From Russia, with love
Week: 34 | 25th August 2022 | NewsBillionaire’s 300k gift saw Tarras Valley Nature Reserve over the line A last-minute donation by a Russian billionaire helped save the day for the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve scheme. Alexander Gerko’s gift of £300,000 proved crucial as the deadline approached…
Creation Mill delight at major funding boost
Week: 31 | 6th August 2022 | Community Lifestyle NewsTextile team gears up for more community workshops The Langholm-based Creation Mill is gearing up for a host of new textiles events after securing funding from several bodies across the UK. The community interest company aims to boost the town’s…
Buccleuch back in the black
Week: 31 | 5th August 2022 | NewsStaycations boost Estate’s profits after pandemic Buccleuch has posted a healthy return to underlying profit in a “difficult” pandemic year. But the property investment and land management group is warning that challenging conditions are likely to persist within its business.…
We’re all football crazy now!
Week: 31 | 4th August 2022 | Football News SportBy Penny Johnstone The impact of the Lionesses historic win against Germany in Euro 2022 on Sunday is being felt in Eskdale, inspiring the next generation of girl players. The England women’s team beat Germany 2-1 in extra time at…
Reaching for the stars... well done to Ruairi!
Week: 31 | 4th August 2022 | Common Riding NewsHuge crowds and great atmosphere welcome back Langholm Common Riding 8 page pictorial in this week’s E&L Advertiser. Available online HERE
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
Wishing Ruairi all the best! As Common Riding Day approaches…
Spooky Men: a capella quirkiness
By Sheena Harvey, Castle Bytham, Lincs A collection of ten…
Flagging up Langholm
By Brian Hinchcliffe Langholm gets in the mood Bright and…
New home button for the Holm
People who visit Newcastleton often find they have something in…
Great weekend kicks off 2022 celebrations
Under beautiful blue skies, more than seventy riders gathered for…
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
Week: 27 | 7th July 2022 | Community Farming and Environment NewsMuch-missed event finally returns to Copshaw Organising agricultural shows takes hard work, teamwork, inspiration, perspiration and co-operation. They were much missed when Covid devastated the countryside’s social calendar. But how hard is it to kickstart them back into life now…
Faw Side campaigners ‘pleased’ with inquiry
Week: 27 | 7th July 2022 | Community NewsWind farm objections heard at Langholm meeting Campaigners fighting a wind farm which would straddle thousands of hectares of land north of Langholm say they are pleased with how the public inquiry hearing on communities proceeded at the Buccleuch Centre…
KEEP AWAY!
Week: 27 | 7th July 2022 | NewsSightings of ‘Britain’s most dangerous plant’ in Langholm Dog-walkers have been put on high alert after reports of potentially lethal hogweed growing in Langholm. And, with the summer holidays upon us, parents have also been warned not to let children…
‘Scott would have been so proud’
Week: 26 | 30th June 2022 | Community Lifestyle NewsParents give heartfelt thanks for Langholm bowls memorial Last week, we reported on the inaugural Scott Morrison Memorial Open Pairs bowling competition, held in Langholm in memory of a promising young student from the town who died in a tragic…
‘Wolf-whistles? We’re too busy listening to Radio 4!’
Week: 26 | 30th June 2022 | Lifestyle NewsAs shock research suggests Britain’s macho builders are now embracing their sensitive sides, PENNY JOHNSTONE finds out if the trend has reached Langholm. Are the days of wolf-whistling builders, tucking into greasy breakfast baps while pop music blares from their…
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’
Farmers relive trauma after probe into suspected new UK outbreak…
‘Blame the Duke’, Loki tells Langholm
By Penny Johnstone Rapper wades into buyout debate in latest…
Tub Turnbull’s ‘Ride Oot Bye’
By Gilly Fraser For the first time in three years,…
Aussie singers to spook The Buccleuch
As thunderous as a herd of wildebeest, as sly as…
‘My boy is broken-hearted’
Lennon, 12, left devastated after ‘despicable’ thieves target his beloved…
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!
Week: 22 | 4th June 2022 | GardeningNasturtiums create ‘ribbons of colour’ in summer gardens
The blissful sound of silence
Week: 22 | 3rd June 2022 | Community NewsResidents celebrate after church bells are finally silenced
Let’s do it for Dylan!
Week: 22 | 2nd June 2022 | NewsAs his mum appeals for a life-changing loo in Langholm, we say:
Blackthorn produces finish of a lifetime
Week: 22 | 2nd June 2022 | Hounds SportWednesdays meeting was the last in the series of runs at Moss Peteril, with the Connelly, Pattinson and Lawless kennel enjoying a double win.Visibility was poor from the field making it hard to see the 10 Seniors until they came…
Pyrotechnics and parties for our marvellous monarch
Week: 21 | 27th May 2022 | Community NewsLocals 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
by Gilly Fraser Newcastleton is buzzing with election fever as…
N’golo in fairytale finish for local owner Kevin
Six-figure race in the bag for Canonbie-owned racehorse
Ruairi to lead the way as Big Day returns at last
Langholm elects its new Cornet with 1,100 votes cast
Male is back as just 19 votes decide council seat
Ron Tait ousted in Ward 12 by returning independent candidate
Obituary to well loved lady
Tributes 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
