Almost ten years after it closed its doors, the Buccleuch Hotel is in line for a new lease of life this year. New owners, Claire and Patrick (Paddy) Blake, are already hard at work with the aim of bringing the Victorian-style edifice in Trinity Street back from the doldrums....
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Salvation Army captain, Caroline Brophy-Parkin, admitted this week that she has been lost for words amid the “very generous” donations to their Christmas appeal....
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Local businesses have reported mixed trading conditions as the countdown to Christmas continues apace. Joyce Tinlin, proprietor of Dorward’s Giftware & Lighting at 75 High Street, says she’s delighted that her policy of “going the extra mile for customers” is bringing repeat trade from Teries and visitors alike....
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Cancer charity The Lavender Touch has received a welcome windfall of £1,750.75, thanks to fund-raiser Dianne Murphy and her regular Christmastime initiative in aid of local good causes....
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Flora Gentleman, whose dad Jamie is a former Burnfoot school pupil, has lost what was the bravest of battles against neuroblastoma. She was diagnosed with this rare and particularly aggresive form of cancer in 2021, aged just two-years-old....
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A break-in victim has branded the thieves who targeted his family home as “scum”, and appealed for the return of “hugely sentimental” items....
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Newly-appointed Callants’ Club president Rob Halliday described his new role as “a great honour and a privilege”, adding that it is something he will always be proud to have fulfilled....
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Some £440,000 of resurfacing and pedestrian crossing works in Commercial Road and Albert Road will begin in the New Year....
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Former Scotland rugby captain Stuart Hogg has been banned from having any contact with his estranged wife for the next five years with a non-harassment order. The 32-year-old was also fined £600 for breaching his bail conditions by sending her a series of text messages when he was not meant to contact her....
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Scottish Borders Council has been asked to take action amid a growing pigeon problem in the town centre. Local businessman Andrew Bannerman, who owns VPZ at 2 High Street and Teviot Wines at 7 Tower Knowe, told us he has been forced to fork out hundreds of pounds in a bid to keep on top...
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More than 60 members and guests attended last Friday night’s Border Club annual dinner which has been hailed as “another success”....
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Taxi fares look set to rise for the first time in five years with a 26.7 per cent increase in the new year. On Tuesday, Scottish Borders Council’s executive committee unanimously supported the proposal – the first rise in fares since 2019....
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The town’s fire station is set to be “upgraded”, it was heard at a meeting of Scottish Borders Council, yesterday (Thursday)....
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A public consultation on a replacement CCTV system for the town, launched by Scottish Borders Council, could see Hawick’s camera views more than double....
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Pupils at Burnfoot Community School recently took part in Scotland’s first positive masculinity programme – and their participation is leading to the initiative being rolled out to the high school....
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Of the 12 jobs axed at Emtelle’s Jedburgh factory, 11 of the affected employees are understood to be from Hawick. Speaking to The Hawick Paper on condition of anonymity, one of the redundant workers from the firm’s fibre termination department claimed this week: “Most of the work we carried out will now be done in...
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