While the dark clouds of closure have lifted over three of Hawick’s iconic buildings, a “use it or lose it” call has been made by a senior town councillor. The welcome news that the library, Heritage Hub, and Borders Textile Towerhouse are to stay open came at a special meeting of Scottish Borders Council, yesterday...
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Wednesday saw around 120 people view plans for a new improved building at the Moor, with many “positively surprised” by the concept. Spearheaded by Friends of Hawick Mair, the project took a tentative step forward at the consultation event, with the plans made public for the first time. ...
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Councillor Stuart Marshall is aiming to bring the town’s two major registered social landlords together for a meeting to discuss what he says is a “worsening” housing emergency....
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Councillor Stuart Marshall told council bosses this week that he wants to see “the detail” in any plans which could lead to the closure of facilities in Hawick....
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Attempts are to be made to revive a shoplifter alert scheme in Hawick, amid a claim that retail theft is at an “industrial level”. Making that assertion at Monday night’s community council meeting was Scottish Borders Council councillor, Watson McAteer, following the monthly police report which contained a string of shoplifting incidents in September....
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Scottish Borders Council will hold a special meeting next month to decide the future of sport, leisure and cultural facilities across the region – including three buildings in Hawick. This follows a public consultation on a report, published in April by Integratis Consulting, which recommended closing a string of properties....
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Bonchester Bridge’s Yvonne Ridley has this week told of her “kidnap and capture” by Israel, after trying to breach its naval blockade of Gaza to deliver aid. The journalist and activist, who has lived at Wolfelee Cottage since 2011, was previously detained for 11 days by the Taliban in Afghanistan in the wake of the...
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Stirches residents have recently been targeted by a group of youths and subjected to a barrage of antisocial behaviour – an issue local ward councillor, Stuart Marshall, has vowed to help stamp out....
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Claims that firefighters are being investigated for “allowing” MSP Rachael Hamilton to film inside Hawick Fire Station during a visit with MP John Lamont have been branded “shocking” by the parliamentarians....
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Three local facilities earmarked for closure by a consultancy firm have all shown a significant increase in visitor numbers since 2022. The shock figures were presented at a recent meeting of Scottish Borders Council’s external services/providers monitoring group – but elicited no comment from elected members....
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Local firefighters who allegedly voiced concerns over a controversial proposal to downgrade cover at the fire station are not “currently” being disciplined....
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Tuesday’s Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) public meetings were branded “tick-box exercises”, while brigade officials said its proposal for Hawick was already working in around 80 per cent of Scotland. The two meetings, held in the town hall at 2pm and 6pm, attracted a lower than expected attendance of 107, with views being sought...
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Borders College’s Hawick campus is set to be transformed into a “cutting-edge” innovation and advanced manufacturing hub, it was announced yesterday (Thursday). The move, which will see South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) take ownership of the building in Buccleuch Road, has allayed fears over the college’s long-term future in the town....
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Overall exam results across all year groups at the high school showed an “improved performance” with increases in attainment at S4, S5, and S6 compared to 2024, said head teacher Lisa Scott. Pupils received their results on Tuesday and were commended for bettering last year’s outcomes....
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Hawick’s Active Travel Network [ATN] is to open at the end of this month, with the flood protection scheme’s official opening scheduled for next year....
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The leader of Scottish Borders Council is this week calling on Audit Scotland to carry out “a full review” of Hawick’s flood protection scheme. Councillor Euan Jardine said he has “formally requested” the report in a bid to “strengthen oversight and improve funding arrangements for major infrastructure schemes”....
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