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By The Jouker A reporter for a right-wing news website is outraged after being blocked by Nicola Sturgeons Twitter account MUCH on social media remains a mystery. How exactly is it changing the way we think? Is it reflecting or determining the way we vote? Why has no-one told Alan Sugar to stop tweeting? Not everything, however, is unclear. Take the example of the journalist that works for Guido Fawkes – a right-wing news site �...

James Fairbairn is tissue testing all his arable crops to supplement minor nutrients when they are needed and so he harvests more consistent yields on his

Burns night has been and gone, but poetry is for every night, and day. It’s a source of solace, comfort and cheer in difficult times like this current pandemic and lockdown So here, to help you through, are twenty of Scotland’s greatest poets, who aren’t Robert Burns. William Dunbar (circa 1459-1530) “Back to Dunbar!” was a favourite phrase of Hugh MacDiarmid, and the man he was talking about was a Middle Scots poet attached to the court of James IV, who wrote works that were rhet...

Burns night has been and gone, but poetry is for every night, and day. It’s a source of solace, comfort and cheer in difficult times like this current pandemic and lockdown So here, to help you through, are twenty of Scotland’s greatest poets, who aren’t Robert Burns. William Dunbar (circa 1459-1530) “Back to Dunbar!” was a favourite phrase of Hugh MacDiarmid, and the man he was talking about was a Middle Scots poet attached to the court of James IV, who wrote works that were rhet...

A BORDERS woman is using her experiences of endometriosis to help others in the region. The menstrual condition causes endometrium – tissue similar to that lining the womb – to grow away from the uterus. Tao McCready, of Selkirk, was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2017 and created the Borders Endometriosis Support Group in 2019. “I very quickly realised there was nothing in the Borders to support people,” she said. Endometriosis affects one in 10 people, but the condition is ...

Thomas Armstrong, Director of H&H Land & Estates, shares his overview of the farm and land market through a turbulent 2020. FOR H&H Land & Estates, 2020 it has been a big year, with a number of firsts, including the first ever “socially distanced” on-farm public auction in July of Dove House Farm. This was a resounding success and still proves to be the best and most efficient approach for selling the right type of agricultural assets. At the turn of the year, the market was strong an...

Thomas Armstrong, Director of H&H Land & Estates, shares his overview of the farm and land market through a turbulent 2020. FOR H&H Land & Estates, 2020 it has been a big year, with a number of firsts, including the first ever “socially distanced” on-farm public auction in July of Dove House Farm. This was a resounding success and still proves to be the best and most efficient approach for selling the right type of agricultural assets. At the turn of the year, the market was strong an...

Queen elizabeth is going to make history today because by the end of the day, she is the longest reigning monarch in b britain and i cant think of a better time the to show pictures of prince george. i know. but as you know kate is my favorite royal, and george is the bomb. look at a him. now that i have my daily dose of adorable, back to the queen. she rang in the occasion with business as usual, and opening a railway station in the scottish border and look at the achievement and more and im jo...