MSP: Countryside being used as 'political football'
Week: 50 | 14th December 2023 | Farming and Environment NewsMundell takes government to task over destruction of the landscape Dumfriesshire MSP Oliver Mundell has launched a stinging attack on the Scottish Government, accusing it of turning its back on rural Scotland and overseeing thedestruction of the countryside.Aiming his fire…
It's an ill windfarm that blows no good
Week: 50 | 14th December 2023 | Canonbie Community E&L Life News£87,000 Ewe Hill Funds awarded to local projects in Annandale and Eskdale The Dumfriesshire East Community Benefits Group has awarded a further £87,000 in grants to community projects from ScottishPower Renewable’s Ewe Hill 16 windfarm fund in its most recent…
‘Is our voice even heard?’
Week: 49 | 7th December 2023 | Community NewsNHS Dumfries and Galloway executives attend first of hopefully many meetings Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk Community Council invited representatives of NHS Dumfries & Galloway to their meeting on Monday evening to present them with the 1,000 signature petition protesting the…
Road safety concerns at Langholm Primary school
Week: 48 | 30th November 2023 | Community NewsConcerned parents have produced a detailed report on the alarming lack of measures in place Gillian and Kevin McCartney are parents of children attending Langholm Primary school and they contacted the E&L to bring attention to their campaign to improve road…
Share in windfarm leadsto green awards nomination
Week: 47 | 23rd November 2023 | Farming and Environment NewsNick Jennings’ foresight puts Eskdalemuir in the running The Upper Eskdale Development Group are finalists in the Scottish Green Energy Awards. They were nominated for an award for the work done by their former lead Nick Jennings.Nick worked from 2012…
Love, a dance and a right good belly laugh!
Week: 47 | 23rd November 2023 | Arts and Entertainment E&L Life News ReviewWith a large cast and great audiences, LAODS’ Last Tango in Whitby brings the house down LAODS, who are still celebrating their centenary year, presented their first play since before Covid in The Buccleuch Centre last week.Last Tango in Whitby…
Having a final say on the future of Holm Hill
Newcastleton and District Community Trust is just about to carry…
High heid yins head for Thomas Hope meeting
Meeting with Health and Social Care to thrash out Langholm’s…
8-page E&L Life Remembrance Supplement included in this week's E&L
Photos of Remembrance Services and parades across the area along…
Langholm Moor Lynx fears are calmed... for the moment
Fears that the new owners of former farmland on Langholm…
Musical excellence delights Canonbie audience
Splendid concert brings church’s 200 year celebrations to a close…
Langholm Alliance: Update on Community Plan
Donna Hislop, Community Enterprise Manager, brings us up to speed…
Scottish call-up forathlete sisters
Langholm siblings make the Scottish Pentathlon team SCOTTISH CALL UP…
Post Office's future discussed at meeting
Canonbie residents gather to hear the options for valuable village…
Oxygen Man links lynx to Langholm Moor
Blackburn & Hartsgarth owner says it’s a possibility Could former…
Great start for Conan,Freshman of the Year
Langholm athlete attains accolade from Charleston Southern University 18-year-old Conan…
Moderator inspires worshipers at Canonbie
Church is packed to hear uplifting service from church leader…
Further afforestation fury
Tree planting nightmare for a further three farms surrounding Claygate…
Langholm familiarisation visit for Council leader
Week: 44 | 2nd November 2023 | Community NewsGail Macgregor, leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council was invited to visit Langholm by local Councillor Denis Male. Although Ms Macgregor is a regular attender at Langholm Common Riding, Denis wanted her to see both what the Muckle Toon was…
Two high-level wins for Sarah in Scandinavia
Week: 43 | 26th October 2023 | Equestrian SportGILLY FRASER hears about Sarah Borthwick and her show-jumpers A top showjumping horse co-owned by former Langholmite Sarah Borthwick has pulled off two incredible wins at the highest level of the sport. Piloted by 31-year-old Irish rider Richard Howley, the 12-year-old…
Bleat and Blether ’bout Blackface wool
Week: 43 | 26th October 2023 | Community Farming and EnvironmentCreation Mill staff debunk the myth that common wool has limited use Emma Duncan and Lewis Jackson represented Creation Mill of Langholm at a ‘Bleat and Blether’ workshop in Sanquhar last week. The workshop was exploring how Blackface sheep wool…
Public meeting on future of Canonbie Post Office
Week: 43 | 26th October 2023 | Canonbie Community NewsFollowing the news that Canonbie Post Office and shop were up for sale and the postmaster was planning to retire at the end of February, the Community Meeting which was being planned has been organised for 1st November and will…
Urgent action required in face of diminished services
Week: 43 | 26th October 2023 | Community News1,000+ signature petition endorses demands Langholm’s ailing health services are now in need of urgent life support. That’s the claim by Councillor Denis Male, after the announcement of yet more hold-ups to the Murtholm care development dealt another blow to…
Appeal for help with gardens
Week: 42 | 19th October 2023 | Community Gardening Lifestyle NewsMargaret Pool writes; A number of folk will recall that back in the 1990s, one of the Langholm Initiatives’ project groups, the Bonnie Langholm Committee, held an annual fund raiser towards the provision of seasonal hanging baskets and planters for…
High profile minister to visit Canonbie
Anthony Lane tells of perfect ending to Church’s bi-centenary events…
Rothbury 'Looks North' to Langholm for guidance
The team at BBC look North got in touch with…
Xcel is eighteen!
This week marks 18 years of the Xcel Project! The…
Old Copshaw hostlery closes its doors
One of Newcastleton’s longest-established businesses has closed down. The Liddesdale…
A celebration of some amazing achievements
Langholm Academy pupils shine with some spectacular exam results and…
Langholm Flood Scheme dead in the water
Plug pulled on original £10 million defences In last week’s…
Conan has Carolina on his mind
Langholm athlete settled on Charleston SouthernUniversity having had seventy offers…
Umbrella walkers raise over £30k
Rotary and Trusts-backed fundraiser breaks another record The Langholm Rotary…
Ultra-cool Ullswater adventures
Langholm S6 pupils enjoy a week of outdoor antics and…
Doing the Wright thing for Sycamore Gap
Amazing offer by Canonbie Sawmill owners Canonbie sawmill owners Steve…
Sensational new sensory room for Langholm Youth project
Xcel has provided one of the best publicly accessible sensory…
The 171st Langholm Show
The day of the 171st Langholm Show dawned and Langholm…
Had by Haddington
Week: 39 | 28th September 2023 | News Rugby SportSlow start for Langholm gives home side the advantage but they secure try bonus away from home Langholm RFC took to the road again on Saturday this time to play Haddington RFC at Neilson Park.It was a side that had…
Loreburn remains 'wholly committed' to Murtholm
Week: 39 | 28th September 2023 | Community NewsE&L interviews housing association chief executive Kirsteen McGinn The E&L intends to keep asking questions and reporting back on issues that are of concern to the community. These include the Erskine Church, Warbla afforestation, flooding, gravel, and riverbanks and of…
Cammy Barnes LOVES Langholm x
Week: 38 | 21st September 2023 | NewsLast Friday, The Buccleuch Centre opened it’s doors to welcome rising chart star Cammy Barnes for his penultimate concert date of his Scottish Tour.This attracted an audience from as far as Fife and Glasgow as many of his other Scottish…
All our rugby yesteryears
Week: 38 | 21st September 2023 | News Rugby SportA great afternoon at Hawick and Wilton Cricket Club on Sunday with the reenacting of the first Hawick v Langholm rugby match from 1874 , final score 0 – 0 . Well done to all the players who took part…
It’s been all go on Langholm Showfield this week.
Week: 38 | 21st September 2023 | Farming and Environment NewsA veritable army of willing volunteers and committee members has been hard at work, putting up marquees, setting out tables, roping off rings, staking out pens and doing all the thousand and one other jobs that need doing before the…
Outdoor Fun in the September sun
Week: 38 | 21st September 2023 | Community LifestyleWe catch up with our young friends at Langholm Playcare During the recent warm spell, we took the children outside as much as possible. We take them outside regardless of the weather, but the sunshine definitely helps. The benefits of…
Langholm Forum contacts Holyrood
Warbla petition prompts invitation to Gougeon Following an excellent response…
10th time lucky for Castleholm cricketers
Delight as LCC promoted to Premier League On their tenth…
Erskine Church saga reaches the airwaves
Denise Irving-Lang to be interviewed by Radio Scotland It’s encouraging…
There's still time to get your creations into Langholm Show
If you’re a baker, floral artist, photographer, gardener, crafter, knitter…
Flat roof problems for Langholm's Primary school
From no RAAC one week to wet rot and water…
Indefinite delay for Murtholm development
Loreburn announce moratorium on new-builds But promise Langholm project is…
Innov8-ive ideas to tackle isolation in kids
Gilly Fraser reports on Newcastleton initiative to instil pride and…
Cheers! Langholm's Beer Festival hailed a huge success
Joint venture by Buccleuch Centre and Borderlands Brewery goes down…
Langholm Day Centre grow their own
There’s nothing quite like the taste of home-grown tomatoes and…
Eskdale & Liddesdale schools declared safe
No RAAC detected in preliminary inspections Councillor Denis Male contacted…
Park breaks record
Langholm got back to winning ways on Saturday in decisive…
Jumping Matilda!
Langholm athlete takes triple-jump gold in Cardiff 15-year-old Langholm Academy…
