The chance to explore Borders College’s Hawick campus and an opportunity to get behind the scenes at the Scottish Borders Archive at the Heritage Hub are just two of the programme highlights in this year’s free Doors Open Days festival....
Increasing numbers of locals are turning to cycling for pleasure and this has resulted in them increasing their confidence, sense of achievement and body image....
The return of the Tour of Britain cycle race to Hawick next month will see town regeneration group Future Hawick once again team up with Scottish Borders Council to promote a decorated shop window competition....
High school head teacher Vicky Porteous has painted a post-pandemic picture of continuing improvement following the release of Scotland-wide exam results earlier this week....
There is no immediate end in sight to the traffic congestion at the Common Haugh area of the town....
Members of Hawick Community Council have until the end of this month to comment on plans to make the trial 20mph speed limit across the Borders permanent....
A free meal, complemented by music and movies, is on offer at an exciting event in the Walled Garden in Wilton Lodge Park next month....
A local rugby club has weighed in with a contribution to a campaign aimed at tackling motor neuron disease (MND) being championed by one of the sport’s legendary figures, Doddie Weir....
The Heritage Hub was this week at the centre of a launch which allows Borderers online access to the region’s rich heritage contained within its museum collections....
Calls for renewed safety measures have been made following yet another incident at Hornshole Bridge involving an articulated lorry last Friday....
A presentation on plans for a new high school will be made at Monday’s community council meeting to be held in the lesser town hall (6.30pm)....
“It’s great to be home with people I know,” said popular local man Les Jarvis, who finally returned to his house in Longcroft Crescent on Wednesday afternoon, almost four months after sustaining a serious skull fracture....
The Hawick area has benefited to the tune of well over £1million from South of Scotland Enterprise [SoSE] grants since the agency was officially launched in April 2020....
“Another piece of history was written” when the two-span, 29m-long Lawson footbridge was lifted into place on Sunday morning....
A patient who received life-saving hospital treatment aims to repay the professional service and care he received by fund-raising....
A Teri’s Highlands fund-raiser in aid of the RNLI has shattered his orginal target of £3,100....