Crowbyres residents have praised the local flood group for its efforts in addressing their fears, following a meeting between both parties at the weekend....
A modern twist has been given to the Archaeological Society’s Transactions publication, combining the new with the old....
The Bill McLaren Foundation has joined forces with Hawick-based, award-winning Firebrand Theatre Company in producing Bill McLaren: Fighting the Enemy and will be premiered in the town next month....
More than £1,000 was raised by the high school for the Friends of Hawick Community Hospital during the 2020/21 academic year....
Best friends Aimee Brown and Lucy Lowes have raised a total of almost £2,500 for charity after completing their virtual London Marathon....
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....
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....
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....
A stunning 17-metre-high bronze sculpture can be revealed today as the proposed centrepiece of the £2million Hornshole Greenway Project....
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....
A transplant patient is urging Teries to register to become bone marrow donors....
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....
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....
Enough money has been raised for a much-needed defibrillator to be erected near the pump track and the Wilton Lodge Park sports pitches....
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....
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....