A Hawick woman has hailed her appearance on hit TV show Strictly Come Dancing as an “amazing experience”....
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Hawick’s retail sector was dealt another setback this week with the news that discount retailer, The Original Factory Shop, is to close in January, with the loss of around ten jobs....
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Townsfolk will be alarmed to learn that specialist police officers are taking “days” to attend crime scenes in Hawick. And in a further blow to policing in the town, we can reveal that Hawick’s road traffic cops are now based in Galashiels....
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Wilton Primary School has been celebrating Book Week Scotland, with classes participating in a host of activities to promote “the love of reading”....
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Positive steps are being taken towards transforming the town’s future and tackling issues currently thwarting its growth and development. A poor transport infrastructure and a lack of commercially available manufacturing units are just two issues preventing the town from growing and developing....
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Tuesday night’s BBC2 documentary, The Common-Riding, saw many Teries tuning in to hear divided opinions over whether the ceremonial events should be male only....
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Councillor Clair Ramage has welcomed a clean-up at two of the town’s main allotment areas, and hopes to ensure their popularity grows. Last month she launched a bid to clamp down on plot holders at Wilton Park Road and Guthrie Drive, whose allotments were abandoned and overgrown....
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Two intrepid Teries have just returned from a two-week charity trip to Cambodia, where they provided dental treatment and education to some of the country’s disadvantaged children. Michelle Paxton and Kirsty McAllan formed part of an eight-strong team of volunteers on the 26-hour journey, spending the first week in the capital, Phnom Penh, and the...
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Trees are currently being felled in Mansfield Road as part of the £44million flood protection scheme. The move will assist in the construction of new defences to help save some 900 properties in the area from flooding....
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Scottish Water has been slammed for carrying out work at the Sandbed during peak times – bringing traffic to a standstill....
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The former St Margaret’s Primary School in Buccleuch Terrace, which closed during the summer, could be transformed into an art hub....
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The Hawick relatives of three soldiers who died in 1944 during the liberation of the Netherlands in the Second World War have been invited to attend 75th anniversary commemorations in Brunssum next year....
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In a quiet corner of Craik Forest is a memorial to the eight-man crew of a Halifax bomber that crashed there in 1944 during the Second World War....
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A brand new marketing initiative saw some of the town’s most renowned manufacturers throw open their doors last Thursday to welcome “influential” tourism company and travel trade representatives....
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On the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month, 1918, the guns on the Western Front fell silent. The First World War was finally and thankfully over. On Sunday morning, exactly 100 years to the day, the people of Hawick paid homage to their dead at the Cenotaph in Wilton Lodge Park....
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A drive to bring electric car hire scheme to Hawick is now at full throttle, with £107,000 funding now secured for four vehicles. Community councillor Andy Maybury is the brainchild behind the exciting initiative – a first for the Borders – which has been widely welcomed....
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