarket-drives-forward-plans-for-new-petrol-station-in-galashiels/ Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:11:32 +0000 News NO cancer patient in the Borders had to wait longer than the government target of 62 days to start treatment, according to the latest figures. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/19/397374-cancer-patients-in-borders-meet-waiting-times/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/19/397374-cancer-patients-in-borders-meet-waiting-times/ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:45:13 +0000 News FEARS have been voiced that a supermarket could be built next to the historic home of Sir Walter Scott. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/397272-this-is-probably-the-single-most-important-planning-application-in-the-history-of-galashiels/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/18/397272-this-is-probably-the-single-most-important-planning-application-in-the-history-of-galashiels/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:31:59 +0000 News COURT chiefs are probing another security scare in Selkirk after a woman smuggled a blade into the dock. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/397361-court-probe-following-selkirk-knife-horror/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/17/397361-court-probe-following-selkirk-knife-horror/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:49:19 +0000 News MONTHS of misery came to an end for motorists when the new link road in Galashiels finally reopened this week. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/16/397075-a7-to-close-for-essential-repairs-in-selkirk/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/16/397075-a7-to-close-for-essential-repairs-in-selkirk/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:25:40 +0000 News A DRIVING instructor who repeatedly patted a teenage girl 43 years his junior on the thigh and leg during a lesson claimed he "misread the signals." http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/16/397073-hawick-driving-instructor-ordered-to-sign-sex-register/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/16/397073-hawick-driving-instructor-ordered-to-sign-sex-register/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:54:36 +0000 News CRIME in Galashiels has fallen over the past month, according to police. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/16/397042-police-in-galashiels-record-a-drop-in-shoplifting/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/16/397042-police-in-galashiels-record-a-drop-in-shoplifting/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:38:52 +0000 News SNP MSP Christine Grahame has condemned the decision by Scottish Borders Council to scrap its disabled sports officer post. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/15/397074-grahame-condemns-terrible-council-decision/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/15/397074-grahame-condemns-terrible-council-decision/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:17:24 +0000 News THOUSANDS of pounds of illegal drugs were seized after police raided a house in Selkirk at the weekend. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/15/397028-police-seize-drugs-in-selkirk-raid/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/15/397028-police-seize-drugs-in-selkirk-raid/ Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:52:11 +0000 News POLICE have renewed their appeal for information on a missing man exactly a year since he was last seen in the Borders. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/13/397082-appeal-to-find-missing-borders-busker/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/13/397082-appeal-to-find-missing-borders-busker/ Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:12:09 +0000 News SCOTTISH Borders Council has approved the Administration's budget proposals. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/396914-council-approves-borders-budget/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/396914-council-approves-borders-budget/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:54:23 +0000 News A POST Office in the Borders will be the first in Scotland to be run from a council building when it is opened later this year, it has been announced. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/396897-newtown-post-office-given-council-stamp/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/396897-newtown-post-office-given-council-stamp/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:44:02 +0000 News ONE of the entrances to Galashiels could be renamed after the world's most wanted man. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/396869-bin-laden-in-galashiels/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/10/396869-bin-laden-in-galashiels/ Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:29:35 +0000 News PLANS have been unveiled to demolish the old halls of residence at Heriot-Watt University in Galashiels and build new state-of-the-art accommodation for 250 students. http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/09/396818-plans-unveiled-to-demolish-student-digs/ http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2010/02/09/396818-plans-unveiled-to-demolish-student-digs/ Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:08:48 +0000 News