An estimated 110 people at Monday night’s meeting of Hawick Community Council heard Center Parcs chief executive Colin McKinlay throw the spotlight on the financial benefits to be reaped on the back of one of its holiday villages. ...
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An “electric atmosphere” is expected at tomorrow’s much-anticipated Hawick Boxing Club show at the Auld Baths. Comprising 16 bouts, it is a sell-out with doors opening at noon and the first fight at 1pm....
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From a family steeped in the club’s history, Ross Aitken is aiming to maintain the organisation’s high standards as he begins his term as the new 1514 Club president....
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Teenage hot-shot Cole Davidson is a young man in demand after banging in an incredible 87 goals in just 34 games....
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Burnfoot is “definitely turning a corner in dealing with antisocial behaviour,” local ward councillor, Stuart Marshall, said following the second multi-agency meeeting on the estate aimed at tackling the problem....
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Joe Fraser admitted to being “more than surprised” after becoming the latest recipient of the Chrysties Trophy. The 72-year-old retired joiner picked up the prestigious accolade at last Thursday night’s Common-Riding Committee annual general meeeting....
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Concerns have again surfaced over the financial sustainability of the town’s youth football teams amid the “spiralling cost’ of using the 3G pitch at Volunteer Park. One year on from the issue initially being discussed at the community council, member Euan Welsh told Monday night’s meeting that Hawick Youth 2010 were facing a cost of ...
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“A lot of areas in the town are a mess,” Hawick Community Council treasurer Jim Adams told Monday night’s meeting. He said he was raising his concerns following Center Parcs’ announcement and the likely increase in visitors it would bring....
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Darcy Graham has been hailed as “outstanding” after he scored four tries in his first international for more than a year on Saturday....
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The annual Clubsport Roxburgh Awards at Hawick RFC clubrooms last Friday was a fantastic night for local sport with five accolades going to those from the grey auld toon....
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Hawick could be about to undergo an “economic reawakening” following the Center Parcs announcement, according to Councillor Watson McAteer. And in what will widely be seen as a reference to long-standing disappointment over fast-food giant McDonald’s’ apparent reluctance to open a restaurant in Hawick, Mr McAteer added that the holiday village plans could “open the...
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Respected sports broadcaster Jill Douglas told us this week she was “honoured and humbled” to have received an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh Napier University. Jill, whose parents Henry and Aileen live at Howahill, got her first newspaper job with The Southern Reporter, after studying journalism at the college....
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News of the proposed Center Parcs development has strengthened the case for an extension of the Borders Railway, according to campaigners....
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ISSUE No.430
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News of holiday village operator Center Parcs’ plans for a £350million resort near Hawick is “nothing short of game-changing” for the local area. That’s according to local councillor, Watson McAteer, who was speaking to The Hawick Paper following Tuesday morning’s announcement of the proposal for a massive 1,000-acre development three miles north of Hawick, which...
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