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    Demise of local paper is sad loss to the town

    Friday, June 21st, 2019
    Hawick News staff circa late 1960s/early 70s, back row from left: Billy Lunn, Jake Coltman, Barbara Catlow, Ian Ross, Easton Brown, Christine Newington and Stuart Hall. Front: Jimmy Robson, George McGowan, Jock Renwick, Douglas Archibald and Alan Hill

    The ceasing publication from today of the Hawick News is a sad day for local newspapers in the Borders.

    Yet another title has gone due to a changing world in which large newspaper groups move towards centralisation of resources, with very few, if any, reporters based on their local patch.

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