A police youth engagement programme in Burnfoot has led to a “significant reduction” in antisocial behaviour on the estate, The Hawick Paper can reveal today. The scheme, entitled Boss It, ran from April to August. It aimed to “break down barriers” with local children – and subject to funding being secured, it could be rolled...
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Some 100 properties in Bonchester Bridge, including the local care home, were left without water for two days last weekend following “multiple bursts” in the supply....
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Moves to reinstate and alter the ruins of Cavers House have been approved by Scottish Borders Council’s planning and building standards committee, subject to a number of conditions being met. Two councillors objected to the proposal, while six gave it their support....
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Tributes were paid to the “loved, admired and respected” Bill McLaren at the official opening of an exhibition at the museum marking the centenary of his birth. Scottish rugby internationalist and British Lion, Andy Irvine MBE, declaring the exhibition open on Monday night, hailed Bill as “the world’s no1 rugby commentator”. He was “fair, knew...
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No assurances have been given that the planned closure of Deanfield Care Home will not go ahead, despite fresh pleas for the facility to remain open. Last month, we reported that local ward councillor, Stuart Marshall, was urging for serious consideration to be given over the destined closure, highlighting the “immense pressure on the care...
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Community council leaders will meet Scottish Borders Council (SBC) chief executive David Robertson later this month to discuss how Hawick’s own CCTV project can fit “like a jigsaw” into separate plans for a region-wide network....
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The Katharine Elliot Centre (KEC) yesterday celebrated an incredible 50 years of service with a tree planting ceremony, the burial of a time capsule and a disco requested by service users. More than 60 service users, staff, family carers and other invited guests gathered at Howdenbank to mark the occasion with speeches and a buffet...
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The town will be handed a jobs boost if proposals for a new two-floor restaurant are given the go-ahead....
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Hawick and Langholm turned the clock back 150 years as the Mansfield Park club continued its anniversary celebrations with a special re-enactment match on Sunday at Buccleuch Park....
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Wind turbines on the Moor would “probably not be welcomed” by the local community. That’s the message delivered by A Greener Hawick (AGH) chairperson Annette Smart to an independent power producer exploring renewable energy project ideas....
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Teviotdale Leisure Centre will be back to normal from tomorrow (Saturday), with the swimming pool and cafe both open. ...
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Mansfield Park was the perfect setting to remember former Greens star, Greig Oliver, at a memorial service on Wednesday afternoon. Greig died in a paragliding accident in South Africa in July, and a crowd of around 450, including family members, Hawick RFC officials, former colleagues, supporters and friends gathered in the grandstand to pay tribute...
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The artist who created the 150th mural to celebrate Hawick RFC’s special anniversary believes it has been unveiled in the “perfect place”. Chris Rutterford, one of the UK’s most accomplished and renowned mural artists, has also revealed the identity of the two players he has profiled in front of the 150th anniversary crest. ...
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A swimming pool and leisure complex should be built into a new high school ‘super campus’, paving the way for Teviotdale Leisure Centre to be replaced by a train station....
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Pizza chain Domino’s has been granted planning permission to convert the former Almond Tree Cafe at 71 High Street into a takeaway....
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Work to install a temporary boiler at Teviotdale Leisure Centre begins today (Friday), but big decisions will need to be made about the building’s long-term future by next summer....
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