Thursday is of course the day that the
Berwickshire News comes out. Together with its urban sister The
Berwickshire Advertiser. The latter concentrates on the metropolis of Berwick upon Tweed and its twin across the Tweed: Tweedmouth. They carry stories in common but the purely rural items like the Community Council minutes of the various village communities are confined to the
News . It is possible that Hutton and Paxton will feature today but there is no guarentee as there are so many councils jostling for paper space and H and P may be carried over until next week or even longer. It is also interesting to see how the minutes are edited-sometimes printed more or less in full down to the latest dog poo appeal (usually for less-its not like blood donors) and sometimes blue pencilled to make the whole report almost meaningless.
Also there is on occasion a hint of censorship. Local papers tend to be careful about not giving too much offence to people who matter (or who might be amongst the shareholders?) As bloggees will know, recently an editor of another Borders organ got the push for mocking local traditions.
So when Community Councils cross swords with the local establishment the details are not always mentioned in the paper's report.
I'll report further when the wife, on today's paper run, has returned with her booty.
