Charles Strang News Today

There was a time when the comforting voice and sympathetic ear of a telephone operator could soothe the public’s fears about a mysterious new technology. The first real telephone arrived in Jackson Co...

CONTROL of Scottish Borders council could hinge on which party independent councillors decide to back as the Tories double up on candidates in key…

Scottish Borders Council (SBC) is running an informal consultation on the proposals until Monday (April 26). But Charles Strang, the co-convenor of the Scottish Green Party’s Borders branch, has expressed disappointment with the council’s approach. In a letter, Mr Strang writes: “On the face of it this is not a genuine consultation, but a hollow exercise seeking to justify an education authority taking the easy option of expanding onto a greenfield site just because they think they ...