Provost Watson McAteer this week expressed disappointment that a fellow Hawick councillor had made public her objections to “the operation” of the Provost’s Council....
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Local man Rhys Jeffrey has made the semi-final of the Racing Post/SIS Betting Shop Manager of the Year competition....
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“We want to rally round the community and take new projects forward with the other important bodies in the community, such as the Burnfoot Hub and Burnfoot Community School, and see what we can all achieve as a joint unit.”...
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Supermarket fishmonger David Blakely has walked 1,000 miles during the last three months raising money for charity....
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A Hawick family who emigrated to Nova Scotia in 2013 has just spent a harrowing eight days following the devastation left by Hurricane Fiona....
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Scottish Borders Council [SBC] has been accused of “attempting to defend the indefensible” after one of the country’s most senior judges branded the local authority’s actions unlawful in a case involving a Hawick woman....
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A leading campaigner against plans by Scottish Borders Housing Association [SBHA] to demolish garages to make way for homes in Mayfield yesterday [Thursday] issued a list of other areas in Hawick which he claims have been earmarked for similar developments....
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A couple have just celebrated 70 years of marriage....
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The Queen’s funeral rekindled memories from seven decades ago for Teri Jim Anderson....
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On behalf of her late parents, Marina Arnot last week made the journey from Hawick to Westminster Hall to say farewell to the Queen as she lay in state....
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Our sadness at this time is shared by people across the globe, as we remember with affection and gratitude the lifetime of service given by our longest-reigning monarch....
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With the death of Queen Elizabeth three days previously, the continuing history of the town was played out on Sunday with Provost Watson McAteer reading out the Proclamation of Accession to the throne of King Charles III from the town hall balcony. There was a gathering estimated of several hundred Teries, young and old, in...
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Her remarkable input and unwavering support for local opera and drama, spanning half a century, was marked at the weekend when Deborah Lyons was honoured for her service....
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A Bonchester Bridge man was on parade before a packed Edinburgh city centre and worldwide TV audience as Scotland bid a final farewell to the Queen. Andrew Lubbock, a member of the Royal Company of Archers, the monarch’s bodyguard north of the border, for more than 20 years was selected for duty at St Giles’...
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A Hawick mum whose two 13-year-old children have suffered constant bullying for over a year has accused the high school of failing to take any “effective” action....
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The United Kingdom’s new head of state, King Charles, has a keen interest in the local knitwear industry, it was revealed this week. Malcolm Grant, formerly managing director of Scott & Charters when the then Prince of Wales officially opened the Burnfoot factory in 2019, told The Hawick Paper about his recollections of that special...
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