At exactly 12.20pm last Friday, two ceremonies, one in Hawick, the other some 400 miles away, were held simultaneously to honour a Second World War Hawick airman killed on July 5, 1942....
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Denholm Comunity Council is considering a ban on cold callers to the village, stopping unwanted salesman landing on their doorstep....
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The battle to save local playparks scheduled for closure at Burnfoot are in full swing, with Scottish Borders Council warned it will face an almighty battle should the one at Hislop Gardens be axed....
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Following our story last week on former Scout Band pipe major William Johnstone, killed in Normandy in 1944, his nephew, Bill Berridge, of Grantham, Lincolnshire, has contacted the paper....
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From 1944 to 1974, Balcary in Buccleuch Road was a Dr Barnardo’s children’s home and to raise funds a fete was held each summer....
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More than 250 people and a whole host of four-legged friends made the third Bark in the Park at Wilton Lodge Park last Friday a howling success....
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More than 140 paintings, in a variety of mediums and styles, are included in Hawick Art Club’s annual exhibition which opened in the museum’s Scott Gallery last Saturday....
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Former paratrooper Garry Booth, of Denholm, completed his challenge of running the three Eildon Hills last Saturday, raising the magnificent total of £1,500 for veterans’ charity FirstLight Trust....
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A £10million rail feasibility study to extend the link beyond Tweedbank to Carlisle has been agreed as part of a multi-million pound Borderlands investment scheme....
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Fury over the unexplained cancellation of Monday night’s community council meeting has intensified after chairwoman Gillian Morgan’s refusal to comment on the decision....
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In continuation of a ceremony which dates back to 1916, members of the Callants’ Club will meet next Friday, July 12, to lay wreaths in commemoration of the Hawick men who served in the 1st/4th (Borders) Battalion of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers and who lost their lives on the Gallipoli peninsular in July 1915....
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A former Roman Catholic primary school is destined for demolition – at an anticipated £60,000 cost – amid fears of potential vandalism....
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Widespread anger continues over the proposed closure of local playparks, with Denholm adding its vehement opposition to Scottish Borders Council’s plans....
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New speed restrictions are expected to come into force on the A7 to the north of the Galalaw roundabout by the end of the month. The proposal to cut the speed limit was initially approved by the Scottish Government last March. Motorists using the A7 from around 100 metres north of the Galalaw roundabout to...
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In July 1942, a Blenheim bomber on a training flight crashed into a field on the Pawlett Hams in the Somerset Levels, killing all three of the crew, one of whom was Adam Hogg, from Hawick....
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Five Teri businessmen and engineers associated with the hosiery industry attended the world’s largest international textile and garment technology exhibition in Barcelona, Spain, last Wednesday....
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