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Flood Scheme Forum
19th October 2020 | NewsRESIDENTS living in riverside properties in Langholm have voiced their opposition to the proposed flood defences. The E&L Advertiser contacted and visited a number of people in Mary Street, Frances Street, Caroline Street and Elizabeth Street to ask them for…
Langholm Loves Local launched
17th October 2020 | Community NewsLANGHOLM is bouncing back with a new initiative to make the town a destination of choice. Langholm Loves Local, which has been launched by the Langholm Alliance, is being funded by Scotland’s Towns Partnership. This new social media campaign will…
Luke takes league title
16th October 2020 | Bowling SportBowling
New coronavirus rules will not help industry
16th October 2020 | NewsHotel owner criticises Scottish government for unclear message
Return to rugby is postponed for three months
15th October 2020 | Rugby SportCLUB and school rugby will not return to competition until at least next January. Last Friday the Scottish Rugby’s board supported a recommendation by the Scottish Rugby council to delay the planned return to competitive rugby. This is at all levels…
Villagers welcome a 20mph limit trial
12th October 2020 | NewsNewcastleton’s streets will be safer for pedestrians and drivers
EWM TO CLOSE 200 STORES IN NEXT FORTNIGHT
24,000 Jobs are at risk
Village sewage works due to open next spring
Canonbie and the River Esk will benefit from better treatment
Housing developer is ready to move onto site
Plan put in for initial works, including improved A7 junction
Diggle Boy makes it a hat-trick
Hounds
Rescued mill has new name and big plans
Drove Weavers in Langholm earns praise and admiration from MSP
Keeping active during Covid
STEPS are being taken to encourage school pupils to be…
Digital skills project is launched in Langholm
Older people, young people and low-income families targeted
Flood protection order delayed by fresh study
Environmental impact assessment will take six months to do
Team appointed to regenerate Copshaw
Development officer to lead transformation of Buccleuch House
Four more defibrillators go live
FOUR more defibrillators have been installed as part of a…
Border Brae takes the honours
PUPPY produce day was held at Sewingshields last Saturday. As…
Centre design rethink after public response
And council calls for extra study after identifying flood risk
Village completes historic land buy-out
23rd September 2020 | NewsNewcastleton trust buys 750 acres of Holm Hill from Buccleuch
Scottish actor appeals for donations to moor
18th September 2020 | NewsGregor has good memories of raising his family in Langholm
Dyehouse cuts ten jobs as orders dry up
17th September 2020 | NewsCOVID-19 pandemic hits successful company’s customers
Plan launched to make south a greater place
15th September 2020 | NewsEnterprise body to make area centre for opportunity, innovation and growth
Seaweed and sparrows
14th September 2020 | Arts and EntertainmentMargaret Walty has opened her Autumn exhibition “Here be Dragons” at the Welcome to Langholm Hub. Running until Monday 5th October from 10am until 1.30pm, only three visitors at a time are allowed in to view the exhibition due to…
Volunteers needed to drive community car
11th September 2020 | Community NewsNew Caddy will be used to transport residents to appointments
Another million given to moorland buyout
South of Scotland Enterprise give huge boost to venture
Centre bids for funding to survive the long term
Langholm’s popular performing arts venue is vital to economy
Academy’s head pupils
LANGHOLM and Canonbie Schools Cluster is delighted to announce the…
Church reopens for worship
By the Rev Dr. Robert Pickles
RAVE REVIEWS: Twice Brewed Inn, Bardon Mill
TWICE Brewed Inn sits on the edge of the Military…
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!
Artists impression of how proposed flood defences may look
Rotten meat costs £2k to clear away
NFU Scotland and Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) are jointly…
Unfathomable planning rules
I WISH, through your columns, to advise residents of a…
£500k boost for moor
Family foundation breathes new life into bid for nature reserve
Langholm’s last mill has a brighter future
Well-known designer will create jobs and establish new brand
Nicol’s enterprising role to regenerate town
Former Langholm man will deliver Langholm’s action plan
Dance scholar rewarded
A PERFORMING arts student from Langholm has won a coveted…
Centre announces an August reopening
10th August 2020 | NewsCoffees and lunches are back on the menu – at a safe distance
Canonbie surgery
7th August 2020 | NewsA CONFIDENTIAL online consultation service giving patients another way to access support is being launched at Canonbie medical practice next Wednesday, August 12. e-Consult will enable patients to seek help and support from their own home at a time convenient…
Town is a high priority
7th August 2020 | NewsLangholm does not rank the lowest in an index based on need
MARVELLOUS!
6th August 2020 | Common Riding NewsIT WAS dark when three horsemen were greeted by a small group of supporters at Tibbielugs last Friday. At 5am Langholm’s burgh standard was handed to semi-jubilee Cornet Stevie Ellwood and Roger Maxwell, chairman, urged him to: “Carry this flag…
Neighbourly celebrations
4th August 2020 | Common Riding NewsMOODLAW Point and Henry Street South neighbours gathered on Jennety’s Green to mark the occasion of Stevie Ellwood’s semi-jubilee. Every effort was made to observe social distancing regulations but, nonetheless, a grand time was had in the mixture of chilly…
Neighbourly celebrations
4th August 2020 | Common Riding NewsTHE neighbours in Academy Place and Douglas Terrace could not hold a traditional street party for Jubilee Cornet Neil Davidson. But they did not want to see this fantastic milestone go unmarked so, after Pipe Major Craig Irving piped Neil…
Partnership secures £2.1m for the south
Scottish government awards funding to 28 innovative projects
Jobless warning
JUNE’S unemployment figures are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’…
Weaving company’s future in the balance
Management buy-out team seeks to progress talks with owner
Defibs are going live
Life-saving equipment will come with full instructions on use
Helping to ease the burden
By the Rev Scott McCarthy, minister of Garthamlock and Craigend…
Mill’s billionaire owner crippling suppliers, claim
But EWM says it has reached agreements with nearly all…
Rose’s Wardrobe makes lunar loveliness
Langholm fashion company embraces Neil Armstrong’s tartan
Langholm hotelier backs VAT cut to five per cent
THE Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s package of measures, which he outlined…
Six-figure grant will transform building
Bunkhouse and digital hub at Buccleuch House in Newcastleton
Buccleuch boss pledges to get project to the line
Benny Higgins criticises Scottish Land Fund for its rigidity over…
Winner demolishes a bewildered Derby field
And Langholm Common Riding followers debate the shade of the…
