Cornet Jordan Nuttall has revealed that the past few weeks of the Common-Riding have surpassed all expectations. The fourth generation of his family to fulfil the prestigious role, the Cornet and his Lass, Alix Martin, have carried out the town’s historic traditions with dignity and decorum....
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News that the British Heart Foundation’s High Street charity shop is to close next month has been branded a blow to the town. The charity has announced proposals to close around 150 shops and stores over the next two financial years....
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Accompanist Ian Landles played piano for the 100th time at the Hut last Friday. His remarkable achievement was marked by the presentation of a shepherd’s crook/walking stick by official song-singer Michael Aitken....
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The Moor could be set for its biggest change in generations, with ambitious plans for a new multi-use building moving a step forward this week....
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Wilton primary’s first Colour Run proved a resounding success, raising more than £5,000 for school funds. Some 200 children tackled an obstacle course at Wellfield playing field – including a popular slip-and-slide – while being showered with bursts of bright-coloured powder....
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After decades spent supporting others through war, tragedy, illness and loss, Rev. Michael Scouler has retired as NHS Borders chaplain, describing the role as “humbling”....
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A special whisky was officially unveiled at The Borders Distillery on Wednesday night, as members of the Common-Riding Committee joined Cornet Jordan Nuttall for an exclusive tasting session....
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Traffic disruption in Bourtree Place which looked set to continue into next week should be resolved by today (Friday). Traffic lights were installed on April 27, with investigative work on a collapsed sewer expected to be completed by May 5....
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The future of Teviotdale Leisure Centre and its indoor bowling complex is set to be secured after a £4.2million modernisation programme was approved....
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The chairman of the Common-Riding Committee has issued a scathing rebuke of the latest level of “bureaucracy and red tape” the voluntary group has been landed with. ...
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The countdown to this year’s Common-Riding has started with hundreds of supporters descending on Cavers on Wednesday on a cool but dry night. Halberdier Keith Douglas-Hogg, escorted by the Drums and Fifes, delivered the all-important letter from Provost Clair Ramage inviting Joseph Jordan Nuttall to be Hawick’s 308th Cornet....
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Councillors have voiced frustration and cautious optimism after Scottish Borders Council told us it had pushed back the decision on the proposed McDonald’s drive-thru in Commercial Road to June 20....
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GP appointment delays in Hawick are unlikely to reduce with this week’s opening of a pilot walk-in clinic, according to a leading medical official. But the move has been welcomed by SNP candidate John Redpath. ...
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Riversdale Mills at Mansfield Square has become “a regular haunt for drug users”, according to a local source who spoke to the paper. The Hawick Paper understands that the long-derelict building is being regularly frequented by those seeking illicit substances, with the dangerous condition of the old factory making unauthorised entry particularly hazardous....
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The Sandbed Launderette, one of the town’s best-known and long-established businesses, is up for sale. Proprietor Betty Renwick, who turned 80 in February, has decided to hang up her iron stating “it was a big decision, but the time is now right”....
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The final sections of the town’s £12million active travel network (ATN) are set to be brought into use next Friday. Two seating areas on the north side of the James Thomson Bridge, and an outdoor gym area to the rear of B&M Bargains in Croft Road, will see Heras fencing removed and be open to...
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