Three local facilities earmarked for closure by a consultancy firm have all shown a significant increase in visitor numbers since 2022. The shock figures were presented at a recent meeting of Scottish Borders Council’s external services/providers monitoring group – but elicited no comment from elected members....
Vandals have struck at the new £45,000 crossing in Burnfoot Road, putting it temporarily out of action....
Current roadworks causing traffic chaos and impacting local businesses “show no sign of abating”, a local councillor warned this week....
Local firefighters who allegedly voiced concerns over a controversial proposal to downgrade cover at the fire station are not “currently” being disciplined....
Phase one of the high school’s demolition got under way on Wednesday morning and is expected to be completed in November....
Denholm Community Council is to write to Scottish Borders Council and police to address concerns over a recently installed bank of parcel lockers outside the village Post Office in Westside....
Scottish Borders Council’s vote to end right to roam in the central Teviot Valley – where the new Center Parcs site is proposed – is “undemocratic”, according to a local farmer....
A rousing reception greeted Graeme Cockburn and Graeme Hodgins on their 300-mile Coast2Coast fund-raising cycle at the weekend....
Muirhall Energy is to close its North Bridge Street office today (Friday), with “acts of vandalism” to the building contributing to the company’s shock decision. Opened in 2022 by the wind energy developer, the premises, formerly the town’s main Post Office, had undergone an extensive £300,000 refurbishment....
Tuesday’s Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) public meetings were branded “tick-box exercises”, while brigade officials said its proposal for Hawick was already working in around 80 per cent of Scotland. The two meetings, held in the town hall at 2pm and 6pm, attracted a lower than expected attendance of 107, with views being sought...
Johnstons of Elgin’s £1.6million expansion will boost jobs and production, the company said following the official opening of the building on Wednesday afternoon....
Scottish Borders councillors agreed a £1million bailout loan to Live Borders yesterday (Thursday). The money is to support a budget shortfall for the leisure, sports and cultural service, in the second half of 2025/26....
Heartfelt tributes have been paid following the recent passing of opera stalwart and former nurse, Rita Storie. She was 86. Rita was a popular and well-known face in the town, a wonderful friend to many, with her family always front and foremost....
Borders College’s Hawick campus is set to be transformed into a “cutting-edge” innovation and advanced manufacturing hub, it was announced yesterday (Thursday). The move, which will see South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) take ownership of the building in Buccleuch Road, has allayed fears over the college’s long-term future in the town....
Antiques enthusiast Jenny Sutherland and her mum Alison Short appeared on BBC show Bargain Hunt last week. Filming took place at Springwood Park in Kelso and the pair now have to wait until Thursday to discover if they, or one of the other three teams, have been successful with their £300 budget....
The former secretary of Friends of Hawick Library is calling for the local authority to take Live Borders-run services back under its control. Mairhi Trickett, 79, a former councillor in Orkney, who moved to Hawick in 2012, is also suggesting that Scottish Borders Council has “a complete rethink” of how services, including the library, are...