A local business could be forced to close its doors after the impact on trade by ongoing flood protection works and the imminent 14-day closure of Mansfield Road....
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A kind-hearted group of more than 150 locals have raised thousands of pounds for Doddie Aid and the MND community....
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Road safety concerns have been raised ahead of the launch of a traffic management scheme on Monday which is likely to lead to a substantial increase in vehicles in Burnfoot due to flood protection work in Mansfield Road....
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A Hawick mother whose son was sexually abused has urged other victims of this type of crime to come forward....
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Plans for the Border Queen sculpture – a 17-metre-high centrepiece of the £2million Hornshole Greenway Project – have stalled with funding yet to be secured to take it forward....
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Teri George Edmondson celebrated his 100th birthday last week, receiving a congratulatory card from King Charles....
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Dozens of local jobs are in the pipeline at the town’s former Lyle & Scott knitwear factory....
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An innovative new project – Recognition Hawick – is being launched by two enthusiastic Teries to acknowledge and promote the achievements of locals....
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Plans for a 60-bed care village at Stirches are set to get the go-ahead next Thursday. A full meeting of Scottish Borders Council will be recommended to approve the new development in partnership with Eildon Housing Association and the closure of Deanfield residential care home once the new facility has been constructed....
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A Hawick exile who recently featured on the Helicopter ER television programme admitted that watching the footage back for the first time was a “real lump-in-the-throat-time moment”....
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One of the local textile industry’s most weel-kent faces has retired after 43 years in the business....
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A three-month road closure along the riverside from Martin’s Bridge to Wilton Park Road is set to impact local residents with diversions causing increased travelling times....
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The parents of toddler Flora Gentleman celebrated very special New Year chimes last Friday when the four-year-old rang her ‘end-of-treatment’ bell at the Sick Kids’ Hospital in Edinburgh....
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Burnfoot Community Council is to take action to clear an unsightly and dangerous path. The route, which links Queen’s Drive to Kenilworth Avenue, previously attracted headlines due to an overgrown hedge, but now the issue is related to discarded rubbish, including broken bottles....
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A fabric donation from a local business is helping weave new challenges into a school fashion course....
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A Hawick mum this week recalled her traumatic teenage years as a family member “lost everything” because of drink and drugs....
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