Bowling wins for Langholm’s Ryan
Week: 09 | 3rd March 2022 | Bowling SportCarpet Bowling
Ill-considered approach
Week: 08 | 25th February 2022 | Community Gilly Fraser NewsAnalogue phone switch-off will leave remote communities vulnerable
Bowling rinks tournament
Week: 08 | 24th February 2022 | SportBowling
Objections to four hour online consultation
Week: 08 | 24th February 2022 | NewsResidents call for more time to examine rifle range scheme
Jim's eye view
Week: 07 | 18th February 2022 | Farming and EnvironmentAt the time of writing this I am still in disbelief that we were yet again defeated by Wales. It seems our head coach thinks that our smallest player is just the man for taking a crash ball!!However it’s not…
Oliver steps up for Doddie
Week: 07 | 17th February 2022 | Other SportSix-year-old Oliver Davidson from Langholm recently took up the Doddie Aid challenge to raise money to help find a cure for Motor Neurone Disease. Oliver started the January challenge on New Year’s Day hoping to raise £100 by doing 100…
Local Authority plans Council Tax hike of 3%
Very difficult decisions will have to be made
Digital donations
Young and old receive new computer equipment
Holey Unacceptable
Stock reply from Council leaves road users frustrated and angry
Aidan scores hat-tricks wherever he goes
Football
Exact cost unknown
‘In reply to some statements in Councillor Tait’s column in…
Langholm Life helps Alan return to winning ways
Horseracing
D&G Council objects to Faw Side turbines
Borders QC takes on fight against windfarm
Opposition advised over Faw Side Windfarm
Windfarm would be inappropriate and overbearing
Legion denied place in last eight
Football
Common Ridings
Organisations hail return of ancient celebrations
Significant uncertainty surrounding flood scheme
Concerned residents say the plans will be unaffordable and undeliverable
Dream racing job for Sam
Horseracing
Knock back for shooting range
Week: 03 | 21st January 2022 | NewsDevelopers will carry on with plan for training facility
Sadie is flying high
Week: 03 | 21st January 2022 | Gymnastics SportGymnastics
Park Drain Ditched
Week: 03 | 20th January 2022 | NewsCouncil remove drainage channel from park in flood scheme proposals
We welcome Penny as new community editor
Week: 02 | 14th January 2022 | Community NewsPenny Johnstone brings her positivity and experience to the E&L
LRFC:150 years of the crimson jerseys
Week: 02 | 13th January 2022 | Rugby SportRugby
Confidence will return
Week: 02 | 13th January 2022 | Community NewsTalk of change from Pandemic to endemic gives businesses hope
Massive donation to Tarras Valley Reserve
Anonymous donor takes funding over the quarter-way mark
Bowlers on the carpet for a busy weekend
Carpet Bowling
Communities have pulled together despite the setbacks
Better days are coming, so let’s all look forward to…
Scott’s coachman
Langholm sisters investigate their forebears
Inspiring Gillian
Girls Football
Everyone encouraged to follow new Covid rules
Evidence suggests Omicron cases are set to double every two…
Flood gates installed
Copshaw residents get extra protection
Canonbie man takes 25th place in RAC Rally
Rallying
Chillifest is a hot topic on BBC’s The One Show
Organisers interviewed and event shown on national television
Arwen becomes unexpected guest at twins’ birthday treat
A BIRTHDAY treat turned into a real adventure for one…
Arwen’s blast cancels all sport
Storm
Aftermath of Arwen
Huge storm leaves structural damage and hundreds of trees down…
Positive response to Callisterhall wind farm
Week: 47 | 26th November 2021 | Community NewsA PUBLIC consultation of the Callisterhall wind farm saw a ‘positive’ response to scaled back plans to install 10 turbines. The event had three associates of E Power’s wind farm present, including the company’s own Gilbert Stevenson and Chris Kirkwood,…
Proud day for Langholm’s Ally
Week: 47 | 25th November 2021 | Rugby SportRugby
Call for bus company to revert to old timetable
Week: 47 | 25th November 2021 | NewsPoliticians support petition to return to pre-Covid service
Newcastleton will benefit from its share of £1.34m. government funding
Week: 46 | 19th November 2021 | Community NewsNEWCASTLETON and District Community Trust has secured funding from the UK government’s Community Renewal Fund. Borders projects will benefit from £1.34m. of the Fund, which is a £220m. pot of money designed to support communities to pilot new ideas and…
Annan 2nd XV 12 - 12 Langholm 2nd XV
Week: 46 | 18th November 2021 | Rugby SportRugby
Fast progress with jags in face of increasing cases
Week: 46 | 18th November 2021 | NewsRegion ploughs on with roll-out of boosters and flu vaccinations
11 brass bands descend on town for day’s contest
Langholm Town Band hosts 2021 Borders Entertainment Contest
Poultry keepers must be vigilant
Farming
Hirsute pursuit of the mucho moustachioed men of Milntown
Rugby
Shooting range appeal
Scottish government asked to overturn council decision
Walking in the rain
Rotary Umbrella Walk raises smiles and funds despite the weather
Public meets flood experts face-to-face
D&G Council’s two-day engagement attracts large numbers
Middlemoss trail is last of the season
Hounds
Faw Side wind farm will see public inquiry
Dumfries & Galloway Council and developers come under fire
Fiery, friendly fun at first ChilliFest
Several hundred visitors make all the preparation worthwhile
Trip Hazard
Surface of suspension bridge unsafe
Empire wins at Kelso
Horseracing
Second phase buyout
If successful, nature reserve would expand by 5,300 acres
