A beneficiary of a defibrillator has been thanked for helping ensure the upkeep of another life-saving machine in the town. Prompt action helped save Guy Storey’s life last January when he suffered a heart attack while performing with his band, No Class, at a gig in Stampers Bar....
The Common-Riding made a small profit of £1,467 from this year’s events. Speaking at the annual general meeting last night (Thursday), chairman Frank Scott said expenditure came in at £125,303 which included “significant investment in three major projects”....
Stuart Inglis was installed as the 1514 Club’s new president at Wednesday night’s annual general meeting in the Angling Club....
Friends of Hawick Mair (FOHM) are holding a public consultation on Wednesday on plans for a new building at the Moor. The public are encouraged to attend the event, which will take the form of a drop-in....
ISSUE No.482
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Craig Nichol rode Duke of Deception to a 7-1 win in the valuable £50,000 feature chase at Kelso races on Saturday. The eight-year-old made all and battled on gamely to score by half-a-length. “I got him into a nice rhythm,” said Nichol. “He’s in the form of his life and it was a career-best performance.”...
Councillor Stuart Marshall told council bosses this week that he wants to see “the detail” in any plans which could lead to the closure of facilities in Hawick....
Nathan Bird of Hawick Boxing Club can be “proud” of the progress he is making after he won a silver medal in the Boxing Scotland Development Championships at the weekend....
A 32-year-old Hawick man has been jailed following a fatal crash on the A7 near the Ashkirk junction in 2023. Christopher Lynn pled guilty at the High Court in Glasgow earlier this month to causing death by dangerous driving and seriously injuring two others....
The new president of the Ancient Order of Mosstroopers is aiming to continue the club’s “recent great work”, he told the paper this week....
Hawick Boxing Club has been handed a late reprieve as they continue their search for new premises....
Concerns are growing that the feasibility study into extending the Borders Railway to Hawick could now take five years to complete, instead of the originally envisaged 24 months....
ISSUE No.481
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Attempts are to be made to revive a shoplifter alert scheme in Hawick, amid a claim that retail theft is at an “industrial level”. Making that assertion at Monday night’s community council meeting was Scottish Borders Council councillor, Watson McAteer, following the monthly police report which contained a string of shoplifting incidents in September....