Peeblesshire News

Borders rotary club to host coffee morning for cancer charity

A TWEEDDALE Rotary Club is hosting a coffee morning to raise funds for a cancer charity.

Harrison and Hetherington boosts farm machinery offering amid rising demand

Harrison & Hetherington launches new farm machinery auction division at St Boswells, offering hybrid, online, and on-farm sales across the…

Local MSPs visit Borders General Hospital to meet vital staff working in the region

BORDERS MSPs visited Borders General Hospital last week to see the work carried out by NHS staff on a daily basis.

Second phase of Borders Innovation Park completed ‘ahead of time and under budget’

The second stage of the Borders Innovation Park has been completed “ahead of time and under budget”, councillors were informed this week.

Plea issued to reduce anti-social behaviour at popular Borders beauty spot

A PLEA has been made to reduce anti-social behaviour at a Borders beauty spot.

Pass rates for Borders young people sitting exams revealed as 90 per cent

PUPILS across the Borders have been receiving their exam results today.

Shoplifter who attacked shop owner with metal pole avoids jail

A SHOPLIFTER from Hawick who assaulted a store owner to his injury has avoided a prison sentence at Selkirk Sheriff Court.

Galashiels man admits drug-dealing and driving while disqualified

A GALASHIELS man has admitted a drug-dealing offence and driving while disqualified.

Keir Starmer to update House of Commons on latest Peter Mandelson revelations

The Foreign Office has been blamed for clearing the peer in January 2025 to begin as US ambassador.

David Mundell MP: River Tweed water scarcity is a matter of concern

UK news update: MPs debate future of terrestrial TV channels like BBC and ITV, River Tweed water scarcity warning, Scotland’s drug deaths fall,…

Sunak closing in on announcing UK rejoining EU’s Horizon science programme

Sources said the Prime Minister has given the green light for a deal to be finalised.

Music in Peebles launches new season violin concert

LOCAL violinist Colin Scobie will return to Peebles on Sunday as part of Music in Peebles' new season

Chitra Ramaswamy to discuss her new book Homelands at the Borders Book Festival

Perhaps best known for her unsparing and often amusing restaurant reviews for The Times Scotland and her work on BBC Radio Scotland, Ramaswamy h…

Ex-central bank chief Mario Draghi takes over as Italy’s PM

Mr Draghi and his Cabinet ministers took their oaths of office in a ceremony at the Quirinal presidential palace.

Sharp shooting chef hits the target

HE fires off the finest Italian pizzas in a clay oven for his customers daily, but in his spare time shotgun chef Francessco di Martino fires of…