Volunteers from GirlGuiding Berwickshire recently attended The Volunteer Centre Borders Award Ceremony which this year was held in the Volunteer Hall, Galashiels.
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AN Eyemouth soldier has been presented with a campaign medal by His Royal Highness Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh following his return from a demanding six month tour in Afghanistan.
http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/james-receives-afghan-medal-from-prince-philip-1-2297922
BORDERS MP Michael Moore brought two of Britain’s most senior tourism officials to Abbotsford to show them the transformation of one of Scotland’s most important visitor attractions.
http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/goingout/articles/2012/05/18/429155-here-in-the-borders-we-have-so-much-to-offer-tourists-visiting-the-area/
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SNP, Liberal Democrat and independent councillors are to fill the key posts on the new Scottish Borders Council.
http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/sbc-key-posts-are-agreed-1-2303066
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AN agent who has submitted an application to site a 45.2 metre wind turbine at Fellowhills Farm, Swinton, has claimed that visitors to the Borders are more likely to be put off the area by “a massive litter problem”, rather than wind turbines.
http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/agent-claims-litter-turns-off-tourists-not-turbines-1-2297860
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MUMS-TO-BE all around the world are being offered tours of the region’s biggest hospital to encourage them to have their baby in the Borders.
http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2012/05/15/428910-bgh-welcomes-a-baby-boom-in-the-borders/
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The recently completed Berwickshire Coastal Path, which works its way from Cockburnspath to Berwick, has been added to the national network of long distance routes known as Scotland’s Great Trails.
http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/berwickshire-coastal-path-is-one-of-scotland-s-best-1-2283747
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A Borders Gliding Club pilot had to make an emergency landing in a in a newly sprouted wheat field near Kelso.
http://www.berwickshirenews.co.uk/glider-pilot-makes-emergency-landing-1-2294783
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A SWAN found in the Borders with hooks attached to its foot and leg is believed to have been left in agony for a number of days.
http://www.bordertelegraph.com/news/roundup/articles/2012/05/15/428920-animal-welfare-charity-issues-warning-following-swan-rescue-at-cauldshiels-loch/
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An new coalition involving independents, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party will form the new Scottish Borders Council administration after negotiators from both parties reached a deal following the election. David Parker will remain as council leader, and the Conservatives have been ousted from power after two Borders Party members opted to join [...]
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