Hawick narrowly escaped a serious flood on Wednesday morning, after the Teviot burst its banks and the Slitrig rose to dangerous levels....
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A café customer has described chaotic scenes and confusion at Sainsbury’s store as smoke belched from the premises and emergency services rushed to the scene....
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The widow of a motorist who was killed by a lorry driver with a history of blackouts is pursuing a six-figure civil claim after the Crown ruled out any prosecution....
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Multi-award-winning butcher James Pringle has added another four awards to his string of success. James, 45, has now won an incredible 45 different awards at his shop at 56 High street. He has just been presented with a silver award for four entries in the 2018 Craft Butchers Savoury Pastry competition....
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The town is slowly getting back to normal after heavy snowfall closed schools and the A7 this week, and left the streets littered with abandoned cars....
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An eight-mile walk over part of the Common-Riding route will help raise funds for a worthy cause....
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Exciting plans are in the pipeline as a new development trust aims to bring “vibrancy” back to Bonchester Bridge....
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Plans for this year’s popular Reivers Festival are well on target, with some exciting new features planned....
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A feasibility study is to be carried out to elect the best use of some £50,000 funding – made available almost two years ago – for the development of facilities at the Volunteer Park....
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Townsfolk have been left outraged this week following the news that a defibrillator at Lochpark Industrial Estate was damaged and parts stolen....
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A broken weighbridge at the recycling centre has left a local businessman reeling after facing a 40-mile round trip to Galashiels, or paying an additional fee to dump his customers’ waste....
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“Crunch time” is approaching for the local community groups hoping for a slice of the £38,000 up for grabs in the new Localities Bid Fund....
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A “mini-crimewave” has recently hit Burnfoot in an unwelcome start to the New Year, according to local councillor, Stuart Marshall....
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What is thought to be two acts of vandalism damaging two fingers and a thumb on the James Wilson statue – which was only officially unveiled last September – has prompted calls for its removal to a safer location....
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Teri Kevin Harris is set to take over the helm from Carol Wood as community police inspector....
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The Gilbert Davidson Fountain was removed from Wilton Lodge Park this week as part of its £40,000 refurbishment....
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