A call has gone out to the UK and Scottish governments to “demonstrate real commitment” to extending the Borders Railway to Hawick and on to Carlisle. Issuing the plea was Councillor Watson McAteer following last Thursday’s meeting with the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop....
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The allotments site in Weensland is not back up and running for this year’s growing season, despite Scottish Borders Council being “fully aware” that it need to be operational before now....
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Recent statistics show that the number of high school students entering further and higher education, training, or employment is at its highest level in five years, and well above the national average. Figures released by Scottish Borders Council reveal that 95.8 per cent of high school leavers went on to a “positive destination” last year....
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Six Hawick lads, employed by Selkirk-based Oregon Timber Frame, embarked on a clean-up of their home town on Monday. The company is a division of Barratt Developments, which is promoting a ‘Big Barratt Cean-Up’ this month, encouraging employees to go litter-picking in their local communities....
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People power has prompted a rethink over plans to include North Bridge Street in the town’s Active Travel Network (ATN). A meeting at the Evergreen Hall last week attracted around 30 residents and business owners, who voted unanimously for the scheme designers to go back to the drawing board....
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Almost £1.5million will be spent locally on repairing roads, bridges, pavements and lighting as part of Scottish Borders Council’s programme of revenue and capital works for the next year....
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A successful tourism initiative, responsible for greeting almost 4,000 visitors to the town in 2023, will not run this year, it was claimed at Monday night’s meeting of Hawick Community Council. ...
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Hawick’s multiple indoor Scottish and world bowling champion Julie Forrest is this year’s Chief Guest at the Common-Riding....
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A murmuration of starlings is proving something of a talking point in the Wilton Hill area. Townsfolk have gathered to witness the impressive spectacle, as “thousands” of the birds twist, turn and swoop across the sky. They always do so just before dusk and above a communal roosting site....
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Scottish Borders Council has moved to allay concerns that one of the town’s two musuems is facing a repair bill running to hundreds of thousands of pounds....
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It is now “weeks rather than months” until the new dementia facility opens at the community hospital, The Hawick Paper can reveal....
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Dr John Leonard Graham, Hawick RFC’s oldest living player, celebrated his 100th birthday with a family gathering at Crieff Hydro on Sunday....
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Her many friends in the Salvation Army were deeply saddened by the death of 94-year-old Nan Douglas, who had been a huge part of the charity organisation for some 80 years....
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“More dialogue and meetings” are needed over the installation of a new CCTV system for the town. So said Kevin Marsh, vice-chairman of Hawick Community Council, which is fronting the security cameras bid....
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Thanks to the generosity of townsfolk, more than £8,000 was raised for the Poppy Scotland Appeal in 2023 – around £1,500 more than the previous year....
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Utility companies are “digging the town up without any real notice” before “waiting weeks on end” to finish roadworks. That’s according to Councillor Stuart Marshall, amid continual traffic congestion in the town – an issue he is set to raise with Scottish Borders Council (SBC) directors early next week....
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