The father of a Hawick family stuck in the Philippines due to the closure of airlines and international airports has described the situation as “a nightmare”....
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A former Burnfoot Primary School pupil is caught up in the unfolding devastation of the new coronavirus pandemic epicentre in Italy....
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More than 65 volunteers have joined the official resilient community group that is helping to keep Hawick moving through the coronavirus crisis....
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A local businessman has turned his self-confessed “compulsion” for online shopping into a potential life-saving initiative....
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Pub owners in the town are vowing to bounce back from the unprecedented Scottish Government directive to shut close up last Friday....
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A big-hearted shop owner who “always has a smile on her face”, has been praised by customers for going “above and beyond” to help them during the coronavirus crisis....
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Retired vet Bob Muir celebrated his 90th birthday earlier this month and to mark the occasion he was presented with a rather unique present in the shape of a song and video based on his love of poet Will H. Ogilvie’s The Raiders....
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From costume-clad staff members to a hula-hooping Teri, there were smiles all round as a local supermarket boosted the Sport Relief coffers earlier this month....
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Following last week’s announcement by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that all schools were to close, pupils at Wilton, Stirches, Burnfoot, Trinity and Denholm primaries ended classes....
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The flood protection scheme won’t be complete before 2023 after the coronavirus lockdown brought work to a halt. ...
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The 2020 Common-Riding has been cancelled due to the deepening coronavirus crisis, The Hawick Paper can reveal....
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The incredible rallying of volunteers to help Hawick’s elderly and vulnerable people through the coronavirus crisis has been described as “extraordinary” by Provost Watson McAteer....
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Rural groups are being set up in a bid to help friends and neighbours self-isolating due to coronavirus....
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Provost Watson McAteer has been self isolating at home with his wife Janette this week after returning from Spain last Saturday morning....
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Teries are stranded all around the world as coronaravirus has caused unprecedented travel chaos....
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The decision to close all schools and nurseries from lunchtime today (Friday) has been largely welcomed by local parents, but many face financial uncertainty over the next few months as the coronavirus pandemic continues to grow....
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