- No Army base 'would create outrage'
- Cash and drugs seized during raids
- McKinnon's ordeal like 'execution'
- Referendum views 'need to be aired'
- Steel contract 'review needed now'
- Firm shelves city biomass plant
- Budget cash announced for councils
- FM 'can officially complain to BBC'
- Gas leak evacuates Shell oil rig
- Glasgow HQ for green technology
- Diageo drink sales decline in UK
- Money 'will create youth jobs'
- Drivers warned to watch out for ice
- Man dies after head-on collision
- Suicides 'high among young men'
- Reoffending services data 'lacking'
- 'Fantastic response' to vote debate
- BBC explains Salmond cancellation
- Budget cash for colleges, housing
- Knife sentences longer in Scotland
News
REGENERATION WAIT
NO cash has been allocated over the next two years by Scottish Borders Council for the much-needed regeneration of Selkirk’s town centre.
Getting ready to Boogie on down at Philiphaugh
OVER the years, Souters have raised untold thousands for Cancer Research.
Councillor sees red over green list
IT may have moorland, ponds, trees and meadows, as well as being home to a myriad of birds and other wildlife, but that has not prevented Selkirk Hill from being left off a list of key local green spaces by planners.
Knowepark replacement
COUNCIL planners have listened to pleas that the search for a site for a replacement for Knowepark Primary School should formally be included in the Local Plan, writes Mark Entwistle.
Court bosses are told Selkirk closure would be ‘sheer madness’
SELKIRK Community Council has sent a strong message that it will not countenance the loss of the town’s Sheriff Court, writes Andrew Keddie.
Sport
King Cup retry
A THAW is much desired tomorrow as once again Selkirk FC prepare for their King Cup first round battle against Coldstream at Home Park.
Skills school for Selkirk’s stars of the future
SELKIRK HIGH SCHOOL rugby stars of the future had the exciting opportunity to train with current day heroes on Monday afternoon.
Roond the Stick
FRIDAY night saw hosts Ettrick Forest play the Ladies in the Roond the Stick league, continuing their winning streak with a fine 7-1 victory, although the individual games were much closer than the score suggests.
Bad day at the office as Heriot’s marksmen shoulder past Selkirk
YOU win some you lose some was definitely the ethos at Selkirk Rifle club this week as the team suffered one shock defeat and one much-needed victory.
Lifestyle
Reading the small print on independence referendum
Oh well, I suppose enough of the great independence referendum plot has emerged into the public domain for us to believe it might eventually take place – so I reckon we had better get on with it.
Nichol retuns for Burns role
SELKIRK’S John Nichol returns home to conclude Ideoms’ alternative Burns Night Borders tour.
THE PILGRIM
Right, pay attention at the back. This is important stuff you all need to know, excepting maybe those who already know it, in which case keep quiet for now or find yourselves something useful to do until this is over.
When so-called experts’ advice is in bad taste
Ho hum, another new year, another new food scare, so what’s new about that? Why must we suffer a constant bombardment of food frighteners?
SELKIRK FIRM HELPS THE HEROES
A SELKIRK mill has answered the call to produce a tartan for Britain’s largest charity supporting wounded servicemen and women.
Community
Skip Skip and co edge Merchants on Ice title
The Selkirk Merchant Company’s annual curling competition reached a conclusion last Thursday when the final was played between the teams skipped by David Heard and Skip Houston.
Dismissing pancreatic cancer
If The Pilgrim is going to have the arrogance to criticise the cancer research work of a professor from one of Europe’s largest medical universities, he should perhaps first have the decency to read the study he is criticising.
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Weather for Selkirk
Thursday 09 February 2012
Today
Heavy sleet
Temperature: 1 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: -1 C to 3 C
Wind Speed: 14 mph
Wind direction: South
