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    The Hawick Paper

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    Shock over threat to war memorial plants

    Friday, October 11th, 2019

    Threats to bedding plants at local war memorials were branded “absolutely shocking” at last week’s meeting of Hawick Community Council....

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    Police railings in ‘hell of a mess’

    Friday, October 11th, 2019

    More complaints have surfaced over issues surrounding the upkeep of emergency service buildings in the town, we can reveal....

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    Big Picnic is big Wilton winner

    Friday, October 11th, 2019

    The curtain came down on last month’s Scottish Borders Diversity Week with a successful Big Picnic event at Wilton Lodge Park....

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    Hawick railway plan ‘rock solid’

    Friday, October 11th, 2019

    Extending the Borders Railway to Hawick is a “rock-solid” prospect, it was heard at Tuesday’s Campaign for Border Rail annual general meeting....

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    Cavers man, Will Roberts, has returned from his trek of the Great Wall of China reporting that his group together have raised over £180,000 for the charity Motor Neurone Disease Scotland.  For  Will, secretary of Denholm Community Council, this was his third such fund-raising challenge, having climbed Kilimanjaro in 2015 and Machu-Picchu in Peru two...

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    Howegate is ‘out of control’

    Friday, October 4th, 2019

    Ongoing antisocial behaviour in the Howegate area is “completely out of control” and a “horrendous problem”, it is being claimed this week....

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    Little did Alister Taylor think when he started work at Johnstons of Elgin as a frameworker that he would spend the next 39 years of his working life employed there....

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    Knox takes the reins at council

    Friday, October 4th, 2019

    A pledge has been made to “put the community at the heart of the community council” after a stormy few months for the town body....

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    Park’s war memorials earn recognition

    Friday, October 4th, 2019

    Confirmation that Wilton Lodge Park has been awarded Centenary Fields status has been welcomed as “fantastic news for the town”....

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    Trishaw gets its wheels in motion

    Friday, October 4th, 2019

    The Cycling Without Age project has taken delivery of its first trishaw, which will allow people with mobility problems to be able to enjoy Wilton Lodge Park....

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    Rhea lands scholarship

    Friday, October 4th, 2019

    An 18-year-old from Hawick is the only student in Scotland to have been awarded a scholarship in mechanical engineering....

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    Teenage recruit Braden George has made history as the community council’s youngest-ever member....

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    Award for language all the talk at school

    Friday, October 4th, 2019

    Minding their language has resulted in high school students, pictured, achieving national recognition....

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    Friday the 13th was not an unlucky day for 23 members of the Border Holiday Group (BHG). It was the day they left on what was their tenth biennial trip....

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    Cross-border rail link still possible

    Friday, September 27th, 2019

    Campaigners hoping to get trains back to Hawick have dismissed “out-of-date comments” which appear to cast doubt on the feasibility of extending the line....

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    £2.8m funding green light for Deanfield

    Friday, September 27th, 2019

    A £2.8million “care village” aimed at improving below-standard services at Deanfield, was yesterday (Thursday) rubber-stamped by council chiefs....

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