Langholm Day Centre grow their own
Week: 36 | 7th September 2023 | Community Lifestyle NewsThere’s nothing quite like the taste of home-grown tomatoes and the Langholm Day Centre members can attest to that. This year they have grown their own along with lettuce, cabbage, leeks, green beans, courgettes, potatoes, herbs and an assortment of…
Eskdale & Liddesdale schools declared safe
Week: 36 | 7th September 2023 | Community NewsNo RAAC detected in preliminary inspections Councillor Denis Male contacted the E&L Advertiser earlier this week with the good news that no schools in the Annandale East and Eskdale ward are affected by the current scare regarding the use of reinforced…
Park breaks record
Week: 35 | 31st August 2023 | Cricket News SportLangholm got back to winning ways on Saturday in decisive fashion with a 269 run victory over Gamblesby, featuring a record breaking innings from Gregor Park. Getting off to an inauspicious start with Tony Steele falling for just 1 with…
Jumping Matilda!
Week: 35 | 31st August 2023 | NewsLangholm athlete takes triple-jump gold in Cardiff 15-year-old Langholm Academy pupil Matilda Brockley won a gold medal for the Scotland U20 National Athletics team at the weekend. Competing in the Triple Jump at Cardiff International Sports Campus against teams from…
Holm Show 2023
Week: 35 | 31st August 2023 | Farming and Environment Gilly Fraser NewsOh what a day that was – a day of delight for some and disappointment for others as must always be the case when any kind of competition is involved. We can’t all be winners alas – but actually we…
In-spired Thinking?
Week: 35 | 31st August 2023 | Community NewsAfter 20 years, planning permission is sought for removal of Erskine Church spire Could Langholm’s biggest eyesore soon become a thing of the past? That’s the fervent hope of one campaigner who says a planning application to remove the spire…
The Fantastic Four
Four young athletes from Langholm travelled to Aberdeen this weekend…
The 125th Canonbie Show
The 125th Annual Canonbie Flower show and Vintage Show took…
Things looking rosie as fashion company expands
Local fashion brand Rose’s Wardrobe continues to grow, taking on…
Frustration grows over Murtholm delay
Work may not now begin until 2025 Loreburn “still committed”…
Councillor seeks solution to derelict Ford Mill site
Following several complaints from townspeople regarding the state of the…
And horseracing forbye!
Langholm’s Gormley shares Champion Jockey title Langholm Horse Racing Association…
New beginning for popular Copshaw hotel
GILLY FRASER reports as the Swan family reopen The Grapes The…
Common Riding Gallery
Henry's beard raises £3,000
Langholm’s Left-Hand Man, Henry Jeffrey is renowned for his longer…
Memories made, friendships forged
Another son of Langholm does his duty in an exemplary…
The Setterday Afore - no a bad day!
Esk gravel bank ‘not a concern’
Sediment build-up poses no flooding risk, say Campaigners and officials…
We're all behind you Chris!
Week: 30 | 27th July 2023 | Common Riding NewsWith a smile and a song! Christopher William Tait has smiled his way through his tenure as Langholm’s Cornet. Since being elected in May, through the roasting rides at the Border Common Ridings to the downright soakings of our own…
Low clouds but high spirits for the Benty Rideout
Week: 29 | 20th July 2023 | E&L Life News
Holm Hill hits home with new funding
Week: 29 | 20th July 2023 | Community Newcastleton NewsUK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund to provide lion’s share It’s all systems go for the next phase of development on Newcastleton’s community buyout land on the Holm Hill following the confirmation of new investment worth £500k. That sum comprises £284k…
Raise a glass as to Borderland deal
Week: 29 | 20th July 2023 | Arts and Entertainment NewsLangholm brewery teams up for new taproom venue in Carlisle A Langholm-based brewery is spreading its wings across the border as part of an exciting new entertainment project in Cumbria. Borderlands Brewery has teamed up with the Halston in Carlisle…
The Oxygen Man and the trailing ban
Week: 29 | 20th July 2023 | Farming and Environment Newcastleton NewsNew owner of Blackburn and Hartsgarth claims the hounds ‘do untold damage’ The new owners of land on Langholm Moor have banned hound trailing because they say it’s a threat to wildlife. The move has angered local enthusiasts who say…
Deflatulating daffodils
Week: 28 | 17th July 2023 | Farming and Environment NewsThe sight of daffodils fluttering and dancing in the breeze once inspired the poet Wordsworth to verse, now scientists at Scotland’s rural college believe the iconic golden flowers could play a major role in helping the environment. The SRUC boffins…
Questions and answers at the Buccleuch
Politicians quizzed as popular Radio 4 show comes to Langholm…
Wash out frustration for Steele’s men
Rain stops play, but Langholm still well placed in cricket…
Children’s author makes a return to his Copshaw roots
Family collaboration over 4,200 miles leads to potential series of…
Walkers are Welcome
Walking back to happiness as new Langholm Walks website goes…
Enough is Enough!
Petition for vital health services to be restored to Langholm…
Jake Reid remembered by 40 pairs of bowlers
Memorial Tournament brings Langholm clubs together By Luke Tolson The…
25 years of down-right uniqueness
Copshaw Common Riding fills the heart and mind with something…
Government urged to order review of controversial Langholm forestry plans
By David Greybe Calls are growing for the Scottish Government…
Threat of minimum class sizes is worrying parents
As D&G grapples with the funding gap, rural schools may…
Dozens take their ‘First Bite’
Nicole ‘very busy’ as her long-awaited new café opens in…
The 'Green tail is wagging the docile dog'
The Scottish government’s decision to ban the use of the…
Al takes the editor’s chair
Born and bred Langholm man takes charge of the E&L…
Pureous Bunkamous...abundant Holm humour
Week: 26 | 29th June 2023 | Arts and Entertainment Lifestyle Newcastleton NewsPrepare for lift-off Copshaw – this coming weekend is like no other in the village’s calendar. Not just one major event, but two – both full of music, song, poetry, ancient modern traditions, people on bikes and guaranteed shedloads of…
The march of the windfarms
Week: 26 | 29th June 2023 | Community Newcastleton News80-turbine EDF site now planned for Liddesdale Plans for yet another windfarm in our area have been unveiled. The 80-turbine site, which would be built within Wauchope and Newcastleton forests in Liddesdale could power up to 231,000 homes. And developers…
Is rewilding contributing to increase in wildfires?
Week: 25 | 22nd June 2023 | Farming and Environment NewsCould rewilding be one of the culprits behind the increasing number of wildfires? That’s the theory being put forward by Scottish Tenants Association director Alastair Nairn who is calling for further rewilding to be put on hold until the facts…
Round Copshaw town they did roam!
Week: 25 | 22nd June 2023 | NewsBuild-up is almost palpable as The Holm prepares Tub 2023 Sophie Mitchell has had her first taste of the kind of Pureous Bunkumus that only Copshaw Common Riding can provide. Loyal flag-followers congregated at The Trap which is the event’s…
Rosie's coming up roses!
Week: 25 | 22nd June 2023 | Arts and Entertainment NewsScholarship success at last for Langholm theatre star After six determined years, Langholm’s Rosie Hogg has been announced as the winner of this year’s Razzmatazz. And the team at the Carlisle-based dance school say they can’t think of “a more…
Fans stay Cool amid high drama!
Week: 25 | 22nd June 2023 | Arts and Entertainment NewsMedical emergency halts Everest lecture – then midges descend! Fans of an Everest mountaineer have described the dramatic moment his Langholm lecture was interrupted by a major medical emergency. There was a full house at the Buccleuch Centre for the…
Medal haul for young Langholm stars
Matilda, Antonia and Ava shine at national and regional championships…
All aboard for the adventure of a lifetime
Meet Tuppence, the Canonbie vet who is attempting to conquer…
Knitting the light fantastic
Creation Mill’s In Stiches group casts on with the national…
Great ambassadors
Historically, when Langholm’s Front Three have visited other Common Ridings,…
The heat is on!
Eskdalemuir hotter than Europe, and June heatwave to continue Our…
Pure gold from Matilda B
Four PBs as Langholm star is crowned school’s champ Langholm…
Pitch up at the field of dreams
Folk from around the world just love Langholm’s revamped caravan…
BoS cashes out of Copshaw
Branch closure ‘another nail in coffin’ for village By Gilly…
Keepin' up wi' Chris
DERBY DAY: Cornet Elect Christopher Tait and Right hand Man Ruairi…
Sound as a pound!
Historic deal sees Old School become vibrant community hub Langholm…
A fine day's flapping
Langholm Horseracing held their second meeting in beautiful sunshine on…
Keepin' up wi' Chris
Langholm Cornet Christopher Tait, along with his Right and Left…
