SIR, - On behalf of Breakthrough Breast Cancer I would like to thank you and your group for your continuing support in advertising our charity events. On Friday, January 27, we had a wonderful evening in the Eildon, with our country music event featuring John Clancy. The marvellous sum of £604 was raised.

SIR, - I should be grateful if you would allow me, through your pages, to thank the many people who have gone out of their way to congratulate me by cards, letters, e-mails, telephone calls and in person, on my being honoured with the award of an MBE.

SIR, - I would like to express a special thank you to all those that attended the recent RNLI Quiz Night at Oblo in Eyemouth.

Aberdeen-Angus breeders Messrs J. and W. Arnott of Haymount, Kelso, have sold one of their potential 2012 Perth stars, Haymount Wavestar K986, in a high price private deal to the Lucas family of Cheeklaw, Duns.

SIR, - We read in The Berwickshire News (February 9) that a new wind farm is being proposed at Horn Burn, within a stones throw of Ayton.

Scotland’s cattle farmers are being encouraged to feed in their views on how the Scottish industry’s planned eradication programme for Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) moves forward.

SIR, - Through you column I would like to thank Debbie and Garry from the First And Last (The Gulls Nest) at Burnmouth for their help in collecting hundreds of metal tops from the cans of juice they sell. These have been collected to raise money for a kidney dialysis machine on behalf of my friend in West Lothian who is very grateful to them and has asked me to thank them.

SIR, - In 1956 I was in the Royal Navy’s Devonport Field Gun Crew whose base was HMS Drake in Devonport and subsequently Devonport Dockyard remained the home for the Devonport Field Gun Association.

25 years ago

SIR, - The Committee and members of the Whiteadder Burns Club would like to thank everyone involved with making our Diamond Jubilee Celebration Supper an outstanding event.

SIR, - As soon as Alex Salmond announced the date of the independence referendum I knew that all sorts of scare stories would emanate from Westminster, many from MPs who actually call themselves Scottish.

SIR, - A very successful coffee morning was held on Saturday, February 4, in the Mason’s Hall, Eyemouth when £566 was raised for the ongoing work of the Berwickshire Christian Youth Trust with young people across Berwickshire. Thanks are expressed to all who contributed, helped and supported to make this such an enjoyable and financially successful morning.

SIR, - January 25 saw sewage being pumped into the Cromwell Harbour in Dunbar.

SIR, - In the 60s I was creating some rather way-out sculptures.

SIR, - I was interested to read Ian Woolen’s letter on wind farm presentations and agree that developers generally wildly overstate the projected output of windfarms since they quote capacity not actual prospective generation.

25 years ago

SIR, - In Cat Macdonald-Home’s letter of January 27 concerning the campaign to reopen Reston Station she states that that ‘Councillors from the main national parties have let us down repeatedly because their hands are tied as a result of party policy dictated from Westminster and Holyrood.’

SIR, - We are in the process of pursuing a Civil Court action.

SIR, - Has anyone got any toys and dolls clothes knitting/crochet patterns they don’t use anymore as my daughter is learning to knit and crochet and we are finding any of these patterns very difficult to come across.

New rules for the identification, registration and movement of pigs have come into force to improve traceability.