The cash-strapped Burnfoot Community Hub has this week been thrown a financial lifeline, but the facility’s cafe will remain closed. At a meeting held in private on Wednesday, town councillors on the Common Good Fund Sub-Committee approved a £10,000 funding application from Burnfoot Community Futures (BCF) which runs the hub....
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Members of the Teviot Day Service Support Group (TDSSG) were given their first glimpse of the new dementia service at Hawick Community Hospital last Friday. To be known as New West Port, the facility will house Teviot Day Service (TDS) which is being reinstated by Scottish Borders Council and the Integration Joint Board....
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A wave of shoplifting by “known criminals” led to an impassioned plea for action at Monday night’s community council meeting. As the festive shopping season steps up a gear, Global Antiques’ Rajeev Rana and Joyce Tinlin, from Doward’s, pleaded for police to act, or shops will close....
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A community councillor has said the town’s 3G pitch could become “a white elephant”, amid fresh concerns over increasing hire charges. Duncan Taylor, who is also a committee member of Hawick Youth FC, made the comment during Monday night’s town council meeting, telling members: “Last year I made a successful funding application for £3,600 [on...
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This year’s town Christmas tree, erected by Scottish Borders Council on Monday, has definitely not engendered the festive spirt among community councillors. Members at Monday night’s meeeting expressed their shock and disappointment over the tree which was thought to be too small....
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Heartfelt tributes have been flooding in for “true gentleman” Finlay Street who died in a collision on the A7. Finlay, 23, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash near Heriot on Sunday, October 29. A former Drumlanrig school and Hawick High pupil, he has been described as “the nicest guy ever” and “a...
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An award-winning local computer games designer says that more jobs in the multi-million pound sector could be created in Hawick. Sean Darling was speaking to the paper after returning from the Scottish Parliament where he helped press the case for increased support from the government for the gaming industry....
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A new book, Voices of Hawick Rugby, written to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Hawick Rugby Club, was launched at Mansfield Park on Wednesday night. With written contributions and oral history interviews from more than 170 people, it provides a “unique insight into what has made the club tick”, said club president and co-editor Ian...
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Burnfoot Community Council is “completely in the dark” over the “situation” at the estate’s cash-strapped hub, it was heard at Monday night’s meeting. As previously reported, the facility, run by Burnfoot Community Futures (BCF), has been experiencing “serious financial problems”, which led to last week’s permanent closure of the cafe, with the loss of nine...
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There was a “helluva turnaround” at this year’s Common-Riding, it has been reported, with the committee announcing a £17,000 profit....
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Nine jobs will be lost at Burnfoot Community Hub after it was announced yesterday (Thursday) afternoon that the facility’s cafe is to shut permanently....
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A long-serving midwife who helped deliver many Hawick babies has retired after 50 years’ service with the NHS. Margaret Davison worked as a community nurse and midwife in Hawick between 1981 and 1988, before moving to Borders General Hospital when the Haig Maternity Home closed....
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Directors who manage cash-strapped Burnfoot Community Hub are continuing their fight to “ensure a secure future”. Although the cafe remains closed “for the foreseeable future”, some parts of the facility have reopened and talks are continuing with outside agencies about what can be done to reduce outgoings and balance the books in the longer term....
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Garry Douglas has received his Royal Warrant certificate and medal in recognition of 20 years’ service and good conduct as a firefighter....
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The body spearheading improvements to the Moor will now be known as The Friends of Hawick Mair, and will work for the benefit of townsfolk, the paper has been told this week....
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It was established in Hawick more than 200 years ago and went on to become a world-renowned luxury knitwear firm. But the future of Pringle, which once employed 4,000 people in Hawick, and its connection to the town is now uncertain. The Hawick Paper understands members of staff at the company’s Hawick outlet store at...
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