Langholm Forum contacts Holyrood
Week: 38 | 21st September 2023 | Community NewsWarbla petition prompts invitation to Gougeon Following an excellent response from local residents to a petition objecting to the Warb Law Hill (Warbla) Forestry Proposals, which gathered almost 600 signatures, it was recognised this alone would not be sufficient to…
10th time lucky for Castleholm cricketers
Week: 37 | 14th September 2023 | Cricket SportDelight as LCC promoted to Premier League On their tenth attempt Langholm finally made it out of Division 1 securing promotion with a 65-run win over Champions Stainton. Batting first after winning the toss Langholm posted 255 after 40 overs.…
Erskine Church saga reaches the airwaves
Week: 37 | 14th September 2023 | Community NewsDenise Irving-Lang to be interviewed by Radio Scotland It’s encouraging to see the public interest in the state of the church continue to gain momentumregionally and a key task for the Stakeholder Group now is to bring the upcoming BBC…
There's still time to get your creations into Langholm Show
Week: 37 | 14th September 2023 | Arts and Entertainment Farming and Environment LifestyleIf you’re a baker, floral artist, photographer, gardener, crafter, knitter crocheter, artist, there’s still time to enter your masterpieces into the industrial sections of Langholm Show as entries are open until this Saturday, 16th September.The Industrial Tent has always been…
Flat roof problems for Langholm's Primary school
Week: 37 | 14th September 2023 | News SchoolFrom no RAAC one week to wet rot and water damage the next The E&L has seen a report to Dumfries & Galloway Council’s Education and Learning Committee, due to meet today, of wet rot and water damage problems discovered…
Indefinite delay for Murtholm development
Week: 37 | 14th September 2023 | Community NewsLoreburn announce moratorium on new-builds But promise Langholm project is still a priority In the E&L’s pursuit for proper answers to the questions posed about delays with Loreburn Housing Association’s Murtholm project, the following update has been received from the…
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…
Holm Show 2023
Oh what a day that was – a day of…
In-spired Thinking?
After 20 years, planning permission is sought for removal of…
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
Week: 31 | 3rd August 2023 | Community NewsFollowing several complaints from townspeople regarding the state of the derelict Ford Mill site in Langholm, CouncillorDenis Male contacted the E&L with an update on the situation.It is believed that the property still belongs to Yorkshire-based Hartley Properties and has…
And horseracing forbye!
Week: 31 | 3rd August 2023 | Horse Racing SportLangholm’s Gormley shares Champion Jockey title Langholm Horse Racing Association held their last race meeting of the season on the Castleholm on Saturday. The organisers would like to thank each and every one for their support, it was amazing.Thanks also…
New beginning for popular Copshaw hotel
Week: 31 | 3rd August 2023 | Newcastleton NewsGILLY FRASER reports as the Swan family reopen The Grapes The doors of the Grapes Hotel in Newcastleton are about to reopen as it begins a whole new lease of life after being closed for more than ten months.New owners brother…
Common Riding Gallery
Week: 31 | 3rd August 2023 | Lifestyle News
Henry's beard raises £3,000
Week: 31 | 3rd August 2023 | E&L Life NewsLangholm’s Left-Hand Man, Henry Jeffrey is renowned for his longer than usual tenure in the Front Three.He was elected Langholm Cornet in May 2019 but due to the Covid outbreak and the resultant curtailed Common Ridings, Henry served as Right…
Memories made, friendships forged
Week: 30 | 2nd August 2023 | Common Riding E&L Life Lifestyle NewsAnother son of Langholm does his duty in an exemplary fashion 14 pages of Common Riding photos and stories in this week’s E&L. Read more in this week’s E&L available at your Newsagent or available online by subscription. Click HERE
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!
With a smile and a song! Christopher William Tait has…
Low clouds but high spirits for the Benty Rideout
Holm Hill hits home with new funding
UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund to provide lion’s share It’s…
Raise a glass as to Borderland deal
Langholm brewery teams up for new taproom venue in Carlisle…
The Oxygen Man and the trailing ban
New owner of Blackburn and Hartsgarth claims the hounds ‘do…
Deflatulating daffodils
The sight of daffodils fluttering and dancing in the breeze…
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!
Week: 28 | 13th July 2023 | Community NewsPetition for vital health services to be restored to Langholm A petition has been launched demanding a decision to degrade services at Langholm’s Thomas Hope Hospital is reversed. Local podiatry, physiotherapy, dementia day-care and ?? services have already been outsourced…
Jake Reid remembered by 40 pairs of bowlers
Week: 27 | 6th July 2023 | Bowling News SportMemorial Tournament brings Langholm clubs together By Luke Tolson The Jake Reid Open Pairs was played on Saturday with an excellent entry of 40 pairs!Winners were Steven Barker & Mark Grieve.Runners-up were Luke Tolson & Duncan Ritchie.A very close final…
25 years of down-right uniqueness
Week: 27 | 6th July 2023 | Arts and Entertainment Community Gilly Fraser Newcastleton NewsCopshaw Common Riding fills the heart and mind with something only the initiated understand It was the kind of day when the weather just didn’t know what to do with itself, so settled on offering up a bit of everything.…
Government urged to order review of controversial Langholm forestry plans
Week: 27 | 6th July 2023 | Farming and Environment NewsBy David Greybe Calls are growing for the Scottish Government to intervene and assess the impact of several industrial scale commercial proposals for extensive Sitka spruce forests in the immediate Langholm area, including Warb Law Hill. Margaret Pool, long-time member…
Threat of minimum class sizes is worrying parents
Week: 27 | 6th July 2023 | Community NewsAs D&G grapples with the funding gap, rural schools may suffer Parents of pupils at Langholm Academy say they’re gravely concerned about proposals to change minimum class sizes which they say discriminate against smaller rural schools and could mean senior…
Dozens take their ‘First Bite’
Week: 27 | 6th July 2023 | Community NewsNicole ‘very busy’ as her long-awaited new café opens in the Market Place It’s always great news when a new business opens up on Langholm High Street, and the recently opened First Bite in the Market Place will put a…
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
Prepare for lift-off Copshaw – this coming weekend is like…
The march of the windfarms
80-turbine EDF site now planned for Liddesdale Plans for yet…
Is rewilding contributing to increase in wildfires?
Could rewilding be one of the culprits behind the increasing…
Round Copshaw town they did roam!
Build-up is almost palpable as The Holm prepares Tub 2023…
Rosie's coming up roses!
Scholarship success at last for Langholm theatre star After six…
Fans stay Cool amid high drama!
Medical emergency halts Everest lecture – then midges descend! Fans…
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,…
