After 14 stellar years in the post Paul Scott has signed off as the Hawick Primary Active Schools co-ordinator. If you have been a pupil, parent or teacher at one of the local schools – or still are – then no doubt you will have come across him over the years....
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“Outstanding and inspirational” head teacher Jeanette Gordon retired from Drumlanrig primary last Friday after a career spanning almost 40 years. Jeanette had been at the school’s helm for 16 years, before which she taught at Newcastleton and Burnfoot, followed by headships at Hobkirk and Denholm....
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An estimated 500 people, including scores of children, flocked to Sunday’s fire station open day which has been hailed a “great success”. As well as local firefighters, the four-hour event was also attended by representatives from the police, ambulance service, blood bikes, and the Borders Group of Advanced Motorcyclists....
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Hawick and Teviotdale Amateur Swimming Club recently held their club championship presentations night. There was so much going on at the club in 2023/24 that it was a good chance for everyone to get together at the start of 2024/25 and look back on what was happening in the previous season and celebrate....
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Local councillors have warned that new recycling uplift rules, which come into force on Monday, will lead to an increase in fly-tipping....
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A new world record was set at the high school last Thursday when 5,340 people tuned it to a livestream showing life-saving CPR training. The massive viewing figure smashed the previous Guinness world record of 1,500 views of a CPR lesson in 24 hours....
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If you are logged in and have an active digital subscription to The Hawick Paper, you can read the eHawickPaper for Friday 11 October 2024 below:...
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ISSUE No.426
The ten high school pupils running in the recent Scottish Schools Athletics Association road-race championships in Dunfermline have been praised for their performances in “extremely competitive” fields....
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Motorists and pedestrians face six months of delays and inconvenience as an “eyewatering” amount of repairs and excavations – around 90 in total – are carried out across the town....
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Week five of the Hawick Pool League saw some exciting finishes. The league with nine teams – Trinity A, Trinity B, Burns A, Stags Head, Station, Stampers A, Stampers B, Stampers C, Stampers D – started back on September 5 and fixtures are played every Thursday night....
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Residents at St Andrew’s Care Home are savouring a cuppa or two at their new Lavender Tearoom which officially opened on Tuesday. The idea was the brainchild of the home’s activity co-ordinator, Linda Paton, and has been warmly received by residents at the Stirches Road facility....
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More than 30 vehicles have been clamped by DVLA contractors in a crackdown on unpaid road tax in Hawick. ...
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A “growth in services available online and a reduction in demand for face-to-face services” have led to amended opening hours at Hawick Contact Centre, Scottish Borders Council said this week....
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A four-strong high school maths team have proved themselves a class act reaching the final of a prestigious competition for what could be the first time ever....
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Relatives of a Teri airman killed in the First World War were among invited guests at the rededication of a plaque containing his name....
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