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“There will never be enough words to describe the feeling of winning for Scotland,” said Lana Skeldon after she and fellow Teri Lisa Thomson helped them to victory in World Rugby’s WXV 2 competition in South Africa. The Scots’ 38-7 bonus-point victory over Japan in Cape Town last Friday saw them finish on 15 points,...
There was a “helluva turnaround” at this year’s Common-Riding, it has been reported, with the committee announcing a £17,000 profit....
Nine jobs will be lost at Burnfoot Community Hub after it was announced yesterday (Thursday) afternoon that the facility’s cafe is to shut permanently....
Hawick Force put in their best performance of an impressive season so far to defeat Kelso Sharks at Mansfield Park last Friday night....
A long-serving midwife who helped deliver many Hawick babies has retired after 50 years’ service with the NHS. Margaret Davison worked as a community nurse and midwife in Hawick between 1981 and 1988, before moving to Borders General Hospital when the Haig Maternity Home closed....
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ISSUE No.376
Directors who manage cash-strapped Burnfoot Community Hub are continuing their fight to “ensure a secure future”. Although the cafe remains closed “for the foreseeable future”, some parts of the facility have reopened and talks are continuing with outside agencies about what can be done to reduce outgoings and balance the books in the longer term....
Local snooker players Gary Kinnear and Lee McAllister are celebrating after helping Scotland to win the Five Nations International Challenge Cup....
Garry Douglas has received his Royal Warrant certificate and medal in recognition of 20 years’ service and good conduct as a firefighter....
The body spearheading improvements to the Moor will now be known as The Friends of Hawick Mair, and will work for the benefit of townsfolk, the paper has been told this week....
It was established in Hawick more than 200 years ago and went on to become a world-renowned luxury knitwear firm. But the future of Pringle, which once employed 4,000 people in Hawick, and its connection to the town is now uncertain. The Hawick Paper understands members of staff at the company’s Hawick outlet store at...
Just months after being declared cancer-free, young Flora Gentleman is undergoing more treatment following a relapse. In January, we reported that the brave five-year-old had sounded the end-of-treatment bell at the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People in Edinburgh....
ISSUE No.375
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