A crowd of around 300 attended Wednesday night’s public meeting to discuss controversial proposals to cut cover at the fire station. Called by Hawick Community Council, it saw fire brigade union representatives from across the country in attendance to support their Hawick colleagues....
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Denholm’s Hector Patterson is with the Scotland squad in Italy preparing for the World Rugby Under-20 Championship. The scrum-half cannot wait to test himself against the best age-grade sides around in the coming weeks starting on Sunday against England....
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Fifty-six youngsters from Drumlanrig school’s early years centre enjoyed an extra-special end-of-term treat on Tuesday. For the third year running children from the nursery were invited to Kat’s Corner Shop, where they made and decorated their own ice cream....
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George Stanger is now a top-flight Scottish footballer – crossing the Ayrshire divide to sign for Premiership club Kilmarnock. The defender – son of Hawick rugby legend Tony – spent the last two seasons at Ayr United and has jumped ship to their fiercest rivals at Rugby Park....
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Two leading local community councillors provided personal impassioned pleas for the retention of a full-time local fire service at the public meeting on Wednesday night....
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ISSUE No.462
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A recently-reported “increase in capital costs” on the town’s flood protection scheme could amount to around £8million, The Hawick Paper understands....
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Townsfolk are being urged to “pack the town hall to the rafters” at a meeting aimed at further highlighting a controversial proposal to cut cover at Hawick’s fire station....
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ISSUE No.461
Reflecting on the 2025 Common-Riding, Cornet Jack Scott candidly conceded he would happily “wind back the clock and do it all again in a heartbeat”....
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Community councillors are to schedule a public meeting to ensure townsfolk and people from surrounding areas have a chance to make their voices heard over the proposed reduction to Hawick’s fire service....
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In an effort to help reduce a projected deficit of £85,000 next year, Hawick Common Good Fund has agreed to cap its grant allocation at £3,000 per application....
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A local woman who suffers from cerebral palsy and visual impairment has lambasted Scottish Borders Council for slashing her care hours. Cheryl Marchbank has had her support cut by more than 17 hours....
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The Drums and Fifes this year featured a number of new Fifers, including the sons of three stalwarts. Band leader Ian Anderson has been joined by his son Graeme, who has previously assisted the band on several occasions around ten years ago; Cammy Renwick has been joined by his son Fraser; and John Scott has...
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