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    The Hawick Paper

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    Teries heading for the sun are being reassured that the Brexit outcome is unlikely to affect their travel plans. “Most travellers won’t need to take any action,” explained Richard Webber, director of Hendersons Travel....

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    Campaign to save our playparks

    Friday, June 28th, 2019

    A petition has been launched to save the town’s 11 playparks threatened with closure by the end of the year....

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    A farmer has spoken of her disgust after finding three black bags full of dead birds on her land on the outskirts of town....

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    Charity shop set to close

    Friday, June 28th, 2019

    The Capability Scotland charity shop at 47 High Street is to close early next month. The shop, which will cease trading on July 6 has been a fixture on the street for 25 years with mother and daughter Fiona and Donna Mackie at the helm....

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    High volumes of speeding traffic are causing safety concerns to residents at Horsley hill, prompting calls for the current 60mph limit to be halved to 30mph....

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    Felix the cat is a real rover

    Friday, June 28th, 2019

    The prime minister’s residence at No10 Downing Street has Larry the Cat, Hawick has Felix the Cat....

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    Some £37,500 has been earmarked to upgrade footpaths in Silverbuthall Road, Branxholme Road, and Atkinson Road....

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    Travellers back at Mansfield

    Friday, June 28th, 2019

    Concerns are growing that Hawick has become a regular focal point for Travelling People....

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    Pat and Alan Bryson have a special date in their lives: July 4, 1959. That was the day they were married 60 years ago and their years together all came about through a blind date....

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    Repairs to road are ‘badly needed’

    Friday, June 28th, 2019

    A major investment is to be made in much-needed local road repairs. Scottish Borders Council’s planned works programme for 2019/20 earmarks several roads for attention....

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    Couple are first for bandstand nuptials

    Friday, June 28th, 2019

    The Elliot Bandstand in Wilton Lodge Park played host to its first wedding on Saturday....

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    Thriving local dealership Greendale Car Sales is a finalist in the prestigious Auto Trader Business Initiative of the Year award....

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    Plans to close the day service for older people at the Katharine Elliot Centre have been condemned, with proposed alternatives failing to meet the need of those dependent on the facility....

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    Eleven of the town’s smaller playparks are under threat of closure by the end of the year, with equipment deemed antiquated and in a poor state of repair....

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    Plans for the town’s first electric car club have stalled, it was revealed by project boss Andy Maybury who admitted there is “still plenty to do” before the scheme is launched. ...

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    Plans have been revealed to revive the former caravan park in Bonchester. The Hawick Paper has learned that the site owner Gavin Stevenson of GLS Ltd has been approached by an interested party with a view to bringing back the caravan site which closed in 2004. The previous park held up to 60 caravans. It...

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