A potential council tax increase of ten per cent next year has led to deep concerns over “those least able to pay”. The proposed tax hike would bring in around an extra £7million to support the delivery of Scottish Borders Council services, Suzy Douglas, the local authority’s finance director, said in her budget planning assumptions...
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“Outstanding and inspirational” head teacher Jeanette Gordon retired from Drumlanrig primary last Friday after a career spanning almost 40 years. Jeanette had been at the school’s helm for 16 years, before which she taught at Newcastleton and Burnfoot, followed by headships at Hobkirk and Denholm....
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Motorists and pedestrians face six months of delays and inconvenience as an “eyewatering” amount of repairs and excavations – around 90 in total – are carried out across the town....
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Fears that the closure of the Sandbed Post Office could become permanent have been compounded with confirmation that “a review of Post Office service provision in Hawick” is to be carried out....
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Madge’s Path was officially opened at a ceremony on Wednesday morning. Provost Clair Ramage declared the memorial path open, forging a linking between the west end and Wilton Lodge Park, in the name of Madge Elliot MBE. In her remarks, Mrs Ramage said: “Madge was an amazing lady, famous for her railway campaigning, but she...
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The long-term future of Hawick’s Borders College campus has been thrown into doubt, after it emerged this week that the £4.2million facility is part of an operational and estates “review” by the further education provider....
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A new £2million bridge over the Teviot has been hailed “a huge and popular asset” to the town, after its official opening in Lower Mansfield on Wednesday morning....
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A multi-agency meeting was held at Burnfoot Community Hub this week in a bid to tackle ongoing antisocial issues on the estate....
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Local enduro rider Corey Watson says being crowned the senior men’s champion at the inaugural Lloyds Bank National Enduro Championships in Dumfries and Galloway at the weekend is the “biggest achievement” in his career....
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Adopted Teri Dmytro Rezvoy is set to row across the Atlantic in a bid to help raise £150,000 for wounded soldiers in war-torn Ukraine....
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A “use us or lose us” plea has gone out this week in a bid to secure the long-term future of Burnfoot Community Hub. Work is taking place behind the scenes to bolster usage of the hub, which was handed a £10,000 financial lifeline from Hawick Common Good Fund in November....
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Record-breaking round-the-world yachtsman, Sir Chay Blyth, was “over the moon” to fulfil his role as chief guest at Saturday’s King’s Own Scottish Borderers’ Minden Day parade. The prestigious gathering also attracted a strong contingent of local support. “For me, it was a great honour to be chief guest, having been in the territorial army of...
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The Hawick Paper is this week highlighting growing concerns about the state of the town as a result of Scottish Borders Council’s grass management pilot project. Hawick’s elected representatives haven’t been shy in voicing criticism of the reduced cutting regime which has left areas of the grey auld toon such as roadsides, parks, cemeteries and...
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A local shopkeeper has branded news that shoplifting in Scotland has soared to a ten-year high as “shocking” and insists tougher measures are needed to deal with offenders. Kat Yule, who runs Kat’s Corner Shop, has first-hand experience of theft from her Myreslawgreen convenience store, having previously been held at knifepoint by a thief ordering...
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Almost five years of “disruption” at Dovecote Mews looks set to continue, it was heard at Monday night’s meeting of Hawick Community Council. Talking of a recently submitted planning application by Scottish Borders Council for a new active area and outdoor gym adjacent her home, Evelyn Sangster emphasised that the proposed site on land south...
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As the curtain falls on the 2024 Common-Riding, this year’s Principals can look back on carrying out the town’s historic traditions with the dignity and decorum befitting the occasion. For Cornet Ryan Nichol, who has received nothing but praise in his role, the big weekend past was like “an emotional rollercoaster”....
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