New benches are to be installed around the town as part of an ongoing project to make it easier and safer to walk....
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Private care home operators are opting to stay closed to visitors amid the town’s Covid-19 outbreak – despite being given the green light to open again earlier this week....
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One further positive case of Covid-19 in Hawick has been reported by NHS Borders, bringing the total associated with the outbreak to 23....
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New measures to stop lorries accessing parts of the Terraces have been widely welcomed after one of them sliced into the community council chairman’s parked car “like a tin opener”....
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A judge has backed a Hawick family in their fight to ensure their disabled son isn’t moved to a care home 50 miles from his home town....
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Councillor George Turnbull is “getting there” and has praised the “fantastic” NHS after suffering a stroke last month....
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Residents are being urged to remain vigilant following reports of a bogus caller knocking on house doors and requesting personal information....
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Construction of the new flood wall began yesterday (Thursday), reducing a section of Buccleuch Road from the tennis courts to Volunteer Park to a single lane until the middle of February....
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Campaigners calling for the Borders Railway to be extended to Hawick are this week stepping up their bid to garner more support from townsfolk....
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In a blow for the local economy, two popular festivals have been cancelled due to the coronavirus crisis....
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A community football pitch in the west end of the town has been branded “a perfect disgrace” by a local councillor....
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Urgent calls are being made for skips to combat the “never-ending” problem of fly-tipping. Councillor Stuart Marshall is again urging Scottish Borders Council to consider teaming up with major housing landlords to deploy skips in the worst affected parts of his ward....
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The coronavirus pandemic restrictions did not prevent Roberton Show being staged this year but, of course, in an unprecedented format....
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A Bonchester Bridge woman is taking to the roads around her home over the next two months in a bid to boost the coffers of two charities close to her heart....
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Well-known local woman Helen Cameron has this week spoken of her pride in her granddaughter’s role as a charity champion....
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The “unacceptable” delay of coronavirus test results for local care home staff has been escalated to the Scottish Government but may not be resolved for two weeks, The Hawick Paper can reveal....
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