Scaffolding fixed but what happens next?
Week: 34 | 26th August 2021 | Community NewsCouncil forced to carry out repairs before something dreadful happens
Stars set to Keep it Country in Langholm
Week: 33 | 19th August 2021 | Arts & Entertainment Arts and Entertainment LifestyleLIVE country music is coming back with a bang at the Buccleuch Centre. After an unforeseen hiatus due to the pandemic, the centre will reopen its doors for a whole host of Irish country music stars this September for its…
Kids at Milntown rugby camp "Get into Summer"
Week: 31 | 9th August 2021 | Rugby SportMILNTOWN hosted a summer rugby camp to eager youngsters aged five to 18 last week. The 150-year-old Langholm Rugby Football Club welcomed young people from P1 to S6 to the home of Langholm rugby to take part in free coaching…
Memorial centenary
Week: 31 | 8th August 2021 | Community NewsTHE 100th anniversary of the Langholm war memorial in Buccleuch Park has been marked with a small ceremony. The event was organised by Langholm Social Club and its president David Paterson laid the wreath. The Flo’ers of the Forest was…
Cleaning at the Kirk
Week: 31 | 6th August 2021 | Community NewsGreat team effort is appreciated
The Passion Remains
Week: 31 | 5th August 2021 | Common Riding NewsONCE again, a much-reduced version of Langholm Common Riding was celebrated last Friday, starting at 6am at Tibbielugs. A good number of people saw Roger Maxwell hand the flag to Semi-Jubilee Cornet David McVittie, who was accompanied by his right…
Fatigue in farming can injure or kill
ILINCA Tone, a PhD psychology student at Aberdeen University studying…
40 pairs for Craigs’ contest
A GREAT entry of 40 pairs contested the open Castle…
School transfer news
Langholm Alliance to consult on use of former primary building
Langholm Town Centre Building in danger of collapse
Fears that falling scaffolding and masonry may kill or injure
Lang’s original vision brings net result
IN 1958 Dr Laing, the Canonbie GP, and his wife, Joy, built…
Our dream jobs
Two new managers appointed at reserve
Town's revival starts to come to fruition
Langholm Alliance has contributed £15,000 to boost activities
Engineering a future
Academy pupils awarded Industrial Cadet certificates
Rachel hands over the reins to Danielle
E&L Advertiser’s new community editor takes up her new post
Full steam ahead for ambitious enterprise
Planners give green light to the conversion of former BFA…
Langholm People
OutPost Arts sets portrait challenge
Community purchase of school on Knife-edge
THE future of Langholm’s former primary school as a vital…
War Memorial improvements
Week: 26 | 5th July 2021 | Community NewsLANGHOLM Social Club is pleased to announce that, after much hard work, Dumfries and Galloway Council has successfully obtained significant funding to improve the memorial gardens and repair the memorial in Buccleuch Park. This has taken hard work and perseverance…
Town’s flood scheme is ready for public airing
Week: 26 | 2nd July 2021 | NewsOnce COVID-19 restrictions ease, council will meet residents
COVID puts paid to second Common Riding
Week: 26 | 1st July 2021 | Common Riding NewsMembers reluctantly cancel Langholm’s 2021 event
Mr Grumpy wins for Sharon
Week: 25 | 30th June 2021 | Community NewsA LANGHHOLM amateur photographer has won the top prize in a regional competition as part of the Royal Highland Showcase 2021. Sharon Tolson’s photo of Mr Grumpy, the town’s pet heron, was the overall best photo in Dumfries & Galloway…
Global Warming or Hypocrisy?
Week: 25 | 25th June 2021 | LettersSO, NEW forestation is proposed in our area, no doubt deemed essential to fight global warming. What hypocrisy it all is. More good farming land going to commercial forestry, no doubt with government subsidy handouts. Yet, we are to have…
Langholm misses out on major investment
Week: 25 | 24th June 2021 | NewsTown comes too low on index of need to qualify for funding
Book tells of ages past
A BOOK about Westerkirk in the year 2020/21 is ready…
Pauline awarded BEM
Award given to resilience team leader
Plan revealed for trees on two Eskdale farms
Timber processor wants to plant 450 hectares next to Claygate
Memories of Joe's shop
A BLAST from the past was uncovered during renovation works…
Murtholm site masterplan recommended for adoption
Council agreement will pave way for 200 houses if applications…
Promote your event on the Town Website
“What’s on” page is an effective way to publicise your…
Summer blockbuster
Project to show how generations faced adversity 75 years apart
Fragile Community faces more Turbines
NEWCASTLETON community council has responded to a proposal for a…
Speed Limit zone change leaves residents baffled
Council made changes to the zoning without any consultation
Two options under review for 2021 Common Riding
Lifting of restrictions may give members more opportunities
Cannabis oil company raises £2m to sell shares
Medicinal drug greenhouse production aspires to create 50 jobs
Major funding boost for vital parent groups
Public vote earns Langholm Playcare £12k for family support
Charming and popular lady
Week: 19 | 14th May 2021 | NewsElizabeth Calvert, By her son, Robert Calvert ELIZABETH Calvert was born in April 1926 to Isabel, from a farming family in Oxfordshire, and John, a Scots Presbyterian, who had moved south for work. She enjoyed a happy childhood in the…
Mundell wins with a larger share of votes
Week: 19 | 13th May 2021 | NewsConservative retains Dumfriesshire seat with 4,000 majority
Kiosk will be used at last
Week: 18 | 10th May 2021 | Community NewsTHE Langholm Initiative has announced it took over ownership of the kiosk at the Kilngreen from Buccleuch last Friday. The boards of the Initiative and Tarras Valley Nature Reserve (TVNR) are investigating the possible uses it could be put to.…
Fly-tipper seen while dumping her fridge
Week: 18 | 7th May 2021 | NewsSecond item left in Eskdale in a week highlights waste problem
Can crumbling castle be saved from collapse?
Week: 18 | 6th May 2021 | NewsPart of Langholm’s history in danger of disappearing altogether
Langholm designers showcase latest collection
Week: 17 | 3rd May 2021 | NewsRose’s Wardrobe Vintage launch their first summer collection
Row over hub’s role in serving its community
Validity of a questionnaire on catering for shooters is doubted
Residents in fear of their lives every day
Neighbours are extremely concerned about the state of the spire
Vote for us
Public asked to give support
Specially-brewed Duke's Ale a hit with HRH
A Langholm man tells of his company’s relationship with the…
Ranges reclassed as major developments
Council declares both applications at Eskdalemuir as invalid
Langholm-brewed real ale is a real hit
Borderlands Brewery’s Esk Blonde sells out in twelve hours
Eskdale tributes to Prince Philip
TRIBUTES have been paid to the Duke of Edinburgh by…
Day Centre applauded for its endless support
Staff and volunteers deliver over 10,000 meals during lockdowns
Library provides update
2020, the year of the pandemic, brought much of Westerkirk…
£500k price tag stops Holmwood flood plan
Residents to be offered individual protection measures instead
Rachel moves on after 21 years as Editor
Change in the air at Muckle Toon Media
Historic deal to buy moor signed
For the first time Langholm owns Tarras Valley
