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    Inspectors call in housing probe

    Friday, November 6th, 2026
    The Hawick Paper

    A leading Hawick councillor is calling for the return of housing inspectors in a bid to repel a spreading infestation of rats and an increase in properties impacted by damp and mould in Burnfoot.

    Speaking at this week’s community council meeting, Hawick and Denholm ward member Stuart Marshall advised that he had now seen instances of vermin which had spread from The Meadows area of Burnfoot, which *The Hawick Paper* reported last month, to Fraser Avenue and Galalaw Road.

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