Local Pine Marten population is on the rise
Week: 06 | 8th February 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentAn Eskdalemuir forest has been found to have a growing population of Pine Marten.Surveys conducted in Castle O’er and also in Ae Forest in Dumfriesshire have found that numbers of the elusive native predator are on the rise.Both plantations are…
Tourism plans fit in with economic strategy
Week: 06 | 8th February 2024 | Community Lifestyle NewsSSDA want an increase in overseas tourists and industry workforce Just over twenty local people attended a presentation by staff from the South of Scotland Destination Alliance about their draft responsible tourism strategy in the Buccleuch Centre last Thursday. The…
Participate in Polysport’s potential improvements
Week: 06 | 8th February 2024 | E&L Life Newcastleton NewsNewcastleton residents encouraged to have a say in development People in Newcastleton are being urged to have their say on the village’s popular Polysport facility and for any ideas on how best to improve the gym. The organisers say they’d…
Caroline Street water wall is deemed safe for now
Week: 06 | 8th February 2024 | Community NewsHowever, concerns remain about the angle of the fence and the camber of the road Just before Christmas, the E&L ran a story on residents’ concerns about the condition of Caroline Street in Langholm.The concerns centred on the state of…
Langholm Girls shortlisted for Women in Sport award
Week: 05 | 1st February 2024 | SportLangholm Girls Football Club were surprised yet delighted to hear at the weekend, that they have been shortlisted for a new Women in Sport Award. Melrose Sevens will be hosting these new awards on Friday 12th April that will be…
Vlog: Wellbeing in agriculture
Week: 05 | 1st February 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentThis month’s dip into the world of podcasts, blogs, vlogs and other assorted media with any link to farming, takes us to Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service and the topic of mental health and wellbeing in agriculture. In a video featuring…
Good show for Holm Show fundraiser
Newcastleton’s Holm Show calendar of events got off to a…
'Weel are ye worthy o' a grace'
Langholm Ladies and Gilnockie and Langholm Playcare bring the Burns…
Day Centre of excellence holds Annual General Meeting
Manager pays heartfelt thanks to trustees, staff volunteers and almost…
Demolition of Erskine spire receives approval
Shetland based owners of Langholm’s Erskine church have further plans…
Canonbie Post Office: "It's my lifeline!"
“I would have no shopping, money or newspaper if you…
Crossdykes fund offers educational bursaries
Apply to Langholm Community Council for help with learning costs…
Isha puts paid to a Langholm Landmark
Much-loved Castleholm chestnut succumbs to the power of nature The…
NFUS Survey will give valuable information
A new survey being undertaken by NFU Scotland will help…
Copshaw man served on Christmas Island
“You could see all the bones in our hands as…
A sign of things to come for first town in Scotland
Langholm signs work underway, confirms MP A PLAN to deliver…
Step-daughter will run 26.2 miles in honour of Philip
Popular son of Copshaw’s wish was to increase awareness of…
Great oaks from little acorns grow
TVNR: Caring for Langholm’s ancient woodlands The Longwood ancient woodlands…
David Calvert's MBE is certainly well deserved
Week: 02 | 11th January 2024 | Arts and Entertainment Community E&L Life NewsLangholm Town Bandsman honoured in King Charles’ New Year list By Mairi Telford JammehDavid Calvert of Langholm was awarded the MBE in the New Years honours list for his services to the community.David, who has lived in Charlotte Street in…
Victory for Faw Side wind farm campaigners
Week: 02 | 11th January 2024 | Community NewsScottish Government refuses permission for massive Ewes Valley installation There was much jubilation in the Ewes Valley and local area just before Christmas when it was announced that the Scottish Government had refused permission for the planned massive wind farm…
‘Nothing But Whisky’ to be found in The Holm
Week: 51 | 21st December 2023 | E&L Life NewcastletonGilly Fraser samples a new specialist shop in Newcastleton A brand-new shop specialising in whisky has opened in Newcastleton.Appropriately named “Nothing But Whisky,” the shop is in the village’s Grapes Hotel, in an area specially redesigned for the purpose by…
Over 1,200 travel to Oz to see 'Perfect Panto'
Week: 51 | 21st December 2023 | Arts and Entertainment Lifestyle NewsCentre Stage Community Theatre excel themselves with this year’s panto perfect casting and perfect performances making for a perfect Christmas treat In what has become a firmly established annual tradition in Langholm, Centre Stage’s Muckle Toon Pantomime has, once again,…
Town's tall tree takes a topple!
Week: 51 | 21st December 2023 | Community E&L Life NewsLast Saturday night, the wind got up to such a level that it blew the town’s very tall Christmas tree down!Falling forward and to the right, towards Davidson’s Chemists, we are happy to report that neither person nor property was…
Is Caroline Street really in danger of collapsing?
Week: 51 | 21st December 2023 | Community NewsResidents are very concerned about the deterioration of the road and the fence One of Langholm’s more picturesque streets is, according to people who live there, in danger of collapsing into the Wauchope Water.The fencing that separates Caroline Street from…
Festive fun for all at Social Club Party
Langholm Social Club held their annual Children’s Christmas Party last…
Alastair Henderson: A heartfelt tribute
It all began some misty years ago with an advert…
MSP: Countryside being used as 'political football'
Mundell takes government to task over destruction of the landscape…
It's an ill windfarm that blows no good
£87,000 Ewe Hill Funds awarded to local projects in Annandale…
‘Is our voice even heard?’
NHS Dumfries and Galloway executives attend first of hopefully many…
Road safety concerns at Langholm Primary school
Concerned parents have produced a detailed report on the alarming…
Share in windfarm leadsto green awards nomination
Nick Jennings’ foresight puts Eskdalemuir in the running The Upper…
Love, a dance and a right good belly laugh!
With a large cast and great audiences, LAODS’ Last Tango…
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
Week: 46 | 16th November 2023 | Arts and Entertainment Canonbie Community NewsSplendid concert brings church’s 200 year celebrations to a close It was a double celebration at Canonbie United Parish Church on Saturday night with a concert from the Border Strathspey and Reel Society. Whilst the church was rounding-off a series…
Langholm Alliance: Update on Community Plan
Week: 46 | 16th November 2023 | Community NewsDonna Hislop, Community Enterprise Manager, brings us up to speed It has been a busy few months at The Langholm Alliance as we strive to help groups move forward with the Langholm Community Plan. Members of the Community Forum met…
Scottish call-up forathlete sisters
Week: 45 | 9th November 2023 | News SportLangholm siblings make the Scottish Pentathlon team SCOTTISH CALL UP FOR ATHLETES | Following trials in Grangemouth last weekend, both Matilda and Antonia Brockley have been selected to represent Scottish Schools Athletics against England, Ireland and Wales in December. They…
Post Office's future discussed at meeting
Week: 45 | 9th November 2023 | Canonbie Community Lifestyle NewsCanonbie residents gather to hear the options for valuable village asset Over fifty people met in Canonbie last Wednesday in the Cross Keys hotel to discuss the future of their shop and post office which is likely to close. Councillor…
Oxygen Man links lynx to Langholm Moor
Week: 45 | 9th November 2023 | Farming and Environment NewsBlackburn & Hartsgarth owner says it’s a possibility Could former farmland on Langholm Moor one day become home to the Eurasian Lynx? The new owners of Blackburn and Hartsgarth believe it’s a very real possibility. Oxygen Conservation bought the 11,390…
Great start for Conan,Freshman of the Year
Week: 44 | 2nd November 2023 | Athletics SportLangholm athlete attains accolade from Charleston Southern University 18-year-old Conan Harper from Langholm who we recently covered with a news article of his new life in the USA, has got off to an excellent start in his athletics scholarship with…
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
Gail Macgregor, leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council was invited…
Two high-level wins for Sarah in Scandinavia
GILLY FRASER hears about Sarah Borthwick and her show-jumpers A top…
Bleat and Blether ’bout Blackface wool
Creation Mill staff debunk the myth that common wool has…
Public meeting on future of Canonbie Post Office
Following the news that Canonbie Post Office and shop were…
Urgent action required in face of diminished services
1,000+ signature petition endorses demands Langholm’s ailing health services are…
Appeal for help with gardens
Margaret Pool writes; A number of folk will recall that…
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…
