Artists put on a fine retrospective
Week: 12 | 21st March 2019 | Arts and EntertainmentMANY thanks go to all the people who answered the appeal for pictures for the Helen Irving and Billy Ewart retrospective exhibition in Welcome to Langholm. The response for works by these two fine Eskdale artists has been tremendous. So…
Spotlight shines on eco-tourism project: Wild Eskdale features in See South Scotland campaign
Week: 12 | 21st March 2019 | NewsESKDALE’S eco-tourism project was among eight businesses to be invited to attend the launch of VisitScotland’s See South Scotland campaign. Kevin Cumming, Wild Eskdale project manager, travelled to Edinburgh where he attended the event at the Scottish parliament. The Wild…
Rocket science
Week: 12 | 21st March 2019 | NewsMAKING a rocket is easy. You just need some cardboard, scissors and sticky tape and away you go. Little Rose Hawes was a picture of concentration as she helped her brother, Ben, make a space rocket. The youngsters were among…
Spotlight shines on eco-tourism project: Wild Eskdale features in See South Scotland campaign
Week: 12 | 21st March 2019 | NewsESKDALE’S eco-tourism project was among eight businesses to be invited to attend the launch of VisitScotland’s See South Scotland campaign. Kevin Cumming, Wild Eskdale project manager, travelled to Edinburgh where he attended the event at the Scottish parliament. The Wild…
Langholm athletes win
Week: 03 | 20th January 2019 | Athletics SportAthletics TWO young athletes from Langholm helped their team from Annan and District Athletics Club to win gold in a national competition in Glasgow last Saturday. Matilda Brockley and Freya Blaikie joined Lyvie Bryson and Neve McGoldrick at the Scotstoun…
Transport and training key to secure workforce: Community gives its list to partnership to grow the economy
Week: 03 | 20th January 2019 | NewsTHE development of a community’s economy and enriching its social cohesion to grow a skilled population are at the heart of a new agency for southern Scotland. Connectivity in its widest sense means better public transport, cross-border education and training,…
