- More uni courses cut in England
- Haulier fare subsidy 'must remain'
- Tax-dodging landlords 'targeted'
- Housing market recovery 'not there'
- 'Little prospect' for oil fund plan
- Disability cuts 'are devastating'
- Heart care 'more likely for rich'
- Lockerbie probe request to Libya
- Lennon bomb plot accused for trial
- 'Serious failings' at health board
- Cottage death OAP 'was murdered'
- Murder jury retraces woman's steps
- Pine marten control called for
- Direct flights 'key for economy'
- Navy diver joins Concordia probe
- Independence plan 'may block bank'
- Moore suggests earlier referendum
- Anorexia no fad, says MSP father
- Bronze sculpture stolen from museum
- Nursery man accused of sex offences
Community
Concert benefits cancer group
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.
Great honour
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.
RNLI quiz
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 bull is sold in private deal to Cheeklaw herd
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.
Villages don’t want monstrosities near them
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.
Announcements
Kelsey Burgess-Macfarlane : Birth
Published in the Berwickshire News on 16 February 2012
Helen Punton : Birthday memorial
Published in the Berwickshire News on 16 February 2012
Jacob Thompson : Birth
Published in the Berwickshire News on 16 February 2012
Stewart Mitchell : Engagement
Published in the Berwickshire News on 16 February 2012
Elizabeth Ann Manus : Obituary
Published in the Berwickshire News on 16 February 2012
Letters to the Editor
Bottle tops
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.
Trying to trace field gunners from 1956
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.
Great occasion
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.
Don’t be duped by Westminster’s scaremongering and tales of doom
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.
Youth Trust
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.
Local Businesses
Ambitious plans are announced by Allan Brothers
An appetite for rapid growth under new managing director Danny Hughes will see timber windows and doors manufacturer Allan Brothers focus on becoming a consumer brand across the UK during 2012.
BVD call, out to cattle farmers
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.
New rules for pig ID and movement
New rules for the identification, registration and movement of pigs have come into force to improve traceability.
SAC guide helps prepare for lambing
A NEW SAC technical note will be of particular interest to sheep farmers in the build up to lambing.
Scotland’s Iron Lady launches bursary programme in Borders
Scotland’s very own “Iron Lady”, triathlete and Texas Ironman Champion Catriona Morrison, took the bull by the horns in the Borders on Monday to launch a new sport and healthy activity bursary programme - “Go for It Scotland!”
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Weather for Duns
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Cloudy
Temperature: 6 C to 14 C
Wind Speed: 25 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Sunny spells
Temperature: 3 C to 10 C
Wind Speed: 26 mph
Wind direction: West
