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....
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“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....
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Teries will be angered by the latest development in the long-running saga of the opening of Victoria footbridge, part of the town’s £90million flood protection scheme....
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One of the town’s biggest mills this week reported full order books for the next 18 months....
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A leading campaigner for extending the Borders Railway this week expressed her frustration at being kept in the dark over the project’s progress – or lack of – in respect of a £10million feasibility study....
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There are only days remaining for people to have their say on a proposed 62-turbine wind farm at Teviothead which objectors claim would result in the “industrialisation of an entirely wild area”....
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Ten weeks ago, Les Jarvis’s life hung in the balance after a serious fall in a local bar....
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The 2022 Principals have captured the hearts of Teries and sparked a real feelgood factor in Hawick, Provost Watson McAteer said this week as the dust settled on the first full-scale Common-Riding since 2019....
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At long last, the big weekend is finally here. Not since 2019 have Teries been able to savour their Common-Riding in the time-honoured way, so it’s going to be a memorable occasion this year, being able to mark their ancient customs and traditions as has been done over centuries past....
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Scottish Borders Council was this week urged to come up with a permanent safety solution as fears over the possibility of youngsters losing their lives among the town’s derelict buildings heightened....
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It is “vitally important” people take part in the three-month public consultation for a new high school, Provost Watson McAteer emphasised this week....
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Local councillors Stuart Marshall and Watson McAteer this week assured Teries that their ability to stick up for the town would not be handicapped by them joining the new Scottish Borders Council administration following elections on May 5....
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After Diane Nichol was savagely killed by her partner at his home in Trevelyan Terrace, her sister, Gail Atkinson, swore she would do all she could to make people more aware of domestic abuse....
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A large crowd of more than 200 Teries, young and old, gathered in Beaconsfield Terrace on Wednesday night as Greig Middlemass took up the reins as this year’s Cornet....
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Hawick veteran rail campaigner Madge Elliot was yesterday (Thursday) at the centre of legal action in the highest court in the land challenging Scottish Borders Council (SBC) over decisions made in respect of Teviot Day Service....
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Provost Watson McAteer, pictured, has backed fears expressed by Scotland’s biggest teachers’ union about the future of local education as cash cuts loom, pinpointing potential difficulties in recruiting staff for the town’s high school....
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