Tag: Borders

What a cock-up: phone software gives Scots Tory a bad name

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - January 30, 2015

A SCOTS council is trying to fix its Microsoft switchboard software after it rudely renamed a Tory member. Keith Cockburn, the Conservative councillor for Tweedale...

Snake tank blaze leaves two men in hospital and kills two reptiles

In Brief

Guest - April 17, 2013

A SNAKE tank fire in the borders left two men in hospital and killed two reptiles. The early morning blaze at Newcastleton yesterday (wed) is...

Runners rescued after ultra-marathon hit by blizzard conditions

Scottish News

Deadline News Journalist - January 24, 2013

COMPETITORS taking part in “Britain’s most brutal race” had to be rescued after the ultra-marathon was hit by blizzard conditions in Scotland. The Spine Race...

Borders deer numbers halved as gangs kill for thrills

Scottish News

Guest - July 12, 2012

WILD roe deer are being slaughtered for fun by gangs armed with dogs, gamekeepers on a Scottish estate claimed today. And the "barbaric" persecution of...

Fire-fighters battle to save woman after she collapses at exercise class

In Brief

Guest - May 24, 2012

A WOMAN’S life was saved by local fire-fighters after she collapsed at her exercise class in Galashiels yesterday evening (May 23). The forty-two year old...