Berwickshire News, May 18th
Rumblings of more NHS changes fill the front page of this weeks Berwickshire News. This time it's not the Cottage Hospitals at Jedburgh & Coldstream that are under scrutiny, but the community dental service run via Berwickshire High in Duns and Eyemouth High - which are both due to be replaced under the 3HS programme in summer 2008. The cottage hospitals action groups are reported to have had a postive meeting with the Scottish Health Minister - although the closures are still very much a real threat. Lothian & Borders Police have set out a new set of goals for policing in the Borders - notably focusing on road policing (particularly motorcyclists) and alcohol-related crimes.
Inside there's the mention of a former Coldstream man whose family returned with his ashes to scatter them on the River Tweed (it's not noted what SEPA thought of this, but the Paper Boy is aware that some agencies are concerned at the amount of ashes being scattered in the general countryside upsetting the natural state of the soil). There's also an article outlining a careers service pilot for Borders pupils with a roadshow at the Border Union Showground in Kelso coming up.
Royal Mail are commended for delivering above their target in the TD postcode area where apparently 94.1% of first-class mail is delivered one working day after posting. Also an advertorial feature on "Berwickshire's Leading Fishing Port" - that's Eyemouth to the uninitiated, although the Paper Boy can only think of two other harbours on the Berwickshire coast (Cove & St. Abbs) - so very much a big fish in a small pond.
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Sheriff Kevin's court we have a Duns teenager disqualified for TWOCing his mother's car whilst under the influence of alcohol with no insurance or L-plates. He crashed the car (writing it off) and was relieved of £500 by Sheriff Kevin and banned for a year. Another Duns man convicted of stealing power tools from an unlocked van parked in the town, he claimed it was a drunken prank, but our Kevin was having none of it and fined him £300 for the 'prank' and a further £150 for failing to turn up at court previously. All go in Duns clearly this week because another Duns man failed to report an accident - seems a bit harsh to have got the £100 fine and 5 points for it given the other driver apparently became aggressive and abusive. An Ayton man struck his wife with a chair whilst enjoying a family day out in an Eyemouth pub - it's reported that she became aggressive and he tried to take their daughter away to prevent the child becoming upset. Wife took exception and Hubby threw a chair at her. £100 to Sheriff's tea fund. An Earlston woman appeared in front of Duns Sheriff court charged with stealing goods to the value of a total of £15.50 from two shops in Galashiels. Defendant claimed depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Sheriff K having none of it "I don't know what's going on in the background, but we'll have no more of it". Sentence deferred for 6 months to allow her to demonstrate good behaviour. A Grantshouse youth was charged with wasting police time in absentia after claiming he'd been pushed off his moped and mugged. His parents grassed him up for spending the cash in an amusement arcade, so Sheriff K requested his presence on May 31. A Coldstream man fined £200 for punching his adversary (with whom he has past form) after having a drink tipped over him, he left for another pub, some heated words were exchanged and then punches thrown. A Berwick man was relieved of £300 for being caught by Lothian & Borders Police in possession of heroin & cannabis in a layby on the A1 where he was slumped over the wheel with the engine running.
Sheriff Kevin pops up again on page 15 - this time sitting in Selkirk Sheriff Court, in a case involving a 74-year-old Eyemouth woman who fell asleep behind the wheel on Melrose bypass hit another vehicle and failed to stop after the accident. Sheriff Kevin was suitably unimpressed by her 51-year clean driving record and imposed a £350 fine and 5 penalty points. He also advised that she should consider having her driving assessed by a driving instructor.
Picture of Duns Sheriff Court courtesy of the Scottish Courts website
Inside there's the mention of a former Coldstream man whose family returned with his ashes to scatter them on the River Tweed (it's not noted what SEPA thought of this, but the Paper Boy is aware that some agencies are concerned at the amount of ashes being scattered in the general countryside upsetting the natural state of the soil). There's also an article outlining a careers service pilot for Borders pupils with a roadshow at the Border Union Showground in Kelso coming up.
Royal Mail are commended for delivering above their target in the TD postcode area where apparently 94.1% of first-class mail is delivered one working day after posting. Also an advertorial feature on "Berwickshire's Leading Fishing Port" - that's Eyemouth to the uninitiated, although the Paper Boy can only think of two other harbours on the Berwickshire coast (Cove & St. Abbs) - so very much a big fish in a small pond.
Over at
Sheriff Kevin's court we have a Duns teenager disqualified for TWOCing his mother's car whilst under the influence of alcohol with no insurance or L-plates. He crashed the car (writing it off) and was relieved of £500 by Sheriff Kevin and banned for a year. Another Duns man convicted of stealing power tools from an unlocked van parked in the town, he claimed it was a drunken prank, but our Kevin was having none of it and fined him £300 for the 'prank' and a further £150 for failing to turn up at court previously. All go in Duns clearly this week because another Duns man failed to report an accident - seems a bit harsh to have got the £100 fine and 5 points for it given the other driver apparently became aggressive and abusive. An Ayton man struck his wife with a chair whilst enjoying a family day out in an Eyemouth pub - it's reported that she became aggressive and he tried to take their daughter away to prevent the child becoming upset. Wife took exception and Hubby threw a chair at her. £100 to Sheriff's tea fund. An Earlston woman appeared in front of Duns Sheriff court charged with stealing goods to the value of a total of £15.50 from two shops in Galashiels. Defendant claimed depression and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Sheriff K having none of it "I don't know what's going on in the background, but we'll have no more of it". Sentence deferred for 6 months to allow her to demonstrate good behaviour. A Grantshouse youth was charged with wasting police time in absentia after claiming he'd been pushed off his moped and mugged. His parents grassed him up for spending the cash in an amusement arcade, so Sheriff K requested his presence on May 31. A Coldstream man fined £200 for punching his adversary (with whom he has past form) after having a drink tipped over him, he left for another pub, some heated words were exchanged and then punches thrown. A Berwick man was relieved of £300 for being caught by Lothian & Borders Police in possession of heroin & cannabis in a layby on the A1 where he was slumped over the wheel with the engine running.Sheriff Kevin pops up again on page 15 - this time sitting in Selkirk Sheriff Court, in a case involving a 74-year-old Eyemouth woman who fell asleep behind the wheel on Melrose bypass hit another vehicle and failed to stop after the accident. Sheriff Kevin was suitably unimpressed by her 51-year clean driving record and imposed a £350 fine and 5 penalty points. He also advised that she should consider having her driving assessed by a driving instructor.
Picture of Duns Sheriff Court courtesy of the Scottish Courts website
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1 Comments:
Delighted to see such a full coverage. We get the e-Berwickshire ok in Norn Iron but Sheriff Kevin is not featured. I am borrowing his picture from an earlier blog of yours
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Huttonian, at May 27, 2006 6:37 PM
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