Just months after being declared cancer-free, young Flora Gentleman is undergoing more treatment following a relapse. In January, we reported that the brave five-year-old had sounded the end-of-treatment bell at the Royal Hospital for Children & Young People in Edinburgh....
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Volunteers who manage cash-strapped Burnfoot Community Hub are hoping a rescue deal can be agreed to prevent its closure....
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Plans to develop a new-build dementia care village in Stirches have taken a step forward with the establishment of a new project team....
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Scottish Borders Council is set to “demonstrate its commitment” to extending the Borders Railway by creating a new working group of staff and councillors to focus on the issue....
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There is “no justification for a speed limit reduction” at Teviothead, despite long-running road safety concerns. That’s the message from BEAR Scotland after relentless campaigning by local residents about speed and safety issues....
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The Glasgow-based architecture firm tasked with designing Hawick’s new £48million high school has taken initial steps to progress the project. Stallan-Brand, the design company behind other new Borders schools in Galashiels, Peebles and Jedburgh, has formally requested an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) on the Buccleuch Road site....
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Denholm garage owner Wendy Oliver said it was a “very proud moment” to be recognised for her achievements as a female in the Scottish motor trade industry....
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The community council is being urged to write to the flood protection scheme contractors in a bid to find out when the James Thomson Bridge is to reopen....
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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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