Burnfoot Community Hub’s cafe is set to reopen “early in the new year”, The Hawick Paper can reveal....
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Scottish Borders Council is remaining tight-lipped this week over a specific completion date for the town’s flood protection scheme – a situation described as “extremely disappointing” by Hawick Community Council chairman Cameron Knox....
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An estimated 110 people at Monday night’s meeting of Hawick Community Council heard Center Parcs chief executive Colin McKinlay throw the spotlight on the financial benefits to be reaped on the back of one of its holiday villages. ...
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From a family steeped in the club’s history, Ross Aitken is aiming to maintain the organisation’s high standards as he begins his term as the new 1514 Club president....
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Burnfoot is “definitely turning a corner in dealing with antisocial behaviour,” local ward councillor, Stuart Marshall, said following the second multi-agency meeeting on the estate aimed at tackling the problem....
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Joe Fraser admitted to being “more than surprised” after becoming the latest recipient of the Chrysties Trophy. The 72-year-old retired joiner picked up the prestigious accolade at last Thursday night’s Common-Riding Committee annual general meeeting....
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Concerns have again surfaced over the financial sustainability of the town’s youth football teams amid the “spiralling cost’ of using the 3G pitch at Volunteer Park. One year on from the issue initially being discussed at the community council, member Euan Welsh told Monday night’s meeting that Hawick Youth 2010 were facing a cost of ...
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“A lot of areas in the town are a mess,” Hawick Community Council treasurer Jim Adams told Monday night’s meeting. He said he was raising his concerns following Center Parcs’ announcement and the likely increase in visitors it would bring....
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Hawick could be about to undergo an “economic reawakening” following the Center Parcs announcement, according to Councillor Watson McAteer. And in what will widely be seen as a reference to long-standing disappointment over fast-food giant McDonald’s’ apparent reluctance to open a restaurant in Hawick, Mr McAteer added that the holiday village plans could “open the...
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Respected sports broadcaster Jill Douglas told us this week she was “honoured and humbled” to have received an honorary doctorate from Edinburgh Napier University. Jill, whose parents Henry and Aileen live at Howahill, got her first newspaper job with The Southern Reporter, after studying journalism at the college....
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News of the proposed Center Parcs development has strengthened the case for an extension of the Borders Railway, according to campaigners....
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News of holiday village operator Center Parcs’ plans for a £350million resort near Hawick is “nothing short of game-changing” for the local area. That’s according to local councillor, Watson McAteer, who was speaking to The Hawick Paper following Tuesday morning’s announcement of the proposal for a massive 1,000-acre development three miles north of Hawick, which...
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A potential council tax increase of ten per cent next year has led to deep concerns over “those least able to pay”. The proposed tax hike would bring in around an extra £7million to support the delivery of Scottish Borders Council services, Suzy Douglas, the local authority’s finance director, said in her budget planning assumptions...
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“Someone is going to get killed” if cars and lorries continue to mount the pavement in Melgund Place, it was claimed at Monday night’s meeting of Hawick Community Council....
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Hawick Development Trust is looking to “drive up the visitor economy” by reviving a hotel and guest house in the town. Speaking at Monday night’s meeting of Hawick Community Council, trust chairman Colin Hope said that meetings had been arranged between stakeholders with a view to securing an asset transfer of the former Bridge House...
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A lengthy delay in Scottish Borders Council’s mobile CCTV being deployed has been described as “disappointing” by Councillor Stuart Marshall, who says its installation would be “a massive boost to Hawick”....
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