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BBC News
an hour ago
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- BBC News
Scottish Borders Council warns of more bin collection disruption
Residents in the Scottish Borders face a second week of disruption to their waste and recycling collection following an incident which resulted in the injury of a refuse worker. The man was treated in hospital after becoming tangled in a bungee cord attached to a household wheelie bin on a rural route last month. Since then the automatic lifting mechanisms on all bin lorries have been suspended and are being operated manually, in the interests of staff safety. Scottish Borders Council has said it will make no household food waste collections this week and asked residents to put food waste in their general bin. The move to suspend the use of the automated lifting mechanisms is slowing the speed at which all types of domestic waste can be collected. It is causing disruption to operations and resulting in missed collections. No new bulky uplift bookings are being taken before July. A council spokesperson confirmed domestic food waste collections were suspended between 9 June and 13 June. "This is due to the knock-on effects of the service-wide disruption and the prioritisation of general waste and recycling collections," they said."As we are not sure how long this disruption will continue, if you do not have enough space in your food waste bin, we ask that you place any food waste into your general waste bin until further notice."We are very sorry for this inconvenience. If your general waste or recycling bin is not collected as scheduled, please leave it presented as we will make every effort to return for it."If we have not returned by the Sunday, please take your bin back in and present it again on your next scheduled collection day."They also asked residents to remove bungee cords, ropes, chains and any other type of restraint from their wheelie bins on collection days."Remaining restraints will be removed by our staff if possible, but if they cannot be removed we will not be able to collect the bin," they added. "Please note that we may not be able to guarantee the return of any restraints removed by our staff."The council spokesperson added: "We ask for your continued patience and cooperation while we work hard to resolve this matter." Story supplied by Local Democracy Reporting Service reporter Paul Kelly
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Auburn Sends Message to Bruce Pearl Assistant After Big Career Announcement
Auburn Sends Message to Bruce Pearl Assistant After Big Career Announcement originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Under Bruce Pearl's guidance, the Auburn Tigers finished with a 32-6 overall record and a 15-3 mark in Southeastern Conference play last season, earning the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament and reaching the Final Four for the second time in program history. Advertisement Along the way, Auburn captured the Maui Invitational title, secured its sixth SEC regular-season crown and was ranked No. 4 in the AP poll by season's end. As the team prepares for another deep run in 2025-26, Pearl announced on Friday that Ian Borders, a key member of his staff since 2018, would be elevated to assistant coach for the men's program. Shortly after, Auburn took to X to celebrate the milestone, posting simply, "Much deserved 👏" in recognition of Borders's steadily expanding role. Borders arrives at his new role with a well-rounded resume. A 2007 graduate of the University of Louisville, Borders added two more degrees from Western Kentucky (2010, 2015) and completed a master's in sport management at Florida State in 2017. Advertisement He started in coaching as an assistant at South Oldham High School (2010-15), then moved up to the Division I ranks as a graduate assistant under Leonard Hamilton at Florida State (2015-17) before taking on video coordination duties at Little Rock (2016-18) and Auburn (2018-23). In his first season on The Plains, Borders oversaw video operations during Auburn's magical run to the 2019 Final Four, where the Tigers became the only school to knock off Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina in consecutive NCAA Tournament games. Auburn Tigers head coach Bruce Donnan-Imagn Images He then transitioned to Director of Scouting and Recruiting, where he helped Auburn compile three straight 25-win seasons (2018-2021). Advertisement In his new capacity as assistant coach, Borders will add player development, scouting and recruiting duties to his portfolio. By rewarding a coach who has labored behind the scenes for seven seasons, Pearl reinforces a culture of loyalty and earned opportunity. Related: UConn Makes Announcement About Dan Hurley's Wife on Thursday Related: Duke Announces Exciting News on Cameron Boozer's Dad This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 6, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Crow Wing County woman found guilty of child torture, Medicaid fraud
Crow Wing County woman found guilty of child torture, Medicaid fraud originally appeared on Bring Me The News. A Crow Wing County woman accused of abusing her three children and then falsely claiming they suffered from various medical conditions has been found guilty. On Wednesday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that Jorden Marie Borders, 34, of Crosslake, had been found guilty of 11 charges in Crow Wing County Court. The charges include one count of attempted murder, three counts of child torture, three counts of stalking, and four counts of theft by false representation. According to the AG's office, Borders physically, verbally and emotionally abused her three children for more than five years. In multiple instances, Border's abuse led to them presenting false medical conditions to providers. Borders would forcibly withdraw blood from her then nine-year old child before his doctor's visits. This led to him having dangerously low hemoglobin levels. One of her children was also told to vomit and cough at the doctor's office so asthma medication would be prescribed. Borders would also self-diagnose her child with diseases including osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease) and force them to wear boots, casts, and neck braces. She'd then take false information about the child's medical conditions to Crow Wing County Community Services in order to receive personal care assistant (PCA) services. In total, Borders received around $18,000 in PCA funding. Border's abuse also included hitting the children with charging cords, belts and spoons as well as forcing them to stand outside in the cold, withholding food and regularly threatened to kill them, according to the children's testimonies. 'The facts we proved in court are nothing short of horrifying. It strains the imagination and breaks my heart into pieces to think about the torture and anguish — physical, mental, and emotional — that Borders that inflicted on her own children. I ask every Minnesotan to join me in praying for these children's healing," Ellison said in a statement. 'I am glad we have the tools under the law to hold Borders fully accountable, and I am exceedingly proud of the talented team from our Medicaid Fraud and Criminal Divisions that did so. I am also very grateful for the partnership of the Crow Wing County and Stearns County Attorneys' Offices and for the hard work of all the agencies that investigated these horrific crimes.' This story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on Jun 6, 2025, where it first appeared.
BBC News
5 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Tweed Valley osprey love triangle chicks fail to survive
The four chicks which hatched as part of a rare osprey love triangle in the Borders have and Land Scotland (FLS) had captured the unusual arrangement on cameras set up as part of the Tweed Valley Osprey Project (TVOP) at Glentress near female birds and one male had been breeding in what initially appeared to be a "tolerant" after the male bird left the nest, the two females struggled to provide enough food for the chicks which ultimately failed to survive. The unusual breeding situation was revealed last month when the relationship between the birds was "looking good".They worked together to incubate the four eggs in the nest and the chicks began to hatch on 28 by that stage the male bird - named Newboy - had abandoned the nest, leaving the two females - F2 and Mrs O - to provide for the co-ordinator Diane Bennett said that process had started out quite well. "It was with huge relief to everyone on the project when F2 brought a half-eaten fish back to the nest and both females began to feed the tiny chicks together," she said."It was a unique moment to witness and it was looking hopeful that they would figure out a feeding strategy to look after their young between them."However, no further fish were brought to the nest over Friday and Saturday."The chicks were begging for food, Mrs O went into her instinctive role to nurture her young, protect them and to stay with them," Diane Bennett said."This left F2 to go against her natural instinct to do the same as Mrs O and to become the hunter and provider instead, which ordinarily is the role of the male bird in the osprey breeding cycle."F2 was struggling to fulfil this role, Newboy never returned and Mrs O was locked into her motherhood mode." She said that F2 did eventually return on Monday with a "small portion of half-eaten fish" but Mrs O was "so ravenous" that she had eaten it, leaving none for the Tuesday, when Mrs O stood away from the brood, it was clear that three of the young had died and one was still "begging to be fed".F2 did eventually bring some fish to the nest but by that time the remaining chick had also "succumbed to starvation and passed away"."Everyone is so heartbroken that the female ospreys have not managed to make this situation work," said Diane Bennett."This has been very upsetting and sad to watch this family drama turn to tragedy and brings home just how vulnerable and fragile the whole breeding cycle can be for ospreys."For their very brief lives they touched many hearts of people who dearly wanted them to survive."However, she said it was "not all doom and gloom" in the Tweed Valley as other birds that had fledged from the area had been spotted far have been reported on the Isle of Anglesey, in North Yorkshire and the Usk Valley in Wales.
Scotsman
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
A day at the Melrose Sevens: Spanish armada, pain for hosts and jewel in crown
Greenyards event continues to showcase some of game's best talents Sign up to our Rugby Union newsletter – Regular news stories and round-ups from around Scotland direct to your inbox Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... In a week where the very future of the international sevens game has been called into question, it was heartening to return to Melrose and the place where it all began. Shogun celebrate winning the Melrose Sevens. | Lisa Ferguson The Greenyards is the most bucolic of settings and its original 'sports day' continues to entertain and showcase some of the game's great talents. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad This latest renewal of the world's oldest sevens tournament almost turned out to be the ultimate crowd pleaser as the hosts reached the men's final for the first time in seven years. Unfortunately for the vocal home support, it was a round too far and Melrose were edged out by Shogun Rugby. The guest side won 12-5, retaining the Centenary Cup they lifted last year. Shogun celebrate winning the Melrose Sevens. | Lisa Ferguson The draw for the men's tournament was revamped this year in a bid to help the local teams following a period of dominance by guest sides. All the Borders clubs - and Watsonians - were given byes into the second round, but only Melrose made it beyond that stage. Ultimately, however, they were sunk by a Spanish armada. Shogun were led by Ross McKnight, the Stirling County winger, but the rest of the squad was stuffed full of international players from Spain and they proved too strong for the hosts. Melrose got off to a flying start in the final. Will Hendy, Shogun's GB Sevens international, was yellow-carded for slapping the ball away and Roly Brett grabbed the opening try almost immediately. Melrose's lead didn't last. Gabriel Rocaries scored a converted try to edge Shogun 7-5 ahead at the break and Hendy sealed the victory with a second-half score. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Melrose remain proud 'I'm immensely proud of all of our efforts today,' said Callum Anderson, the Melrose coach. 'I'm just really, really gutted because there was so much effort there. We were just so close. 'I just thought we could have had a moment that could have turned the game for us. Unfortunately, it fell to them but I couldn't be more proud of my boys. They came out with confidence to show what we've done over the season and I think we showed up really well. We controlled the ball so brilliantly.' The compensation for Melrose is that they were crowned Kings of the Sevens, having already won four of the previous nine tournaments on the Borders circuit. They lifted the trophy to great acclaim as dusk crept up on the Greenyards. The Melrose Sevens may be 142 years old but it retains its place in the Scottish sporting calendar, even if it has been shunted back a few weeks. But sevens rugby is an endangered species at the moment. The Ireland men's team will be cut at the end of this season and it was revealed on Friday that the Great Britain men and women's full-time sevens programme will be scrapped at the end of July. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Shogun players embrace after beating Melrose. Pic: Lisa Ferguson | Lisa Ferguson Scotland's sevens team was disbanded long ago but down in the Borders there remains a thriving circuit of which Melrose is the jewel in the crown. They turned out in big numbers on Saturday and they saw some familiar faces. Niko Matawalu, the former Glasgow Warriors favourite, graced the Greenyards with his presence, turning out for guest side Breadalbane Storm. The Fijian international enjoyed himself in a leisurely second-round romp over Hawick. Storm led 31-0 at half-time but the young Hawick side rallied in the second half, scoring tries through Filip Kubicki and Liam Bouglas before eventually going down 45-10. Breadalbane were turfed out in the quarter-finals, losing to Edinburgh Rugby. The young pro-academy team had too much energy for the star-studded guests, who also included Boks sevens international Nabo Sokoyi. Jerry Blyth-Lafferty (two) and Rory Brogan scored first-half tries for the capital pro side and a further score after the break from Hamish Macarthur was enough to give Edinburgh 26-21 win and put them into the last four where they met the hosts. Pain for the Exiles Melrose's run to the semis hadn't been straightforward. Having been waved into the second round, they led London Scottish 5-0 through a try from Douglas Crawford but were almost undone in the closing stages. David Heavey of Scottish broke from his own half and looked certain to score close to the posts only to drop the ball over the line. Agony for the Exiles but a touch of fortune for Melrose who then defeated Currie 22-19 in the quarter-finals. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The crowd swelled noticeably for the semi-final with Edinburgh as the beer tents emptied and the home fans sensed an upset over the city side. And they were right. The hosts fell behind to an early Jerry Blyth-Lafferty try but tied things up through Connor Spence. A second-half try double from the impressive Keiran Clark put them in the driving seat and although Ross Wolfenden pulled one back for Edinburgh, Melrose had enough to power through into the final, winning 19-14. Shogun, meanwhile, were tearing it up in the other half of the draw. Having taken care of Heriot's and Selkirk, they then proved far too strong for the Monaco Impi's in the third quarter-finals, winning 29-5 with tries from player of the tournament Francisco Cosculluela, Jeremy Trevithick, Jamie Matta, Gabriel Rocaries and Noah Canepa. Melrose were crowned Kings Of The Sevens. | Lisa Ferguson Ayr blocked their path to the final. The Scottish champions had been one of the day's standouts and they had done it the hard way: no bye into the second round for them. They beat Glasgow Accies and Jed in the early rounds before overcoming New Zealanders Te Awamutu in the quarters. But Shogun reached their fourth Melrose final in a row with a 33-26 win over a valiant Ayr. Cosculluela was excellent, scoring a hat-trick to dash hopes of a first all-Scottish final since 2018. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad
