Headlines for January 2009

• Composite Class Policy Approved - Thursday, Jan 29 2009
  Scottish Borders Council’s Education Executive this week approved its first policy on how its primary schools will establish their composite classes.
• Swim Team Borders celebrates victory in national competition - Friday, Jan 23 2009
  Eight members of the Swim Team Borders programme competed at the 2009 Scottish National Short Course Open Swimming Championships in Glasgow last weekend.
• New lunch-time football league at Queens Centre - Friday, Jan 23 2009
  The Queens Leisure Centre in Galashiels is encouraging people of any age or ability to enter teams into a brand new five-a-side lunchtime football league which kicks off from Tuesday 10 February.
• Going Green – Council staff encouraged to lead by example - Thursday, Jan 22 2009
  Scottish Borders Council (SBC) is constantly working to encourage local residents to be environmentally friendly by ‘reducing, reusing and recycling’ where possible to reduce waste going to landfill. Recently, the focus was turned inwards, to ensure that Council staff were leading by example.
• Selkirk Contact Centre on the move - Wednesday, Jan 21 2009
  The facilities at the Customer Contact Centre in Selkirk are about to be upgraded as part of the ongoing Customer Service Project, which aims to transform the way the Council provides its direct customer services.
• HMIE Inspection: Cockburnspath School - Tuesday, Jan 20 2009
  An inspection of Cockburnspath School took place in November 2008. The inspection covered key aspects of the quality of education at the school and how young people benefit from learning there.
• Scottish Borders football development programme out now - Tuesday, Jan 20 2009
  Scottish Borders Council (SBC), in partnership with the Scottish Football Association (SFA), has launched a jam-packed football development programme for 2009.
• Borders Burns fans invited to join ‘The World Famous Burns Supper’ - Friday, Jan 16 2009
  Borderers taking part in Burns Night celebrations across the region have been invited to join The World Famous Burns Supper Celebration as part of the Homecoming Scotland 2009 programme that will mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland’s national poet.
• Peebles licensees launch Pubwatch - Tuesday, Jan 13 2009
  Peebles licensees have joined together to combat crime in their area by setting up a Pubwatch scheme in the town.
• New arrangements for licensing of registered clubs - Thursday, Jan 8 2009
  The Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005 will soon apply to all registered clubs in Scotland. This means all registered clubs need to check how this applies to their premises and make the necessary arrangements.
• Early start on Borders Railway welcomed - Wednesday, Jan 7 2009
  Scottish Borders Council Leader David Parker has welcomed the announcement by Transport Minister Stewart Stevenson that work is to begin early on the Borders Railway.
• Council offers synthetic sandbags for sale from their contact centres - Tuesday, Jan 6 2009
  In line with Scottish Borders Council’s policy to support individuals to protect themselves from flooding, a new synthetic sandbag is now being offered for sale at cost price to the public via Council contact centres.
• Christmas tree disposal / recycling - Monday, Jan 5 2009
  Scottish Borders Council’s (SBC) Christmas tree collection programme is about to start again.