Plans are being drawn up to address “an accident waiting to happen” at Sleepy Valley play park in Burnfoot....
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Retired primary school teacher Kath Reid has raised £1,800 for a cancer charity close to her heart after shaving her head. Kath, who celebrated her 60th birthday this summer, took the bold move for Brave the Shave – a campaign run by Macmillan Cancer Support....
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Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the floods which devastated Hawick. The one- in-50-year flooding event impacted homes and businesses across the town, and prompted the formation of the town’s volunteer flood group, as well as public meetings....
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ISSUE No.479
William Brodie says he “couldn’t have asked for more” after being crowned Scottish enduro champion. The first officially sanctioned Scottish MTB Enduro Championships were held in the Sidlaw Hills on September 27 and 28 and the 21-year-old Teri, who suffered a broken wrist earlier in the year, was in fine form to get to the...
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Bonchester Bridge’s Yvonne Ridley has this week told of her “kidnap and capture” by Israel, after trying to breach its naval blockade of Gaza to deliver aid. The journalist and activist, who has lived at Wolfelee Cottage since 2011, was previously detained for 11 days by the Taliban in Afghanistan in the wake of the...
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“Progress” is being made at Burnfoot Community School just two weeks after it was the subject of a damning inspection report by Education Scotland. That’s according to joint head teacher Jenny Curson who also told Monday night’s meeting of the estate’s community council that “advances” were being made in teacher training, curriculum development, and safe...
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A local charity is set to receive a £140,000 grant for a major new film preservation and screen heritage project. Yesterday(Thursday), Alchemy Film & Arts announced the launch of Oor Ain Film Archive, which it says aims to explore the social histories and industrial legacies of Hawick and the Scottish Borders. ...
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ISSUE No.478
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Stirches residents have recently been targeted by a group of youths and subjected to a barrage of antisocial behaviour – an issue local ward councillor, Stuart Marshall, has vowed to help stamp out....
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Former Hawick and Linden rugby player Gary Cairns has recently taken to running, culminating in a win at Kelso at the weekend. The 55-year-old finished first in the veterans’ 10k trail race at Floors Castle on Sunday....
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Ross Macleod finished off his outdoor archery season with a good win in Falkirk followed up by representing the East of Scotland down south. The summer campaign had started way back in April with a St George event (three dozen shots at 100, 80 and 60 yards) when Ross scored 796 points to finish third...
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Demolition of the high school is continuing “at pace” to make way for its £56million replacement. Phase one of the demolition programme, costing £1.2million, got under way at the beginning of last month, and has seen the music department razed to the ground....
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Following last week’s news that Hawick is to lose its last remaining bank, a potential site is now being sought for a new banking hub. The Bank of Scotland’s High Street branch is set to close its doors next October, with Cash Access UK in the throes of seeking a suitable property to open a...
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