- Alert sees town streets cleared
- City bed tax 'is ill-considered'
- Lennon: I thought of giving it up
- Children's unit 'may become unsafe'
- Skippers on £1m confiscation orders
- Suspicions of affair 'festered'
- Special Award for Moffat at Baftas
- Call over airbase 'radium' probe
- Firms urged to use apprentice offer
News
Katie hopes local wins can lead to stardom
A Teri teenager hopes to jump further towards her dream of competing in one of the world’s biggest horse trial events by posting a positive showing at Floors Castle this weekend.
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Fund-raising friends offer Lewis special Norway trip
A local student who has cerebral palsy is set to earn the trip of a lifetime thanks to his fund-raising efforts with friends.
Demand for action amid road safety concerns
AN urgent call has been made to look into the speed of traffic using Mart Street roundabout.
1 commentFury over £200K hole in public finances
THE public purse is out of pocket to the tune of £200,000 following the demolition of a building over ten years ago.
2 commentscornet’s support weathers the storm Picture gallery
“NO matter what the weather, be it wet or be it fine”.
Sport
McNeil to weigh up his future at Greens
Bruce McNeil’s future at Mansfield Park is in the balance after the Greens captain received offers from clubs looking to recruit him for next season.
1 commentUnited celebrate in style at 50th anniversary dinner Picture gallery
HAWICK United are 50 years old and the Wilton Lodge Park club celebrated the occasion with an anniversary dinner in the Mansfield House Hotel on Saturday evening.
Hawick face Heriots in bid to end on high
Hawick RFC are almost guaranteed to finish fourth in the Kings of the Sevens series that culminates at Jed Forest on Saturday, but the Greens will go all out to win their third tournament this year.
MacLeod swoops in to sign for Falcons
FORMER Greens star Scott MacLeod has signed for Newcastle Falcons.
Lifestyle
Vertish Hill kids to receive Jubilee keepsake
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee will be marked in many ways across the UK during the coming weeks, and young participants at the 131st annual Vertish Hill Sports will be treated to a slice of the celebrations.
Juniors rally roond their Cornet Picture gallery
FULL report and more pictures from the Junior Ride in next Friday’s paper.
1514 entertainers light up town hall stage Picture gallery
FORGET Stars in Their Eyes, Britain’s Got Talent, the X-Factor and The Voice – for sheer entertainment look no further than the 1514 Hawick Sings Concert.
Camera club plea
Hawick Camera Club is seeking historic photographs to help celebrate its three-quarters-of-a-century of work.
Cornet brings out sun Picture gallery
THE town endured heavy rain, hail, sleet and even snow on Tuesday as Teries were regaled with Mother Nature’s full repertoire.
Community
Debate swirls around wind farm proponent’s town council role
With reference to last week’s article regarding a conflict of interests on the community council’s wind farms sub-group, I would like to express my concern and question whether this conflict has truly ended.
1 commentCouncillor Smith’s Marmion Road reply
I read with interest last week’s letter from Allan Walker regarding the road markings in Marmion Road. If Mr Walker had given me the opportunity to speak when we met recently perhaps this could have been resolved then!
What does Houston know of joblessness?
Jock Houston effectively answered his question himself in last week’s Hawick News as to why I waited so long to highlight the outdated planning policies at Scottish Borders Council. Yes I did it last week, just before the coming election to highlight the ineptitude of the departing councillors who are supposed to have represented us at SBC for the past five years (and not just the Hawick contingent).
Pender’s long wait to go to the press
IN last week’s paper, Norman Pender blasted the planning authorities at St Boswells for refusing his application “last summer” to build a bungalow next to is current house in Cavers. All 23 documents to do with the application are on the council’s planning website (ref: 10/00843/PPP), and show that he applied for permission on June 14, 2010, was refused it by a planning officer on August 11, 2010, after she made as site visit, and lost his appeal to a review body of five councillors, who has also made a site visit, on November 25, 2010. None of these dates are “last summer” which was 2011, and one wonders why he waited so long to go to the press!
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Saturday 19 May 2012
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Light rain
Temperature: 3 C to 9 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: North east
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Wind Speed: 12 mph
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