A local business has been praised for its community spirit after stepping into the breech to ensure care home residents were dressed to impress for Saturday’s royal wedding....
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Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and volunteers who have demonstrated great commitment and hard work were presented with awards at the Hawick Scout Group annual general meeting in their Union Street headquarters last Tuesday....
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A magnificent seven Hawick women are running in the Edinburgh Marathon festival this Sunday to help raise funds to research into Duchenne....
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Two public-spirited locals have joined the ranks of the town’s Street Pastors. Former Trinity church minister Michael Scouler and Jackie Cooper were commissioned at Earlston Parish Church last month and the pair now patrol the streets of Hawick once a month. They visit pubs and clubs with the aim of assisting members of the public...
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Work is progressing well on the replacement of the W. H. Ogilvie bronze book cairn which was stolen from its site on the hill road to Roberton in August 2016....
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The region’s top police officer has this week tried to defuse a growing fear that Hawick is in the grip of a class A drugs “epidemic”....
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A bid by ex-Cornet’s Lass Michelle Paxton to travel to Cambodia with a dental charity was given a boost by this year’s Principals last weekend....
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Tempers flared at a feisty meeting of the community council on Monday night, when a Scottish Borders Council official was grilled over plans to cut bedding plant provision and grass cutting frequency....
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An appeal has gone out to local youngsters and their parents after a children’s play area was left in a mess over the weekend....
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Hawick’s Jack Scott has finished runner-up in a national apprentice joiner competition....
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Local knitwear giants Johnstons of Elgin have backed the youth of the town with the announcement this week that they are looking to recruit ten new apprentices....
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More than 40 young volunteers were recognised for unstinting commitment to a good cause at the annual Escape Youth Café awards on Saturday morning....
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Plans for a £2million holiday park in Hawick are still in the pipeline, despite “restrictions” being slapped on the proposal....
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The tree sculptures, trout and heron, in Wilton Lodge Park have found favour with Teries and visitors alike and now there are plans for a third....
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Bollards are to be installed in Dovemount Place in a bid to put the brakes on “indiscriminate parking” in the area....
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Hawick Community Council has lost two of its members with the resignations of Greg McLeod and Dan Wolf....
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