Berwickshire News, February 23rd
Well after the excitement of the Recycling Road Show yesterday, I totally forgot that I'd picked up the News on the way back....
Front page news is that Eyemouth High School gets a mixed report from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, Whitsome village hall fund has received a significant boost of a £300,000 grant from the National Lottery. The big picture on the front page is that of a sorry-looking Flemington Inn - a landmark on the A1 as the First-and-Last Pub in Scotland - subject of a blaze that has destroyed 80% of the building, a blaze being treated as suspicious by the Fire Service. Oh and the Coldstream Hospital Action Group have delivered their alternative action plan to the closure proposal (put forth by NHS Borders - which the News mentions is as unpopular on the English side of the Border as it is in Coldstream).
There are plans to investigate the possibility of further developing the Jim Clark Memorial Rally (JCMR) - which attracts 30,000 spectators and 250 competitors. The JCMR is due to take place over the weekend of July 7th & 9th this year.
There are 2 stories about the aftermath of Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) locally, and a slightly more concerning headline "Torness nuclear waste dumped at Dunbar" - it transpires that according to British Energy (who run the plant and presumably threw away the waste in question) someone would get more radiation from eating a small bag of brazil nuts, Friends of the Earth disagree of course. SEPA have investigated and found a "fundamental lack of control" at Torness. The waste itself was recovered after some "unusual vibrations" shutdown reactor 2 in 2002. Another figure bandied around in the article is that you would receive 40,000 times the dose of radiation merely by "living in Cornwall with it's natural granite"
After last weeks petition to Holyrood about the A1 junction at Reston, it's being looked at - the response by the Transport Minister is described as "pathetic" as it ran to a form letter saying it was being "currently investigated" but no further information.
In his weekly "Mound" column, Euan Robson MSP concentrates on the aftermath of the decision of SBC to cut a teacher from every high school in the region - he's particularly concerned that this is going against the trend for more teachers - why his executive couldn't fund local authorities correctly in the first place is not given any prominence.
Off to Dodge City with Sheriff Kevin Drummond in the chair dishing out justice to all the miscreants in the district.First up a not guilty verdict in a saga worthy of a soap opera revolving around the landlord, the landlady, a barred customer, his skin colour and a lot of swearing in a Coldstream pub. An Eyemouth man palced on a treatment order at his own request after being found in possession of heroin with intent to supply - the treatment order being reviewed every four weeks. A 16-year-old painter who, after consuming a large volume of alcohol, caused £200-worth of damage to the Co-Op in Eyemouth by running into the glass doors and then into the metal shutters of a shop around the corner. Compensation £200, sentence deferred. £200 fine and 6 points to a careless driver on the main road between Grantshouse and Co'path.
In it's own special column a disqualified driver on his 4th similar offence, was sent down for 3 months and banned for 6 years - his latest offence being a mere 11 days since the last appearance before a sheriff. The total number of convictions noted by Sheriff K - 2 drunk driving, 4 driving whilst disqualified now. Some understatement from Sheriff K too "you clearly ignore court orders" - why a 6th offence to take him behind bars ?
The long overdue return of rail to the Borders (the only mainland local authority region with no rail stations) will stop at Tweedbank and will not continue on to Hawick and beyond - to much gnashing of teeth from the SNP MSP.
Eyemouth beach is 100kg lighter of rubbish after a cleanup of the beach by volunteers - 600 bags of rubbish! Scottish Water are also launching a campaign to stop fly tipping - if you see any flytipping call SEPA on 0845 601 8855.
Front page news is that Eyemouth High School gets a mixed report from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, Whitsome village hall fund has received a significant boost of a £300,000 grant from the National Lottery. The big picture on the front page is that of a sorry-looking Flemington Inn - a landmark on the A1 as the First-and-Last Pub in Scotland - subject of a blaze that has destroyed 80% of the building, a blaze being treated as suspicious by the Fire Service. Oh and the Coldstream Hospital Action Group have delivered their alternative action plan to the closure proposal (put forth by NHS Borders - which the News mentions is as unpopular on the English side of the Border as it is in Coldstream).
There are plans to investigate the possibility of further developing the Jim Clark Memorial Rally (JCMR) - which attracts 30,000 spectators and 250 competitors. The JCMR is due to take place over the weekend of July 7th & 9th this year.
There are 2 stories about the aftermath of Foot & Mouth Disease (FMD) locally, and a slightly more concerning headline "Torness nuclear waste dumped at Dunbar" - it transpires that according to British Energy (who run the plant and presumably threw away the waste in question) someone would get more radiation from eating a small bag of brazil nuts, Friends of the Earth disagree of course. SEPA have investigated and found a "fundamental lack of control" at Torness. The waste itself was recovered after some "unusual vibrations" shutdown reactor 2 in 2002. Another figure bandied around in the article is that you would receive 40,000 times the dose of radiation merely by "living in Cornwall with it's natural granite"
After last weeks petition to Holyrood about the A1 junction at Reston, it's being looked at - the response by the Transport Minister is described as "pathetic" as it ran to a form letter saying it was being "currently investigated" but no further information.
In his weekly "Mound" column, Euan Robson MSP concentrates on the aftermath of the decision of SBC to cut a teacher from every high school in the region - he's particularly concerned that this is going against the trend for more teachers - why his executive couldn't fund local authorities correctly in the first place is not given any prominence.
Off to Dodge City with Sheriff Kevin Drummond in the chair dishing out justice to all the miscreants in the district.First up a not guilty verdict in a saga worthy of a soap opera revolving around the landlord, the landlady, a barred customer, his skin colour and a lot of swearing in a Coldstream pub. An Eyemouth man palced on a treatment order at his own request after being found in possession of heroin with intent to supply - the treatment order being reviewed every four weeks. A 16-year-old painter who, after consuming a large volume of alcohol, caused £200-worth of damage to the Co-Op in Eyemouth by running into the glass doors and then into the metal shutters of a shop around the corner. Compensation £200, sentence deferred. £200 fine and 6 points to a careless driver on the main road between Grantshouse and Co'path.
In it's own special column a disqualified driver on his 4th similar offence, was sent down for 3 months and banned for 6 years - his latest offence being a mere 11 days since the last appearance before a sheriff. The total number of convictions noted by Sheriff K - 2 drunk driving, 4 driving whilst disqualified now. Some understatement from Sheriff K too "you clearly ignore court orders" - why a 6th offence to take him behind bars ?
The long overdue return of rail to the Borders (the only mainland local authority region with no rail stations) will stop at Tweedbank and will not continue on to Hawick and beyond - to much gnashing of teeth from the SNP MSP.
Eyemouth beach is 100kg lighter of rubbish after a cleanup of the beach by volunteers - 600 bags of rubbish! Scottish Water are also launching a campaign to stop fly tipping - if you see any flytipping call SEPA on 0845 601 8855.
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