Thursday, 23 November 2017

Suddenly Tories are the "borrowing party"

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by EWAN LAMB Conservative-led Scottish Borders Council may have inadvertently set the mood for Philip Hammond's budget by embarking on...
Monday, 30 October 2017

Will Borders waste station find favour this time?

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DOUG COLLIE on a council dilemma Just six months after throwing out proposals for a multi-million pound waste transfer station (WTS) at G...
Thursday, 26 October 2017

Methane from Borders landfill = 7,000 cows!

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Blowing in the wind EXCLUSIVE by EWAN LAMB The 356,000 kilos of methane sent skywards from the Easter Langlee landfill site on the outs...
Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Council "scandal" hits the headlines

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NOT JUST SHEEP & RUGBY reproduces the text of an article which appeared in today's edition of Scotland's  The Nationa l newspap...
Thursday, 19 October 2017

The file ignored by Audit Scotland, parliament and politicians [5]

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2013’s NOTIFICATION OF A TWO-YEAR DELAY The project had been beset by problems and issues from the very outset thanks to a combination ...

The file ignored by Audit Scotland, parliament and politicians [4]

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MONITORING OF PROJECT BY ELECTED MEMBERS   There is virtually no mention of councillor involvement in the Easter Langlee project in any of...

The file ignored by Audit Scotland, parliament and politicians [3]

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REVELATIONS AND ISSUES THROWN UP BY THE INVESTIGATION SBC undoubtedly wished to draw a line in the sand under the New Earth affair as soo...