Parents have resorted to taking “desperate” children behind bushes near the playpark, with the toilets at Wilton Lodge Park café still closed. Provost Watson McAteer has branded the situation an “embarrassment” and is concerned the toilets remain shut “on the basis of costs”....
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The town’s new £2.6million business incubator centre could be up and running by December 2021, Scottish Borders Council said this week....
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Hawick Minis show off the new club face coverings after restarting training....
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For Lynn Brown and Ross Johnstone, April was when they had planned to tie the knot in the town hall, but when the coronavirus pandemic lockdown happened their special day had to be put on hold....
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Immediate steps are being taken to deal with loose stonework on the former Royal Bank of Scotland building, after a pedestrian narrowly missed being hit by falling masonry....
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A legal row is looming in the town’s west end after Whitehaugh View neighbours were asked to stump up half the cost to repair a collapsed retaining wall. ...
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Last Thursday was tinged with emotion for well-known local couple Jean and Jock Thorburn when they met face to face for the first time since lockdown began....
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A well-known former newsagent was finally able to see his daughter for the first time in almost five months earlier this week....
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The boss of knitwear manufacturer Scott & Charters has reassured staff and customers it is business as usual after its owner went into voluntary administration this week....
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All three independent care homes in the Hawick area have categorically denied admitting patients from NHS Borders hospitals who were not tested for coronavirus....
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It is full steam ahead for an extension of the Borders Railway to Carlisle, with news that the eagerly anticipated feasibility study will start in September alongside access to £500million funding towards investigating the route....
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Local ward councillor, Watson McAteer, is “dismayed” after his exhaustive efforts to address long-standing road safety concerns at the Dunk Corner accident hotspot ran into another brick wall....
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Two of the area’s public toilets at the Common Haugh and Newcastleton are set to reopen today (Friday) after been forced to close during the coronavirus crisis....
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Youngsters at Drumlanrig school nursery are riding high thanks to a donation from a local bike recycling project....
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The town’s flood protection scheme will move through the gears over the next fortnight when the bulk of the work begins....
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The vast majority of local shoppers are adhering to Scottish Government legislation making it mandatory to wear face coverings in shops, we are pleased to report. ...
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