High street law firm to merge with Borders group
Week: 38 | 22nd September 2022 | Community NewsFamily business founded more than 50 years ago in Langholm A long-standing Langholm law firm has announced it is to merge with a company based in Galashiels. Stevenson and Johnstone was founded more than 50 years ago by Richard “Dick”…
COP this, Langholm
Week: 38 | 22nd September 2022 | Community NewsMuckle Toon chosen to host stage of global relay Langholm is to play its part in a global event spanning nearly 5,000 miles and involving 18 countries. And the organisers of the world’s longest non-stop relay are looking for folk…
January, February, now Langholm in November
Week: 37 | 16th September 2022 | Arts and Entertainment NewsSinger Barbara Dickson returns to The Buccleuch Award-winning singer Barbara Dickson will embark on a thirteen date UK tour in November, 2022 alongside her long-term keyboard player Nick Holland.“Playing live has always been my first love,” Barbara says, “and I…
Bumpy landing for Armstrong clan
Week: 37 | 15th September 2022 | Community NewsGilnockie event curtailed, but family’s visit a great success Neil Armstrong’s landing on the Moon was far from perfect. Piloting the fragile Eagle module as it hurtled just feet above the surface, the former test pilot realised the proposed landing…
‘A rock of stability, reassurance and compassion’
Week: 37 | 15th September 2022 | NewsTributes reveal how the Queen spanned political divides in her beloved Scotland The Queen’s love of Scotland was no secret. And, despite the often fractious relationship between governments on either side of the border and the growing clamour for independence…
Countdown begins for Armstrong visit
Week: 36 | 8th September 2022 | Community NewsLangholm ready to greet astronaut’s family Excitement is building as family of astronaut Neil Armstrong prepare for touchdown in Langholm. Rick and Mark Armstrong arrive in the Muckle Toon this weekend, for a series of events to commemorate both the…
Copshaw petrol station has proved to be a lifesaver
Having its own community-run petrol station has saved villagers in…
Keeping it Country in Langholm
Back by popular demand, following a sell-out tour last year,…
All set for new season at Milntown
Rugby The new rugby season kicks off on Saturday with…
‘It’s worse than Covid – but I’ll survive crisis!’
Brewer Stuart defiant as energy hikes threaten beer industry By…
Give us Hope for treatment
Anger grows as Langholm medical services disappear Concerns are growing…
Nicky's a Master Blaster!
Nicky P’s 151 keeps hopes alive as rain stops play…
Veronika's emotional thanks
A special show hosted by Fiona Armstrong raised more than…
From Russia, with love
Billionaire’s 300k gift saw Tarras Valley Nature Reserve over the…
Creation Mill delight at major funding boost
Textile team gears up for more community workshops The Langholm-based…
Buccleuch back in the black
Staycations boost Estate’s profits after pandemic Buccleuch has posted a…
We’re all football crazy now!
By Penny Johnstone The impact of the Lionesses historic win…
Reaching for the stars... well done to Ruairi!
Huge crowds and great atmosphere welcome back Langholm Common Riding…
Howzat for real community spirit?
Week: 30 | 28th July 2022 | Community Cricket News SportPublic digs deep after thieves strike at cricket club By Nick Brownlee and Gilly Fraser Kind-hearted folk have rallied round Langholm’s cricketers after thieves broke into their clubhouse and made off with nearly £3,500. The raid last week left the…
All eyes on Cornet Ruairi
Week: 30 | 28th July 2022 | Common Riding NewsWishing Ruairi all the best! As Common Riding Day approaches at last, let’s make it one to remember!
Spooky Men: a capella quirkiness
Week: 29 | 22nd July 2022 | Arts and Entertainment ReviewBy Sheena Harvey, Castle Bytham, Lincs A collection of ten men singing unaccompanied about their eyebrows does not seem like a recipe for an entertaining evening. That’s probably what you’d think if you’d never come across the Spooky Men’s Chorale.…
Flagging up Langholm
Week: 29 | 22nd July 2022 | Common Riding NewsBy Brian Hinchcliffe Langholm gets in the mood Bright and early on Sunday morning the Muckle Toon started to dress up for the Common Riding. The Common Riding Committee’s stalwart team, armed with high-reach ladders began the massive task of…
New home button for the Holm
Week: 29 | 22nd July 2022 | NewsPeople who visit Newcastleton often find they have something in common – namely that they come back. Again and again. Many love it so much they even decide to up sticks and move to the village, to become part of…
Great weekend kicks off 2022 celebrations
Week: 29 | 22nd July 2022 | Common Riding NewsUnder beautiful blue skies, more than seventy riders gathered for the Benty Rideout, making a welcome return to the Langholm Common Riding calendar after a Covid-enforced absence. And for the first time, women were able to take part in the…
Bowler presented
A dinner was hosted by Langholm Young Riders on Friday…
Shot down!
Officials rule Clerkhill range must be demolished By Penny Johnstone…
Ruairi banishes the baby-blues!
On Wednesday, Langholm Baby & Toddler Group held a party…
From windy weather to too hot for hounds!
At Newcastleton on Wednesday night the hounds and supporters were…
Public Meeting
From Dawn to Dusk
The first of a series of extracts from Betty Little’s…
Suited and booted for the Royal Garden Party
Last week a garden party was held in the grounds…
Holm is where the heart is
Much-missed event finally returns to Copshaw Organising agricultural shows takes…
Faw Side campaigners ‘pleased’ with inquiry
Wind farm objections heard at Langholm meeting Campaigners fighting a…
KEEP AWAY!
Sightings of ‘Britain’s most dangerous plant’ in Langholm Dog-walkers have…
‘Scott would have been so proud’
Parents give heartfelt thanks for Langholm bowls memorial Last week,…
‘Wolf-whistles? We’re too busy listening to Radio 4!’
As shock research suggests Britain’s macho builders are now embracing…
All aboard the late-afternoon last bus
Week: 26 | 30th June 2022 | Community NewsFury as X95 night service to Carlisle is axed by Border There’s anger in Langholm after the late-night bus service to and from Carlisle was suddenly axed. Border Buses announced this week that its popular X95 service, which also calls…
‘We feared foot & mouth was back’
Week: 26 | 30th June 2022 | Farming and Environment NewsFarmers relive trauma after probe into suspected new UK outbreak By Gilly Fraser Farming families who lived through the nightmare of foot and mouth have spoken of their horror at news of a possible fresh outbreak. Last week, fear once…
‘Blame the Duke’, Loki tells Langholm
Week: 25 | 24th June 2022 | News ReportersBy Penny Johnstone Rapper wades into buyout debate in latest book Langholm is an “ageing, sleepy village, completely landlord-locked…with the young flocking to the central belt to find opportunities”. That’s according to Scottish author and rapper Darren McGarvey, whose new…
Tub Turnbull’s ‘Ride Oot Bye’
Week: 25 | 23rd June 2022 | Common Riding Community NewsBy Gilly Fraser For the first time in three years, the streets of Newcastleton echoed with the cries and cheers of Copshaw Common Riders as they rallied behind Tub Turnbull II on his first official event on wheels. The “Ride…
Aussie singers to spook The Buccleuch
Week: 25 | 23rd June 2022 | Arts Arts and EntertainmentAs thunderous as a herd of wildebeest, as sly as a wagonload of Spike Milligans and as sonorous as a cloister of monks, the Spooky Men’s Chorale are the gift that keeps on giving. They emerged blithering and blinking-eyed from…
‘My boy is broken-hearted’
Week: 25 | 23rd June 2022 | Lifestyle NewsLennon, 12, left devastated after ‘despicable’ thieves target his beloved bantams Lad raised birds from eggs A Langholm youngster has been left heartbroken by thieves who made off with his prized hens. Lennon Kingstree had raised the Old English Game…
Institute raises a cuppa to 100 wonderful years
Retiring president Nancy McLure welcomed members and guests to the…
Showing Charolais
By Gilly Fraser “The Royal Highland Show is special for…
Drummer Kyle kills it with Brandon & Co
Sheer delight is etched on Kyle Grieve’s face as he…
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
After torrent floods derelict church, residents unite in campaign to…
Brandon aims to push the right buttons in Langholm
By Penny Johnstone Lovers of traditional Scottish folk music are…
Leila's a vintage virtuoso!
If vintage clothes make you think of mothballs and third-hand…
New owners for town's 20-year Erskine eyesore
But clamour grows to tear down derelict, ‘dangerous’ High Street…
Add a splash of Monet to your borders!
Nasturtiums create ‘ribbons of colour’ in summer gardens
The blissful sound of silence
Residents celebrate after church bells are finally silenced
Let’s do it for Dylan!
As his mum appeals for a life-changing loo in Langholm,…
Blackthorn produces finish of a lifetime
Wednesdays meeting was the last in the series of runs…
Pyrotechnics and parties for our marvellous monarch
Locals plan to hold a weekend of right royal celebrations
