The Hawick Paper

21/12/2025

Nostalgia: This week we follow the continued military lineage of the Middlemass family through its Barker branch.

Read 'pairt twae' in your Hawick Paper, out now. 📰✍🏻

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📷 Sam Barker on National Service in Germany, 1956 [Sam Barker]

20/12/2025

𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀 the glitz and glamour of Hawick High School's Christmas dance night. Only in this festive week's paper. 🎄💃🕺

19/12/2025

𝗞𝗻𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸

💚 Great Hawick RFC rivalries and camaraderie remembered at Mansfield lunch
🏆 McAllister bags his 11th Hawick championship
🏇 Nichol builds on gelding’s success

And so much more! Your Hawick Paper, out now.

19/12/2025

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿: 𝗢𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄. 📰 📣

As we approach the festive week, we've got a packed 2️⃣4️⃣ pages of local news, views and sport for our readers - with McDonald's back on the menu for Hawick. 🎄

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18/12/2025

A fantastic opportunity. 🤩

18/12/2025

Funeral intimation at the request of his loving family, for the sad passing of
Colin McEwan

Colin passed away peacefully at Forth Valley Royal Hospital on Monday 15th December 2025, aged 80 years. Beloved husband and soul mate of Jane, much loved and proud dad of Scott, loving father in law of Jane, adored pops of Emily and a dear friend to many.

A funeral service will take place at Stirlingshire Crematorium on Tuesday 6th January 2026 at 2pm.

Retiral offering in lieu of flowers for the ongoing work of Chest, Heart and Stroke Scotland.

Thank you.

18/12/2025

Scottish Borders Council is to seek confirmation from Scottish Ministers over a by-law restricting the right to access on the site of Center Parcs near Hassendean.

Scottish Borders Council is to seek confirmation from Scottish Ministers over a by-law restricting the right to access on the site of Center Parcs near Hassendean.

17/12/2025

Fast food giant McDonald’s has this afternoon announced plans for a new £4million restaurant in Commericial Road, which it says will create 100 new jobs.

The proposal also includes a coffee shop and an electric vehicle charging hub.

The two acre site, between Sainsbury’s and Aldi, incorporates 38 car parking spaces and would allow space for “future potential development”.

Coffee chain Starbucks has previously been mooted as a potential business which may further add to Hawick’s offer.

As previously reported, McDonald’s was granted approval for a restaurant on the Commercial Road site in 2020 but the development did not proceed.

A company spokesperson said a planning application is expected to be submitted “soon”.

17/12/2025

Objectors to the Center Parcs plans claim they have suffered “a completely sacrificial process” after airing their concerns.

Objectors to the Center Parcs plans claim they have suffered “a completely sacrificial process” after airing their concerns.

16/12/2025

Teri Lisa Thomson has begun a spell on the sidelines after having surgery on an achilles injury.

The 28-year-old Scotland centre has not featured for her club side Trailfinders Rugby in the English PWR top flight yet this season and recenty announced that she is injured.

Teri Lisa Thomson has begun a spell on the sidelines after having surgery on an achilles injury. The 28-year-old Scotland centre has not featured for her club side Trailfinders Rugby in the English…

16/12/2025

🏘Event: Untold Stories - Tales From The Town
📅Date: Tuesday 20th January - Tuesday 7th April 2026
⏰Time: 19.00-21.00
🌎Location: Heart of Hawick

🎟️Tickets: https://bit.ly/Untold-stories-hoh

LIMITED SPACES REMAINING, PLEASE ONLY BOOK IF YOU CAN COMMIT TO FULL PROJECT.

‘Untold Stories: Tales from the Town’ is a ten-week community theatre project led by Live Borders Arts & Creativity and Heart of Hawick where anyone with an interest in writing or acting can work with professional theatre makers to bring their stories to the stage.

The project focuses on expanding the untold stories of some of Hawick’s most iconic buildings and their past, present and future inhabitants.

Staff from Live Borders Museums, Galleries and Archives including The Heritage Hub and Borders Textile Towerhouse will be joined by a local historian to spark creative ideas for writers to respond to. We will then be working with local theatre legends Ellie Zeegan and Clare Prenton to develop these ideas into performances ready for the stage.

Learn more on our website or come along to our information session on Tuesday 20th January 2026.