A Teri living in Nova Scotia is “lucky to be alive” following a head-on collision with another car on a bend....
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“Here is a golden opportunity and I would be annoyed if we didn’t put a bid in.” The words of Hawick Common Good Fund chairman, Councillor George Turnbull, who has called for Scottish Borders Council chief executive Netta Meadows to be involved in pulling a funding bid together to finally make improvements to the Volunteer...
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Residents, businesses and community groups are being encouraged to support proposals for a flood protection scheme at Crowbyres and Whitlaw – which could eventually see a flood wall erected....
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The new Hawick Cycling Festival has been handed a funding boost worth nearly £15,000, with organisers urging the public to get behind the exciting project....
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Increasing incidents of graffiti around the town have prompted fresh calls for more investment in CCTV in a bid to counter the problem....
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A Hawick councillor is hoping to kick-start efforts which will lead to the redevelopment of the derelict N. Peal and Riversdale Mills factories....
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Three times his family were told to prepare for the worst, but Scott Drummond – the longest-staying Covid patient in Borders General Hospital – has shown remarkable courage and determination in his fight to beat the pandemic....
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Common-Riding Committee members have raised concerns over the viability of the St Leonard’s Park project....
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Stuart Marshall has described blockages to progress on the toilet-waste project for campervans at the Common Haugh as a “complete fiasco and perfect disgrace”....
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A five-year deal to suspend tariffs on cashmere exports to the USA has been welcomed by Johnstons of Elgin chief Nick Bannerman....
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Proud sisters Katarzyna (left) and Joanna Witczak, owners of the Howegate Cafe, thanked family and customers, as they were presented with the coveted Callants’ Club shop window competition shield earlier this week by club president Burnett Smith....
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The town’s independent ward councillors have insisted they will continue to stand up for the people of Hawick and won’t be “intimidated into silence” by Scottish Borders Council’s ruling administration....
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Burnfoot Community School will benefit from a £167,000 cash injection aimed at closing the poverty attainment gap....
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Provost Watson McAteer this week claimed there was a lack of urgency in efforts to extend the Borders Railway to Hawick....
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Provost Watson McAteer is calling for Scottish Border Council to review whether or not Live Borders remains “fit for purpose”....
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Developer Gavin Stevenson hopes work can begin this month on the Commercial Road development which will bring a McDonald’s drive-thru restaurant and 60 new jobs to the town....
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