Calls have gone out for roads across Hawick “to be made good” as work on the town’s flood defences and active travel network draw to a close. Flood scheme manager Conor Price advised that several areas across the town were to be targeted at April’s Burnfoot Community Council, but no progress has been made since....
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With many pensioners struggling after the closure of the Sandbed premises, efforts continue to reintroduce a central Post Office in the town. Councillor Stuart Marshall is fighting hard on behalf of the older generation, and has contacted a UK Government minister to highlight the problem....
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Leading the 2025 Common-Riding celebrations is “a dream come true and a massive honour” for Cornet Jack Scott. He told The Hawick Paper this week that he couldn’t wait to embrace the role and said he was “really excited” at the prospect of leading the cavalcade through the town. The 26-year-old joiner and co-founder of...
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The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SRFS) is proposing cuts to Hawick fire crews, by replacing 24/7 coverage with nine-to-five office hours Monday to Friday. The plans, which are set to go out to consultation, have been branded “preposterous and outrageous” by local ward councillor, Stuart Marshall, who has vowed to “fight” any changes to...
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The High Street is in line for a significant economic boost with news this week that two properties are set for a new lease of life....
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Hawick High has been ranked lowest among Borders secondary schools in a league table of pupils leaving with the Scottish Government’s “gold standard” of five Highers or the equivalents....
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Albert Bridge has this week become the latest focal point for frustrated motorists. Traffic lights appeared on the bridge on Monday, but utility works only began yesterday (Thursday), causing major tailbacks....
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Three prospective new Burnfoot Community Futures board members have come forward, it was heard at the organisation’s annual general meeting on Monday night....
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A major overhaul of cultural, sport and leisure services has “set alarm bells ringing” with proposals to close the library, Borders Textile Towerhouse, Heritage Hub, and Wilton school swimming pool....
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With jobs under threat at Live Borders following Integratis Consulting’s report, Councillor Clair Ramage told us that staff were “angry and upset” to have learned of the proposals via social media....
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Fears have been expressed over the future of leisure centre-based Teviotdale Indoor Bowling Club following publication of proposals for Live Borders-run facilities....
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Archaeological Society president Alastair Redpath has hit out at proposals which would see the closure of some of the town’s historic buildings. He told us it was challenging to provide a logical and well-reasoned response “when so many of these proposals are so viscerally inhumane”....
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All six Hawick councillors are holding an online meeting this morning (Friday) with Scottish Borders Council officers to try to reverse the decline of the town’s banking and postal services....
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Hawick Development Trust has stepped in to secure three High Street jobs at a ladies’ clothing shop. The Kirk Wynd-based body, which aims to improve the wellbeing of and opportunities for townspeople, has taken over the ownership of 80 High Street, which has been the home of Inis for more than 35 years....
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A major step forward in the bid to extend the Borders Railway beyond Tweedbank to Hawick and Carlisle has been welcomed as “fantastic news”. A business case will now be progressed with the appointment of Turner & Townsend to complete the essential project management function....
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Burnfoot is at the centre of a fresh wave of antisocial behaviour, it was heard at a meeting of the estate’s community council on Monday night. The young perpetrators “have no respect for the community they live in”, a local Scottish Borders Council councillor told the paper....
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