More than £1,000 was raised by the high school for the Friends of Hawick Community Hospital during the 2020/21 academic year....
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Best friends Aimee Brown and Lucy Lowes have raised a total of almost £2,500 for charity after completing their virtual London Marathon....
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Despite there being no traditional Common-Riding this year, Kamila Raczynska, of Adam’s Kitchen, still hosted a Cornet’s Night last Wednesday attended by 50 invited guests....
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Hopes of rail services returning to Hawick were given a boost this week with publication by the Borderlands Growth Deal partnership of a prospectus which will inform ongoing discussions with the UK and Scottish governments for the extension of the Borders Railway to Carlisle....
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Hawick Film and Video Group, the town’s long-standing movie makers, has announced a new partnership with Alchemy Film & Arts that will see its entire archive of locally-shot films digitised and preserved in an effort to raise funds to save its cinema and clubrooms in Croft Road....
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A stunning 17-metre-high bronze sculpture can be revealed today as the proposed centrepiece of the £2million Hornshole Greenway Project....
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Three local primary schools – Burnfoot, Denholm and Drumlanrig – have been brushing up on the environment, thanks to the Hornshole Greenway Project’s eco-related programme....
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A transplant patient is urging Teries to register to become bone marrow donors....
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A new footbridge across the Teviot at the Mansfield roundabout looks likely to get the go-ahead next week – a move welcomed by Councillor Stuart Marshall who has continually campaigned for a bridge at the location....
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Scottish Borders Council is this week being accused of “failing the elderly and unpaid carers” by refusing to reopen Teviot Day Service – a “vital” amenity for adults suffering dementia-related illness....
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Enough money has been raised for a much-needed defibrillator to be erected near the pump track and the Wilton Lodge Park sports pitches....
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In a “remarkable turnaround”, High Street bollards could now be re-painted in the Common-Riding colours of blue and gold – a move welcomed by the idea’s instigator, Provost Watson McAteer....
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Burnfoot Community Futures food project recently received a cash boost, thanks to a local supermarket’s foundation, and will go towards further development of the scheme....
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Co-operation between the Campaign for a Borders National Park, the 12 Towers of Rule project and Archaeology Scotland is aiming to reveal the secrets of Fulton Tower and Bedrule Castle using new technology....
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Having endured the last 18 months unable to do the job he loves due to the pandemic, local sound technician Scott Mitchell has had a summer to remember....
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Proposals for a new £48million state-of-the-art high school were approved by councillors yesterday (Thursday) – paving the way for a “completely new modern teaching environment”....
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