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…
Boom time for Muckle Toon?
Week: 22 | 1st June 2023 | Community Farming and Environment Newcastleton NewsEco boss: Langholm will benefit from moor profits By Gilly Fraser The boss of the company which bought more than 11,000 acres of Langholm Moor says he plans to inject a “huge amount” of his profits into the local community.…
New Zealand invention measures sheep emissions
Week: 21 | 25th May 2023 | Farming and Environment NewsThe effects of animal-produced ethane missions on the climate is one of the most hotly debated topics in agriculture today. Now a trial of high-tech portable chambers which can measure the emissions in sheep is being carried out in the…
Scottish vest for Conan
Week: 21 | 25th May 2023 | Athletics SportLangholm’s long-distance running star Conan Harper donned the blue vest of Scotland for the first time last weekend. The 17-year-old’s international debut for the senior athletics team was just reward for a stunning season so far, in which he has…
Langholm kids have a blast!
Week: 21 | 25th May 2023 | Lifestyle News SchoolUllswater adventure for Academy pupils Langholm Academy S3 pupils have recently returned from a week of adventure on Ullswater. The E&L interviewed several S3 pupils before their trip and returned last week to see how it went. Ailidh Scott said…
Murtholm: delay misery continues
Week: 21 | 25th May 2023 | Community NewsWork on housing and bridge project now on ice until June Work on the stalled Murtholm housing development in Langholm is now unlikely to resume until next month. Phase One of the proposed 200-home scheme came to a sudden halt…
Music to our ears
Week: 21 | 25th May 2023 | Community NewsCello maestro Will, 15, puts Langholm on the map Will Archibald was just seven years old when he first picked up a cello. Barely eight years later, the Langholm Academy pupil has come within a whisker of being judged Scotland’s…
Three-mendous win for Langholm Castleholm men maintain unbeaten start to cricket season
By Graham Park Langholm’s cricketers made it three out of…
Sporting legends George and Finlay light up Langholm
George McNeill was regarded as the Usain Bolt of his…
Election of Cornet 2023
By Katherine Latimer The election of this year’s Langholm Cornet…
‘You’ve made my dream come true!’
New Cornet Chris celebrates ‘mindblowing’ election win, and vows to…
The country may have gained a King – but has the countryside lost a champion?
By Gilly Fraser As Prince of Wales, Charles had a…
‘Why bother paying blooming road tax?’
Pensioner’s broadside after pothole menace strikes again A Canonbie pensioner…
LANGHOLM DECIDES
A quartet of Langholm men set their sights on Cornet.…
Hold the front page!
Your E&L celebrates 175 years of Langholm news! The Eskdale…
Copshaw goes potty over the Coronation
Dozens of beautifully decorated plantpots filled with flowers have begun…
Duchess of Buccleuch dies at 68
Tributes paid to woman with ‘wonderful, life enhancing spirit’ Tributes…
Another kick in the teeth!...
as Langholm’s only NHS dentist shuts up shop Dozens of…
Firefighter Shaun celebrates 30 years
Long-service award for dedicated Copshaw watch commander Thirty years of…
