Service users have this week talked of their fears if funding can’t be found to safeguard the future of a local brain injury charity. As revealed in The Hawick Paper last month, a cloud of uncertainty is hanging over Heads Together, in Dovemount Place, after its premises were put up for sale....
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The opening of the revamped War Room at the museum on Saturday will house a permanent exhibition focusing on the impact the First World War had on Hawick. Over 100 invited guests attended what is the culmination of two years’ work by staff and volunteers to develop a fitting display to mark the impact on...
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More than 1,000 Teries braved the elements to enjoy a spectacular fireworks display and funfair at Mansfield Park on Saturday. Despite the wet and windy conditions resulting in a reduced number passing through the rugby ground turnstiles, organisers say the second event of its kind was a glowing success....
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Wilton Lodge Park has been nominated for Centenary Fields status – a programme which aims to perpetually protect green spaces to honour the memory of those who lost their lives in the First World War. Led by Fields in Trust and the Royal British Legion, it was launched in 2014 to mark the centenary of...
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Customer satisfaction remains top priority at the former VisitScotland-run tourist information centre, which has been taken over by Live Borders....
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A trishaw trial at Wilton Lodge Park has been declared a huge success. The assessment, last Monday, was conducted by new group Cycling Without Age Hawick, and is the latest stage in a process that could see the rickshaw-style bikes introduced....
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Safety concerns over trees in Atkinson Road in the wake of Storm Ali are being addressed by Scottish Borders Housing Association, with news that two will be felled and work carried out on 12 others....
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Last month, primary one/two and primary two pupils at Drumlanrig school were invited to Hawick high’s science department to learn more about the human body....
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A fund-raising event is to be held in Burnfoot next spring to support a wheelchair-bound youngster who is confined to the ground floor of her Charles Street home....
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A Teri business woman is the Borders’ only finalist in the Scottish Hair and Beauty Awards. Hawick High Street Beauty Room proprietor Ashleigh Fisher has been shortlisted for the title of Best Salon in the South of Scotland – and after only eight months in business, is thrilled with such recognition....
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The refurbishment of the town’s iconic Wilton Lodge Park gates has this week been described as “an absolute disgrace”. The criticism has been levelled at the final piece of the park’s £3.64million Heritage Lottery regeneration, after it was recently reported that the revamp of the landmark entrance, was “finished”....
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Gordon Short was announced as the new president of the Ancient Order of Mosstroopers at their Annual General Meeting in the Border Club on Wednesday night....
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Royal British Legion Scotland Hawick branch chairman Ian McLeod’s fund-raising 1918 Poppy Pledge finished at the war memorial in Wilton Lodge Park last Saturday....
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The many and varied achievements of some of the town’s most inspirational youngsters were celebrated at last Friday night’s Top Teri Awards at the town hall. The event, organised by Escape Youth Services, recognised courage, creativity, skill and selflessness among Hawick’s young community....
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Hawick has been chosen to be the base for an Internment Research Centre (IRC) – the first of its kind in the UK to study past and present internment throughout the world....
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Failed local plumbing and heating company John Rae Ltd has left a trail of debt totalling more than £1million, a creditors report reveals. The Bourtree Place-based firm plunged into liquidation in September, owing banking giant RBS £293,000....
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