Burnfoot Community Futures (BCF) is celebrating this week after being awarded a £250,000 grant from the National Lottery Community Action Fund. The five-year cash package follows a £210,000 award from grant-making trust, the Henry Smith Foundation, in November, which is being used to help BCF oversee the running of the community hub for the next...
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Thirteen-year-old twin Robbie Nichol was the deserving recipient of the William Mitchell Hislop Memorial Cup on Saturday, presented to a junior Mosstrooper who has demonstrated “social grace”. ...
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More than 400 people responded to a community banking survey, Hawick Development Trust (HDT) told the paper this week. It was launched by HDT last month, and followed the announcement in March that Santander is to close its High Street branch in July. It also came in the wake of the decision by TSB to...
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Townspeople are being urged to make their voices heard at a public meeting to discuss the future of the library. Co-ordinated by town councillor, Annette Smart, it will be held at the Evergreen Hall next Friday, May 30....
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Heartfelt tributes have been paid this week following the sudden death of ex-Cornet David Brown. He was 68. David proved to be a hugely popular choice to lead the town’s celebrations in 1979, and is described by his wife Margaret as her “best friend and soulmate”....
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Teri Zak Thomson has been crowned Scottish Engineering’s Young Engineer of the Year at a special gala dinner at Glasgow’s Hilton Hotel. The 24-year-old former high school pupil joined Emtelle in April 2020 and works with the fibre optic broadband supplier as a design engineer....
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Provost Clair Ramage is set to launch a petition opposing proposed cuts to the local fire service. Speaking to the paper this week after meeting with Hawick-based firefighters, the town’s civic head hit out at Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s (SFRS) plans for a reduction in manning levels at the station at Howdenbank....
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The salaries of senior Live Borders management have been questioned at a time when 50 staff face the possibility of redundancy. Speaking at Monday night’s meeting of Hawick Community Council, chairman Cameron Knox highlighted the starting salary of the new chief executive and the trust’s directors....
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Heartfelt tributes have been paid to ex-Cornet Carswell Imrie, the Flag-bearer in 1966, who died earlier this month, just days before his 80th birthday. The two callants who followed him, and his closest of friends, George Peden and Elliot Hutton, said he was “the perfect gentleman”, while his Lass who would become his wife, Helen,...
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Calls have gone out for roads across Hawick “to be made good” as work on the town’s flood defences and active travel network draw to a close. Flood scheme manager Conor Price advised that several areas across the town were to be targeted at April’s Burnfoot Community Council, but no progress has been made since....
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With many pensioners struggling after the closure of the Sandbed premises, efforts continue to reintroduce a central Post Office in the town. Councillor Stuart Marshall is fighting hard on behalf of the older generation, and has contacted a UK Government minister to highlight the problem....
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Leading the 2025 Common-Riding celebrations is “a dream come true and a massive honour” for Cornet Jack Scott. He told The Hawick Paper this week that he couldn’t wait to embrace the role and said he was “really excited” at the prospect of leading the cavalcade through the town. The 26-year-old joiner and co-founder of...
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The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SRFS) is proposing cuts to Hawick fire crews, by replacing 24/7 coverage with nine-to-five office hours Monday to Friday. The plans, which are set to go out to consultation, have been branded “preposterous and outrageous” by local ward councillor, Stuart Marshall, who has vowed to “fight” any changes to...
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The High Street is in line for a significant economic boost with news this week that two properties are set for a new lease of life....
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Hawick High has been ranked lowest among Borders secondary schools in a league table of pupils leaving with the Scottish Government’s “gold standard” of five Highers or the equivalents....
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Albert Bridge has this week become the latest focal point for frustrated motorists. Traffic lights appeared on the bridge on Monday, but utility works only began yesterday (Thursday), causing major tailbacks....
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