Common-Riding fever is set to reach its peak this weekend as Cornet Ryan Nichol, his Lass Kirsty McAllan, and Acting Father and Mother, Shane and Susan Coltman, look forward to what promises to be an unforgettable few days. With the Friday just hours away, there is, as always, a real buzz of excitement in the...
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The family of Madge Elliot MBE are this week leading the tributes to the prominent community campaigner who passed away on Saturday. She was 95. Her passion for her family, for tennis, and to have the railway reinstated to the Scottish Borders was greatly admired by all who knew her....
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Local parliamentary candidates have had their say after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a surprise general election on Wednesday afternoon....
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Leading the 2024 Common-Riding celebrations will see Cornet Ryan Nichol realise a life-long ambition. Ryan says he can’t wait to embrace a role he has dreamed of at the head of the cavalcades on the Tuesday and Saturday ride-outs. He is also looking forward to all the historical ceremonies, viewing the entire experience as a...
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A fight which began more than four years ago to ensure dementia patients in Hawick received day care support ended last Friday with the opening of a brand-new unit at the community hospital....
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A call has gone out to the UK and Scottish governments to “demonstrate real commitment” to extending the Borders Railway to Hawick and on to Carlisle. Issuing the plea was Councillor Watson McAteer following last Thursday’s meeting with the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop....
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People power has prompted a rethink over plans to include North Bridge Street in the town’s Active Travel Network (ATN). A meeting at the Evergreen Hall last week attracted around 30 residents and business owners, who voted unanimously for the scheme designers to go back to the drawing board....
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A successful tourism initiative, responsible for greeting almost 4,000 visitors to the town in 2023, will not run this year, it was claimed at Monday night’s meeting of Hawick Community Council. ...
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It is now “weeks rather than months” until the new dementia facility opens at the community hospital, The Hawick Paper can reveal....
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Thanks to the generosity of townsfolk, more than £8,000 was raised for the Poppy Scotland Appeal in 2023 – around £1,500 more than the previous year....
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The new £1.5million footbridge in Lower Mansfield is “a hugely important link”, says local ward councillor, Stuart Marshall. And the elected member, who has championed the bridge bid between Weensland and Mansfield for many years, admitted it was “an emotional moment” seeing it come to fruition....
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An incident at Stampers Bar last Friday night has prompted renewed calls for greater coverage of defibrillators within the town, better awareness of where they are located and wider education into the use of them....
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There has been a torrent of anger over the “downright stupid” actions of several individuals seen climbing the town’s floodgates and footbridges after the deluge dumped by Storm Isha last weekend....
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The owner of a High Street mobile phone shop has hit out at the lack of “proper investment” in CCTV after thieves stole thousands of pounds of stock from his premises in the early hours of Tuesday....
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Over the past 12 months The Salvation Army food bank has handled almost 200 more referrals than the previous year, The Hawick Paper can reveal. The Croft Road-based organisation also distributed 323 gifts for young people over the festive period. Last year it was 180....
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The delay-hit Hawick Business Centre has been handed £300,000 in a bid to widen its use in the town. And its long-awaited opening date is set to be announced, Scottish Borders Council (SBC) told The Hawick Paper this week....
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