Confirmation that coronavirus has arrived in Newcastleton was delivered to every household in the village this week. In a bid to ensure everyone continues to obey lockdown rules, local resilience group volunteers posted leaflets through every letterbox to report that there are “a number” of local residents who have tested positive for the virus....
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The incredible community spirit and resilience which has shone like a beacon throughout Burnfoot during lockdown has been recognised by a Scottish Government grant. £8,756 has been awarded to Burnfoot Hub, which has been the beating heart of the community in recent weeks, despite normal service grinding to a halt. The cash injection came from...
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Hairdressing student Cheryl Johnstone is celebrating after reaching the regional heats of the prestigious Wella Xposure competition....
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A mechanical engineering student has been putting his skills to good use by creating life-saving equipment for a local charity....
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Hawick Rugby Club is doing its bit to spread some cheer during the pandemic by donating goody bags to local care homes and sheltered housing complexes....
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Some motorists are continuing to ignore the new road layout at Wilton Hill/Princes Street, The Hawick Paper has learned. More than six weeks after the changes were implemented, drivers are still accessing Princes Street from the A7 at Wilton Hill, disregarding the no-entry signs....
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The Congregational Community Church Reaching Out project, in partnership with Morrisons, have been filling and delivering gift bags to 45 members of their Toddlers Together group....
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With the possible return of the railway to Hawick never far from the news, Loan resident Maurice Wear recalls almost ten years of his working life as a joiner with British Rail. Three other members of the Wear family were also employed on the railway, chalking up a combined 120 years’ service. Mo, as he...
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In this, the centenary year of the Mosstroopers, president Graeme Hodgins takes a look back at the beginnings of the club and its subsequent achievements through the decades. The Ancient Order of Mosstroopers upholds the history and memory of the mosstrooping men of old. Very often crofters owing allegiance to his liege lord, these men...
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Fledgling Hawick chilli grower Roddy McLaren is proving he can handle the hot stuff as a member of the prestigious Langholm Chilli Club. The 54-year-old developed a keen interest in the garden pastime following a chat with a club member in the Muckle Toon’s Crown Hotel, and soon transformed his shared garden in Silver Street...
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Pupils at Burnfoot Community School have produced an impressive array of boats as part of a lockdown project....
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This year’s virtual Common-Riding continues apace next week with two eagerly anticipated screenings of A Reiver’s Moon. The hugely popular stage show will be shown on Monday and Tuesday at 6.30pm, and Teries are reminded that it will be aired once on the night and will not be available to view once it has ended....
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If a proposal to build an £8.5million care village in Stirches are approved it would lead to the eventual closure of Deanfield Residential Home, it has emerged....
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Progress is being made on the design of a new Dutch-style care village in the Stirches area of town and a planning application is expected in “the near future”, The Hawick Paper can reveal.
Opera stalwart Jean Wintrope celebrated her 93rd birthday at St Andrew’s Nursing Home on Wednesday with cake and a Zoom chat with family....
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In line with other virtual events being held to celebrate the 2020 Common-Riding, the Callants’ Club essay competition has just been launched....
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