Headlines for February 2009

• New Sports Hall for Peebles High School - Friday, Feb 27 2009
  Scottish Borders Council (SBC) has committed to spend £4.8m to build new sports facilities at Peebles High School. Peebles is the only high school in the Borders that does not have its own dedicated sports facilities.
• £2.4million investment to stimulate local economy - Friday, Feb 27 2009
  Scottish Borders Council is working to stimulate the local economy and build a ‘Bright Future for the Borders’.
• Priorsford - a much improved school - Tuesday, Feb 24 2009
  Following the publication of an HMIe report on Priorsford Primary School in December 2006, inspectors have now returned to the school to report on progress.
• Preparing for spring in Newtown - Tuesday, Feb 24 2009
  Newtown St Boswells is in the process of getting a spring-clean thanks to some team working between the Community Council, Scottish Borders Council (SBC) and Borders College.
• Berwickshire High School opens for students today - Tuesday, Feb 24 2009
  Berwickshire High School in Duns, the first of Scottish Borders Council’s three new high schools opened today (24 February 2009), two years and 24 days after the PPP contracts were finalised with the Scottish Borders Education Partnership (SBEP).
• Positive inspection report for social work at Scottish Borders Council - Friday, Feb 20 2009
  Scottish Borders Council’s social work service has received a positive report following one of the most in-depth independent inspections ever undertaken of the department. The report is published today (Friday).
• Borders budget approved by Council - Thursday, Feb 12 2009
  The political Administration of Scottish Borders Council has welcomed its budget being approved at a meeting of full Council today (Thursday 12 February).
• Scam Awareness Month - Monday, Feb 9 2009
  One in 15 people fall victim to a scam every year. And February has been designated Scam Awareness Month, to increase awareness of scams and reduce the number of people being duped.
• Rural Funding Roadshows roll into town - Monday, Feb 9 2009
  Rural Funding Roadshows are coming to the Scottish Borders to help local organisations and communities to access essential funding.
• Social Work Awards Ceremony - Monday, Feb 9 2009
  “Blazing the trail” is how Mo McPhail, Assistant Director for Social Work for the Open University in Scotland, described the partnership with Scottish Borders Council at an awards ceremony for local Social Work staff last week.
• Council team recognised for customer satisfaction - Thursday, Feb 5 2009
  Scottish Borders Council’s trading standards has been named the second highest performing team in Scotland for customer satisfaction.
• A Borders budget to meet global challenges - Monday, Feb 2 2009
  A second consecutive freeze on council tax and significant investment in supporting the Borders economy are among the 2009-2010 budget proposals outlined by Scottish Borders Council’s political Administration today (Monday 2 February).
• Bad weather – school closures - Monday, Feb 2 2009
  Due to the bad weather today and the severe weather warning for overnight and tomorrow a decision has been taken to close all Borders schools tomorrow (Tuesday). Parents are currently being informed in order for them to organise childcare.