For nearly two months, readers of the
Peeblesshire News and the And now we can declare that four-year-old Velvet received the most. The Nebelung-Russian Blue cross lives in Walkerburn with her owner Roseann McGee.
READ MORE: When we spoke with Roseann about Velvet winning the £500 prize, the proud owner said: “I was so pleased. When I got the phone call I was so excited, I told my family and everyone’s so excited. She’s a wee star.” Velvet joined 52-year-old Roseann in January 2020, not long before the first coronavirus lockdown. Roseann said: “I got her just at the right time.
RACHAEL Hamilton says she is “absolutely ecstatic” after being re-elected as the MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire. Mrs Hamilton, who won the 2017 by-election, will now return to Holyrood as the constituency representative. Important to protect jobs
Border Telegraph: “I think this is fantastic. It speaks volumes of the work my team have done and the support for the Scottish Conservatives in the Borders. “I think the voters in the Borders have rejected what could have been Nicola Sturgeon calling for a hard border at Berwick. It’s really important that we focus now on rebuilding the economy and looking after people’s livelihoods and their incomes.
Ian Hastings has owned The Vibe in Kelso with his wife since 1990. A planning application, submitted to Scottish Borders Council last Wednesday (April 28), outlines a proposal to turn the nightclub into 13 two-bed apartments and one duplex unit, also with two bedrooms. However, Mr Hastings says the future of the Kelso venue will depend on coronavirus regulations placed on nightclubs.
READ MORE: He told the
Border Telegraph: “The fact that a planning application has been submitted does not mean that the site will be redeveloped in the near future. “Much depends on the regulations which will be introduced to make nightclubs COVID-compliant.
Setting rules about visiting Scotland or England borders on the stupid
If they win independence and re-join the EU a hard border with customs posts and immigration checks would be necessary
The safest Conservative seat in Scotland is Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
In the Asda supermarket in Carlisle the aisles regularly echo to the sound of Scottish accents, as couples do their weekly shop. It is, after all, a much bigger store than most in their neighbourhood.
In the Gretna Gateway Outlets Village, only a few miles away, it was almost impossible this week to get into one of the massive car parks as English shoppers arrived in their droves to pick up the many M&S, Ralph Lauren, Nike and other bargains that are not available at home. It’s far from a great trek, after all, as the centre is only a few hundred yards from the border with their homeland.