Rising Teri rugby star Rhys Tait enjoyed playing for Emerging Scotland at the weekend and testing himself at that level....
Local businesses have reported mixed trading conditions as the countdown to Christmas continues apace. Joyce Tinlin, proprietor of Dorward’s Giftware & Lighting at 75 High Street, says she’s delighted that her policy of “going the extra mile for customers” is bringing repeat trade from Teries and visitors alike....
Cancer charity The Lavender Touch has received a welcome windfall of £1,750.75, thanks to fund-raiser Dianne Murphy and her regular Christmastime initiative in aid of local good causes....
Flora Gentleman, whose dad Jamie is a former Burnfoot school pupil, has lost what was the bravest of battles against neuroblastoma. She was diagnosed with this rare and particularly aggresive form of cancer in 2021, aged just two-years-old....
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Lee McAllister won the Hawick Snooker Championship for an incredible tenth time on Saturday. In the 2023 event at the Hawick Conservative Club, he was beaten in the final by David Clark, but this time he turned the tables and defeated the same opponent in the last match to take the crown back....
A break-in victim has branded the thieves who targeted his family home as “scum”, and appealed for the return of “hugely sentimental” items....
Newly-appointed Callants’ Club president Rob Halliday described his new role as “a great honour and a privilege”, adding that it is something he will always be proud to have fulfilled....
Some £440,000 of resurfacing and pedestrian crossing works in Commercial Road and Albert Road will begin in the New Year....
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Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg has been banned from having any contact with his estranged wife for the next five years with a non-harassment order. The 32-year-old was also fined £600 for breaching his bail conditions by sending her a series of text messages when he was not meant to contact her....
Scottish Borders Council has been asked to take action amid a growing pigeon problem in the town centre. Local businessman Andrew Bannerman, who owns VPZ at 2 High Street and Teviot Wines at 7 Tower Knowe, told us he has been forced to fork out hundreds of pounds in a bid to keep on top...
More than 60 members and guests attended last Friday night’s Border Club annual dinner which has been hailed as “another success”....
Taxi fares look set to rise for the first time in five years with a 26.7 per cent increase in the new year. On Tuesday, Scottish Borders Council’s executive committee unanimously supported the proposal – the first rise in fares since 2019....