Some 65 people gathered at Mansfield rugby clubrooms last Friday night to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the town’s popular 50+ Group....
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Jack Fraser, who passed away last month in his 88th year, will be remembered as a regular try-scorer for Hawick Linden who loved sport, both participating and watching....
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There is increasing anger among Teries over the ongoing “crisis” of cancelled bin collections....
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Work has finally started to convert the former Dorothy Perkins and Burton stores in the High Street. In March 2021, the property owner, Leeds-based Stoneacre Properties Ltd, insisted it would not be “left empty” after submitting a planning application, which has subsequently been given the go-ahead, for two new shop fronts and high-spec upstairs apartments...
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Plans to mark the 50th anniversary of the grey auld toon twinning with Bailleul through a trip to the French town may have to be cancelled unless more people sign up for the October visit....
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The community of Hawick and surrounding area has been warned to brace itself for at least three months of traffic chaos, the likes of which it has never seen before....
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Valuable voluntary work at the Dementia Cafe has been boosted by a donation from Johnstons of Elgin. The Mansfield Road-based cashmere company recently presented a cheque to the worthy cause, which runs its operation at Lodge 111, Commercial Road, on the third Thursday of every month....
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Teries have paid tribute to “one of life’s gentlemen”, Greig Oliver, who passed away on Monday aged 58. Greig was involved in a paragliding accident while he was in South Africa to watch his son Jack playing for Ireland in the World Rugby Under-20 Championship. He earned three caps for Scotland in 1987, 1990 and...
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The owner of a Tower Knowe property built over the River Slitrig has highlighted her increasing concerns over the long-term safety of the building as a result of flood protection work....
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Several Teri families were among the 6,000 guests invited to attend the King’s garden party in the grounds of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh on Wednesday. Sandy McLaren and his wife Sheila were fortunate enough to be the only Hawick attendees to speak to a member of the royal family. ...
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A Hawick butcher has appealed to Teries to shop local as he prepares to close his business tomorrow (Saturday) after being overwhelmed by rising costs....
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Motorists could face yet another closure of Commercial Road after it emerged this week that the “wrong concrete” has been used along a section of the new-look roadway....
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A long-running campaign to have a river crossing installed between Weensland and Burnfoot will come to a successful conclusion early next year....
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Townspeople were saddened to learn of the passing of Neil Combe who spent decades as a minister in Hawick. He died in The Margaret Kerr Unit at Borders General Hospital last month after a short illness at the age of 73. He was ordained and inducted to the linked charge of St George’s West, St...
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North Bridge Street residents have unanimously rejected plans to include their street in the Active Travel Network. Monday night’s meeting attracted around 25 members of the public – the vast majority from North Bridge Street making their views known that the introduction of a four-metre-wide track on the north side of the street, resulting in...
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The economic case for one of the jewels in Hawick’s crown – the Common-Riding – was flagged up this week only days after councillors gave the go-ahead for a review of local authority funding of Borders festivals....
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