Hawick could be about to undergo an “economic reawakening” following the Center Parcs announcement, according to Councillor Watson McAteer. And in what will widely be seen as a reference to long-standing disappointment over fast-food giant McDonald’s’ apparent reluctance to open a restaurant in Hawick, Mr McAteer added that the holiday village plans could “open the...
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Respected sports broadcaster Jill Douglas told us this week she was “honoured and humbled” to have received an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh Napier University. Jill, whose parents Henry and Aileen live at Howahill, got her first newspaper job with The Southern Reporter, after studying journalism at the college....
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News of the proposed Center Parcs development has strengthened the case for an extension of the Borders Railway, according to campaigners....
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News of holiday village operator Center Parcs’ plans for a £350million resort near Hawick is “nothing short of game-changing” for the local area. That’s according to local councillor, Watson McAteer, who was speaking to The Hawick Paper following Tuesday morning’s announcement of the proposal for a massive 1,000-acre development three miles north of Hawick, which...
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A potential council tax increase of ten per cent next year has led to deep concerns over “those least able to pay”. The proposed tax hike would bring in around an extra £7million to support the delivery of Scottish Borders Council services, Suzy Douglas, the local authority’s finance director, said in her budget planning assumptions...
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“Someone is going to get killed” if cars and lorries continue to mount the pavement in Melgund Place, it was claimed at Monday night’s meeting of Hawick Community Council....
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Hawick Development Trust is looking to “drive up the visitor economy” by reviving a hotel and guest house in the town. Speaking at Monday night’s meeting of Hawick Community Council, trust chairman Colin Hope said that meetings had been arranged between stakeholders with a view to securing an asset transfer of the former Bridge House...
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A lengthy delay in Scottish Borders Council’s mobile CCTV being deployed has been described as “disappointing” by Councillor Stuart Marshall, who says its installation would be “a massive boost to Hawick”....
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The passing of ex-Cornet Craig Rodgerson, aged 47, saw his parents Rob and Irene lose their only son, and the town of Hawick lose one of its favourite sons. Craig, or ‘Dodger’ as he was affectionately known, was Cornet in 2004 and played for Hawick 13 times from 2005. He was also a loving son,...
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Hopes remain high that Ss Mary and David’s Roman Catholic Church still has a future in Hawick. Around 60 parishioners attended a meeting in Jedburgh earlier this month to voice their concerns following the church’s shock closure last month....
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A pub dare led to Lewis McCredie cycling from Hawick to London in five days, despite not having been on a bike for almost a decade. Sharing an idea to cycle to London with friends Ryan Middlemass and Brodie Graham in the Square One pub on a Saturday night, they placed a bet that he...
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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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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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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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