District News
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Cockburnspath win Berwickshire SWRI Federation bowling
Berwickshire Scottish Women’s Rural Institue members have been busy lately, with their annual bowls competition and AGM and prize giving.
Ayton celebrations mark Guild’s 125th birthday
Ayton Church hosted the 125th birthday celebrations of the Church of Scotland Guild, in which 70 members of the Duns Presbtyery Guild took part.
Georgian dolls house is a great grandfather’s legacy
Four generations of one family have played their part in constructing a dolls house based on Tweedmouth House, near Berwick’s old Bridge.
Earthquake expert visits Longridge
Former Longridge Towers student Dr Alastair Sloan, now a research Fellow at Oxford University, has returned to his old school to lecture pupils on his specialism of earthquakes.
Letters to the Editor
Welfare system needs a radical rethink
Frank Field, as Minister of Welfare Reform in a previous Labour Government, was charged to “think the unthinkable”. He did, but his ideas did not go down well with Tony Blair, the Prime Minister at the time, and Field was forced to leave the government in 1998.
MSP’s support for resilient communities
Following the story in the Berwickshire News on May 23, 2013, of an electricity pole catching fire resulting in residents in Burnmouth being left without power for 14 hours, I would like to express my wholehearted agreement with the secretary of the community council, Lynne Craighead, that a Resilient Communities Plan (RCP) could be the way forward for the area.
An inspiring day at Longridge Towers
I would like to take this opportunity to say what an incredibly inspiring day I had at Longridge Towers School in Berwick Upon Tweed last week.
Announcements
Anne Turnbull : Memorial
Published in the Berwickshire News on 13 June 2013
Marion Morton : Memorial
Published in the Berwickshire News on 13 June 2013
Darren Wells : Memorial
Published in the Berwickshire News on 13 June 2013
Sinclair Mcleod : Memorial
Published in the Berwickshire News on 13 June 2013
Margaret (Mona) Matthews : Memorial
Published in the Berwickshire News on 13 June 2013
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Weather for Duns
Thursday 20 June 2013
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 11 C to 20 C
Wind Speed: 16 mph
Wind direction: South east
Tomorrow
Light rain
Temperature: 11 C to 18 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: South
