- 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
- Murder jury retraces woman's steps
- 'Serious failings' at health board
- Lockerbie probe request to Libya
- Cottage death OAP 'was murdered'
- Bronze sculpture stolen from museum
- Nursery man accused of sex offences
- Man held over street stabbing death
- Security guard robbed of £10,000
- SNP 'running away' from referendum
- '400 Scottish jobs lost every week'
- Police merger VAT 'means staff hit'
- Pupils updated on exam reform plans
- 47% of youth hide mental ill health
- Police target speeding drivers
Community
Church window ‘may blow off in strong wind’
Work is expected to start soon to repair the historic window above the altar in the Church of Our Lady and St Joseph in Selkirk.
Rowland’s takes to streets with new project
Rowland’s Dry Bar in the West Port is taking its youth work onto Selkirk’s streets to engage with more of the town’s young people, writes Sandy Neil.
Beanies for bonces – Ettrickbridge ladies help keep our troops warm
A crafting group from Ettrickbridge are busy knitting hats to keep British soldiers’ heads warm under their helmets in Afghanistan.
Taking steps to raise cash for cancer charity
Last year was the centenary year of Macmillan Cancer Support – and to celebrate, the Ettrick Valley committee organised two sponsored walks.
Announcements
Betty Baird : Acknowledgement
Published in the Selkirk Weekend Advertiser on 17 February 2012
Paul Mcintyre : Birth
Published in the Selkirk Weekend Advertiser on 17 February 2012
Rodger Newhall : Acknowledgement
Published in the Selkirk Weekend Advertiser on 17 February 2012
David Mcdermid Lumsden : Obituary
Published in the Selkirk Weekend Advertiser on 10 February 2012
: Birthday
Published in the Selkirk Weekend Advertiser on 03 February 2012
Letters to the Editor
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.
Local Businesses
Plea to youth hostel boss
Scottish Youth Hostel Association chief executive Keith Legge will be urged to save its Broadmeadows facility from closure at a crunch meeting on Monday.
Minister puts the brakes on bypass hopes
HOPES that Selkirk may finally get a bypass after a wait of 60 years – raised last year when the scheme was included for consideration by the Scottish Government – look to have been dashed again, writes Mark Entwistle.
IT’S SO APPEALING FOR VALLEY
EIGHT giant wind turbines proposed for the heart of the Yarrow Valley would have had an unacceptable impact on the landscape, according to the Scottish Government reporter who this week threw out an appeal by the company involved.
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Weather for Selkirk
Wednesday 22 February 2012
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Light rain
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Wind direction: South west
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