Behaviour at this year’s Common-Riding has been praised by police, with no serious incidents or arrests....
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After 22 years as minister at Burnfoot Parish Church, Reverend Charles Finnie is preaching his last sermon on Sunday, prior to moving to a new charge in Speyside in the Highlands. The popular incumbent has received a call from the congregations of Alvie and Insh, linked with Rothiemurchus and Aviemore, and will take his first...
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Following an official launch at a function in the Evergreen Hall last month, the Hawick Welcome initiative is up and running, with the popular Hosts now two weeks into their summer tourism drive....
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Anticipated road disruptions and diversions during flood protection scheme work will now begin on Monday....
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Scottish rugby stars Stuart Hogg and Darcy Graham recently returned to their home town to help celebrate all things produced in Hawick and launch a new website which promotes “world-class products” made locally. The Made in Hawick campaign and new website – www.madeinhawick.com – is a partnership between several leading manufacturers in the town and...
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Every pew in Bedrule church was filled last Sunday for the dedication service of the Turnbull stained-glass window conducted by Rev. Douglas Nicol....
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Teri hearts began to beat a little faster this morning as dawn broke and hundreds flocked to the Vertish Hill for the Chase, and a first glimpse of Cornet Connor Brunton with the Banner Blue....
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A quarter of a century has galloped in since Robbie Pringle was the Hawick Cornet. Twenty five years it may have been but Robbie has many vivid memories of his time wearing the Green Jacket and carrying the Banner Blue – memories that will never be erased....
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Among the many visitors coming to the town for the Common-Riding is Joanne Irving, from Batley in West Yorkshire, who hopes to see first hand what it means to carry the Banner Blue as she is a descendant of two Cornets....
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Bruce Wilson and his wife Valerie, the Cornet and Cornet’s Lass of the Common-Riding of 1969, now live in North Berwick. Before moving to their seaside home they lived in Glasgow for 28 years, but their roots are firmly planted in Hawick....
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Two former Hawick Pipe Band members have taken a bit of the Common-Riding to Los Angeles....
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One hundred years ago this week, June 7, 1919, a motor charabanc careered down the Nipknowes when the brakes on the vehicle appeared to fail, resulting in the deaths of three young men and two boys of primary school age, as well as 21 children and adults injured....
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The Will H. Ogilvie Memorial Trust has been handed a timely cash boost, in this the 150th anniversary year of the legendary poet’s birth....
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A man has been remanded in custody after armed police swooped on the town at the weekend....
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Innovative plans to transform Hawick and the surrounding area into a “go to” destination for walking, running, cycling and horse riding have taken a major step forward. The Town of 1000 Trails project, formed around two years ago by a group of “like-minded” people from the local business community, has secured £15,000 from the Common...
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The continued deterioration of the speed humps from Dickson Street to Stirches Road have prompted a review of speed restriction measures in the area....
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