Headlines for August 2006

• Suicide – let’s talk about it - Tuesday, Aug 29 2006
  This year's Suicide Prevention Awareness Week starts on 4 September, and Choose Life, the organisation charged with reducing Scotland’s suicide rate, is urging the public to ignore taboos and 'talk about it'.
• Calling all young footballers! - Tuesday, Aug 29 2006
  SFA seeks Borders talent for youth development squad 
• Council welcomes telecare boost for elderly - Thursday, Aug 24 2006
  Scottish Borders Council has welcomed the Scottish Executive’s recent decision to invest £8 million over the next two years in ‘telecare’ devices to help older and vulnerable people retain their independence at home.
• Langlee Woodland improvements - Tuesday, Aug 22 2006
  PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
• New discos given the blue light in the Borders - Monday, Aug 21 2006
  A new kind of disco will be launched in the Borders this Autumn with the aim of offering youngsters an event that is sociable, but safe.
• Floral Gateway competition gets ready for the winning results - Monday, Aug 14 2006
  A panel of judges have just completed a tour of towns and villages in the Scottish Borders to select the winners of Scottish Borders Council’s annual Floral Gateway Competition. 
• Food Fair visitors pick hot favourites for Best Tastes in the Borders - Thursday, Aug 3 2006
  Visitors to this year's popular Food Fair at the Border Union Agricultural Show in Kelso took the opportunity to nominate their favourite local restaurants, cafes and tea rooms for the Best Tastes in the Borders awards.
• Borders’ recycling rates up threefold - Wednesday, Aug 2 2006
  Recycling rates in the Borders have almost trebled since Scottish Borders Council introduced weekly kerbside recycling collections in May 2005.
• Improvements to start on Eshiels waste facility - Wednesday, Aug 2 2006
  Work to improve Scottish Borders Council’s Waste Transfer Station site at Eshiels is due to start on 14 August, and it may mean traffic delays in the area east of Peebles.