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Dougie Young, Lochcarron sales manager, with the company's new Help for Heroes tartan.

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.

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Selkirk’s scary movie wins plaudits for youngsters

A SHORT movie about ghostly goings on at The Haining this week won a standing ovation – and special awards – for six gutsy and talented teenagers from Selkirk, writes Andrew Keddie.

Private meeting

A REPORT regarding Scottish Borders Council giving financial help to Selkirk-based Scottish Borders Housing Association was discussed in private this week.

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Ex-soldier died after drug ‘bomb’

A SELKIRK drugs dealer has admitted supplying a former soldier with a mephedrone bomb just hours before he died.

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Patrons and fundraising events Grease the wheels of opera’s Carousel adventure

IT might be seasonably cold in the Royal and Ancient Burgh, but for some townsfolk June is Bustin’ Out All Over as Selkirk Opera signals the run-up to this year’s production – Carousel, writes Andrew Keddie.

Sport rss

Chris Patterson gives a talk on his days of playing rugby to pupils at Selkirk High School as part of the Champions in Schools project.

LEARNING FROM THE BEST

EDINBURGH Rugby players are heading to Philiphaugh this Monday to deliver a coaching clinic to local youngsters, one week after booking their place in the Heineken Cup quarter-finals.

Douglas duo ready for Pitreavie

EIGHT speedy Souters are making the journey to Dunfermline on Sunday to take part in the inaugural Pitreavie Gift meeting.

Roxburgh burns it up

IN LAST weekend’s Winter Woollies competition, it was Norman Roxburgh – whose putting was described as poetry in motion, suggesting perhaps that he should be bard – who won by two shots from Alan Brown and John Coyle, whose sonsie faces were wreathed in smiles.

Lifestyle rss

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?

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SELKIRK HAGGIS HUNT


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Cunning plan to stop poachers

A CUNNING plan has been hatched by the organisers of this year’s Great Selkirk Haggis Hunt to prevent poachers bagging the birds, writes Bob Burgess.

Burns supper

THE former standard bearer of the Coldstream-based 1513 Flodden Club – George Miller from Jedburgh – will propose the Immortal Memory at Selkirk Rugby Club’s Burns supper on January 27.

We may have to face up to weathering power cuts

I suppose it is true to say the British have more or less come to terms with the reality of bad weather. No matter what the so-called experts have to say, the bottom line is we just accept what shows up and make the best of it.

Tasting times

ROWLAND’S members have been trying their hand at becoming the next Jamie Oliver, thanks to a six-week cooking course at the West Port youth facility.

Community rss

Councillors brought to book in Selkirk library controversy

Following the article published in the December 16 issue of The Wee Paper, entitled “Councillors defend decision to back Selkirk library merger”, it would be reassuring to think that elected members of Scottish Borders Council also checked their facts before they started to complain about other people.

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Weather for Selkirk

Saturday 28 January 2012

5 day forecast

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Sunny spells

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Temperature: -2 C to 4 C

Wind Speed: 8 mph

Wind direction: South west

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Temperature: 0 C to 4 C

Wind Speed: 10 mph

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