Widespread issues with rubbish collections in a number of the town’s streets have been blamed on access problems and refuse vehicle breakdowns. When residents left their bins for collection last week on the normal date, they found they hadn’t been uplifted as usual....
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Next week Hawick is bidding to be Champion of Champions in this year’s Scottish Borders Council’s Floral Gateway competition, having won the town category in 2017. It will be going head-to-head with the other main winners from last year, Coldstream, Coldingham and Westruther. After months of work put in by the small group, they are...
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Hawick lost one of its “unsung heroes” earlier this week with the passing of Wilson Blaikie. Wilson, 76, died peacefully on Tuesday at Borders General Hospital. He was a man who was involved in many aspects of Hawick life and a family man....
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Shocked punters at a local betting shop had to be ushered to safety on Sunday following concerns over “falling masonry”....
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Police have thrown a veil of secrecy over last week’s drugs raids, amid grave concerns that hard drugs such as cocaine have become “socially acceptable” in the town. We sent several questions to the local force following last Thursday’s intelligence-led drug searches in Burnfoot and the west end, which resulted in the seizure of a...
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Empire Medal (BEM) at a special ceremony at the local authority headquarters on Monday....
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After a three-year battle, a controversial stone plinth erected by the 1514 Club at Hornshole is to be removed. It marks a significant U-turn by the long-established club which last year remained adamant it had no intentions of removing it....
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Residents in the Waverley Walk area of town awoke on Saturday to the deeply concerning sight of police forensics officers combing the area as they looked for evidence following the alleged “serious sexual assault of a female”....
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The Common-Riding is yet to receive its £9,300 grant from Scottish Borders Council. It is understood that SBC sent a letter to the committee in May regarding its funding application, but the local authority is still processing the committee’s response....
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A former Royal Navy serviceman who made five threatening telephone calls to police within the space of 24 hours has been ordered to carry out unpaid work at Jedburgh Sheriff Court. Fraser Miller – who served in the navy for ten years – pleaded guilty to sending the menacing messages from his home in Weensland...
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Parents in Burnfoot have decided to make a stand against speeding motorists. Mother of two, Lorraine Bain, 38, who resides at Cavers View fears for her children’s safety due to irresponsible drivers. Now, she has threatened unusual action to shock speedsters into realising just how dangerous their actions are....
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Planning for the second annual fireworks display at Mansfield Park is going spectacularly well. This year’s event is scheduled for Saturday, November 3 with the gates opening at 6pm and the display launched at 7.30pm....
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Preparatory work for the town’s £44million flood prevention scheme gathered pace this week....
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Travelling people who descended on the Wee Haugh have been slammed for showing an “utter disregard” for the local community. Local councillors were inundated with complaints from angry residents in nearby Teviot Crescent after around seven caravans and other associated vehicles pitched up in the town earlier this week....
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Tributes have been paid to much-respected former councillor, Oliver Angus, who died peacefully on Sunday. He was 81....
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Welcome Hosts officials have been told “it’s not the sole responsibility of the police” to tackle the ongoing problem of boy racers disturbing campervaners in the Haugh. This astonishing claim came to light among a series of emails between a Welcome Host official and the police, which have been obtained by The Hawick Paper. ...
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