Berwickshire News, April 13th
It's a bumper week for the Berwickshire this week, not only the 32-page wonder that is the "Quality weekly Newspaper of the Eastern Borders" but a 12-page monster pull-out "The Farming Scene" too.
Front page news this week is the Lottery funding boost for the restoration of Gunsgreen House in Eyemouth - the team behind the restoration project are now confident of raising the £2.2 million required to complete the project. (More info on Gunsgreen House here courtesy of the BBC - picture courtesy of the BBC Website).
The bird flu that reached Fife late last week has made itself felt in Berwickshire as the 20000 hens at Oxenrigg (ed:they mean Oxenrig if the eggboxes are to be believed) Farm have had to be moved indoors while investigations into the source of the disease in Fife continue. The Berwick Swan & Wildlife Trust are naturally cautious about the swans in their care, but remain philosophical - unless there's a pattern to the outbreak they're not certain what to do and "One dead swan is not the end of the world, it [bird flu] will maybe just peter out although we have to prepare for the worst".
Latest figures reveal that more people died on Borders roads last year than ever before - a total of 15 - SBC & Amey highways are looking to see if there are road engineering solutions to the problem, they're considering lowering speed limits at blackspots and the police are considering stepping up their speed camera presence. The key causes cited for the accidents are speed/speeding, drink, drugs, driver fatigue and driver distraction.
The fight to save (or reprieve) Coldstream Cottage Hospital is refusing to turn over and die - A date is being set for a delegation from the town to meet with the health minister to put forward their views before he makes the final decision on the closure proposal by NHS Borders. A petition is circulating in Coldstream and on page 6 of this week's Berwickshire.
Five TA soldiers from Berrwickshire were recently on a battlefield tour of Arnhem in the Netherlands, site of the famous battle for the bridge in 1944, made even more famous in the film "A Bridge too far". (Much more information is available at www.marketgarden.com - a digital monument to the battle for Arnhem).
(More to come as I get the chance)
Front page news this week is the Lottery funding boost for the restoration of Gunsgreen House in Eyemouth - the team behind the restoration project are now confident of raising the £2.2 million required to complete the project. (More info on Gunsgreen House here courtesy of the BBC - picture courtesy of the BBC Website).The bird flu that reached Fife late last week has made itself felt in Berwickshire as the 20000 hens at Oxenrigg (ed:they mean Oxenrig if the eggboxes are to be believed) Farm have had to be moved indoors while investigations into the source of the disease in Fife continue. The Berwick Swan & Wildlife Trust are naturally cautious about the swans in their care, but remain philosophical - unless there's a pattern to the outbreak they're not certain what to do and "One dead swan is not the end of the world, it [bird flu] will maybe just peter out although we have to prepare for the worst".Latest figures reveal that more people died on Borders roads last year than ever before - a total of 15 - SBC & Amey highways are looking to see if there are road engineering solutions to the problem, they're considering lowering speed limits at blackspots and the police are considering stepping up their speed camera presence. The key causes cited for the accidents are speed/speeding, drink, drugs, driver fatigue and driver distraction.
The fight to save (or reprieve) Coldstream Cottage Hospital is refusing to turn over and die - A date is being set for a delegation from the town to meet with the health minister to put forward their views before he makes the final decision on the closure proposal by NHS Borders. A petition is circulating in Coldstream and on page 6 of this week's Berwickshire.
Five TA soldiers from Berrwickshire were recently on a battlefield tour of Arnhem in the Netherlands, site of the famous battle for the bridge in 1944, made even more famous in the film "A Bridge too far". (Much more information is available at www.marketgarden.com - a digital monument to the battle for Arnhem).
(More to come as I get the chance)
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