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Council agrees to include Hornsehow in Hawick ward boundaries

Following a row over plans to redefine council ward boundaries, Scottish Borders Council has agreed to include Hornshole in its submission to the Local Government Boundary Commission.

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Petition to stop Hornshole from leaving Hawick

The current Scottish Borders wards Credit: Scottish Borders Council

A petition has begun calling for Hornshole to remain as part of the Hawick ward.

Burnfoot Community Council Chairman Michael Grieve has started the petition after Scottish Borders Council failed to oppose plans to remove the historic battleground from the Hawick and Denholm ward, in revised local government boundaries.

Under the proposals, the battle site, which is central to the town's common riding festival, will be part of a larger Jedburgh ward.

The plans are part of a national review by the Local Government Boundary Commission of Scotland, who want elected representatives in council to reflect the distribution of voters.

Councillors say there are many rural areas that face joining a different ward under the proposals.

Michael Grieve says the community must fight the plans:

It is quite frightening that 500 years ago we fought over this site and now someone with the score of a pen can just change it and nothing happens. So we have to show the Boundary Commission that these monuments to our past are important and should remain in the areas that they are supposed to be.

– Michael Grieve, Chairman, Burnfoot Community Council
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