Hawick woman Leah Chapman’s brave battle with Multiple Sclerosis inspired her partner and his family to get on their bikes for charity on Sunday....
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Brain injury charity Heads Together faces raising £65,000 by the end of the year to secure its popular Dovemount Place base. Run entirely by volunteers, the charity has been at its current location since it was founded in 2010....
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McCulloch’s Seafood shop at 29 High Street has shut....
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With travellers arriving at lower Mansfield and the Wee Haugh over the summer, the potential for the town as a designated camp site has raised emotive discussion. Lower Mansfield was first mooted some years ago under Roxburgh District Council, and there is already a designated camp-site at Innerleithen....
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An estimated 250 bikers are expected to roar through Hawick on Sunday as part of the annual run in memory of late superbike champion, Steve Hislop....
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Reports that tenants have been secured for the new industrial units at Galalaw Business Park have been quashed by Scottish Borders Council. There has, however, been “good interest” expressed by several companies, the local authority told us this week....
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Frustrations are growing following the latest episode of antisocial behaviour to the rear of the Howegate. Local hair stylist Kev Sykes, who works at D’Fine Hair Sudio, was horrified last Thursday to discover a discarded syringe on a wall to the rear of the flats leading towards Buccleuch Street....
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Traders have welcomed a police blitz on motorists who flout town centre parking regulations, but say that more needs to be done to save the High Street. Local officers teamed up with the new Community Action Team on Friday to tackle drivers who park illegally and affect business in the shops. And although the operation...
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Police have no plans to deploy mobile CCTV or a police vehicle in Burnfoot, despite calls for both following a worrying spate of vandalism. Councillor Stuart Marshall was confident it would act as a viable crime deterrent....
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An appeal to erect 12 turbines on Harwood Estate has been endorsed by the Scottish Government. The proposal by Leeds-based Energiekontor Ltd, was initially rejected by Scottish Borders Council and was backed by 54 objections, against 30 in support. The initiative was also opposed by the area’s community councils – Denholm, Hawick, Hobkirk, Newcastleton, Southdean...
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New road safety measures have been implemented at the “dangerous” Baker Street junction with Teviot Road....
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Hawick councillors Watson McAteer and Stuart Marshall have today (Tuesday 21st August) left Scottish Borders Council’s ruling administration.
The town’s Homebase store could close by December, after the DIY giant announced a cull of branches nationwide earlier this week. The “hammer blow” to Hawick may, however, be softened after rumours emerged that another national retailer, The Range homeware/DIY chain, might be interested in Homebase’s Galalaw Business Park premises....
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Mindless vandalism has placed a “huge financial burden” on Burnfoot primary, which has been branded “the most vandalised school in the Borders” by a local councillor....
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Local tomato producer Jim Shanks had the honour of welcoming the Duke of Edinburgh to his farm for a private visit....
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A High Street restaurant has rolled out the red carpet for a group of ex-Cornets and ex-Acting Fathers. Piotr and Kamila Raczyńska, owners of Adam’s Kitchen, hosted a special meal for the current and former principals, which was attended by over 40 guests, and held as a “thank you for their contribution to the town”....
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