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
'I'm so glad my dad isn't here to see this'
Week: 21 | 26th May 2022 | Community NewsLocal opponents hit back at Tarras Valley plans
2022 Tub Hopefuls go head-to-head
Week: 20 | 20th May 2022 | Common Riding Community Gilly Fraserby Gilly Fraser Newcastleton is buzzing with election fever as the village prepares to go to the polls on Saturday to elect its Tub. Copshaw Common Riding is an equal opportunities body, and indeed the outgoing Tub is nurse and…
N’golo in fairytale finish for local owner Kevin
Week: 20 | 19th May 2022 | Horse Racing SportSix-figure race in the bag for Canonbie-owned racehorse
Ruairi to lead the way as Big Day returns at last
Week: 20 | 19th May 2022 | Common Riding Community NewsLangholm elects its new Cornet with 1,100 votes cast
Male is back as just 19 votes decide council seat
Week: 19 | 15th May 2022 | NewsRon Tait ousted in Ward 12 by returning independent candidate
Obituary to well loved lady
Week: 19 | 13th May 2022 | News ReportersTributes paid to much love
Langholm heartbreak as rivals snatch promotion
Smith’s men miss out by a single point after title…
Last gasp lifeline for Tarras Valley project
Two month extension agreed for £450,000 needed to secure buyout
Langholm dominant in six-wicket victory
Cricket
Delay to EU import checks ‘utter madness’
Farming
Butchers facing chop
Refurbishment row leads to couple’s decision to quit
Care village moves a step closer
£1.4m footbridge will connect new scheme to town
Rail group sends signal to Holyrood
New Waverley route must include Langholm say campaigners
Altogether cracking day at Langholm 7s
Rugby
Election briefing
Use your vote wisely
For whom does the bell actually toll?
Parishioners and minister clash over ‘intrusive’ ringing
Explore Langholm and Eskdale Guide Launched for Easter
Easter weekend saw the launch of a new guide to…
Meeting Van Gogh
by Juliet Weatherstone Designer Anna Cordingley’s newest exhibit “Van Gogh…
