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Big benefits for community

Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | Community News

Many groups in the area receive funding from the Ewe Hill 16 THE delivery of digital skills in Langholm and a new kitchen for Ewes hall are just two of the projects to be aided by the Ewe Hill 16…

Rural testing pledge

Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | News

NHS to expand its service into hot-spots in rural communities ESKDALE’S MP has received reassurance that increased mobile testing for coronavirus, supported by a military team, will begin soon in his largely rural constituency, including in Eskdalemuir. David Mundell, Dumfriesshire,…

Tributes to Scott

Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | News

A lovely, humble, young friend to many THE people of Langholm have been shocked at the tragic and sudden death of Scott Morrison last week. Many heartfelt tributes have been paid to Scott who was an accomplished bowler and horseman.…

Nature wins in £6m sale of special moor

Week: 18 | 30th April 2020 | News

A PRICE tag of £6m has been put on more than 10,000 acres of land in Langholm being sold by Buccleuch. The company has agreed a deal with the Langholm Initiative to buy the land for the community. If it…

Bags of love for the NHS

Week: 17 | 24th April 2020 | Community News

A LABOUR of love to support NHS workers has sewing machines in Langholm going at full steam.

McArthur’s visit still on the cards

Week: 17 | 24th April 2020 | Athletics Sport

Athletics COMMONWEALTH Games athlete Holly McArthur will keep her date with Langholm Academy as soon as it is safe to do so.Holly, a heptathlete, represented Scotland at the 2018 games in Australia and was a member of the team which…

Week: 17 | 24th April 2020

Gardening is good for you

A catch-up with E&L gardening columnist Helen Knowles GARDENING is good…

Week: 17 | 24th April 2020

Couple’s wedding is put on hold by virus

Langholm bride and groom will have to wait to make…

Week: 17 | 24th April 2020

Farmers count on their resident birds

SIXTY farmers in Scotland recorded 81 species on 81,362 acres…

Week: 17 | 24th April 2020

MSP supports EWM redundant workers

Willie Rennie has appealed to Philip Day to reverse the…

Week: 17 | 24th April 2020

£83,000 for Eskdale

NEARLY £83,000 is being pumped into Eskdale’s economy through the…

Week: 17 | 24th April 2020

100 not out for Jean

CENTENARIAN Jean McKie celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday with…

Week: 17 | 24th April 2020

No pause on flood scheme disappoints

THE council team in charge of developing Langholm’s flood protection…

Week: 17 | 24th April 2020

Action on south

Team SOS is ready to support businesses WORKING as one…

Week: 17 | 23rd April 2020

Jobs at risk at mill after orders dry up

MOST of the 16 employees at Drove Weaving in Langholm…

Week: 16 | 21st April 2020

EWM cancels orders with Asian suppliers

Millions of pounds worth of lost business has been catastrophic…

Week: 16 | 21st April 2020

Be responsible on walks on farmland

AN APPEAL has been issued to the public, particularly dog…

Week: 16 | 21st April 2020

Hartleys keep calm and canter on during crisis

Equestrian UNTIL a few weeks ago the Hartley family were…

“Bomber” command

Week: 16 | 21st April 2020 | Rugby Sport

Rugby PROFESSIONAL rugby player Robin “Bomber” Hislop has secured his future with his team after he agreed a two-year contract extension.Doncaster Knights announced that their mainstay prop forward will continue to turn out for the club at Castle Park until…

European connections

Week: 16 | 21st April 2020 | Young Reporters

by Freya McCallof Langholm I CONTACTED Lea Moyon, a French teenager living in Northern France, and Claudia Sancho, a university student, who lives in Bilbao, Spain to find out how this crisis has affected their countries and general life.Lea and…

Boost for flood victims

Week: 16 | 21st April 2020 | News

FORTY households in Newcastleton, hit by floods during Storm Dennis earlier this year, have been given help, thanks to money raised in a crowdfunding appeal.The GoFundMe page was set up online by villager Jamie Thompson after he’d been moved by…

Langholmite in lockdown

Week: 16 | 17th April 2020 | News Reporters

By Ken Turk WE ARE now into our fourth week in lockdown which came in on Sunday, March 15.During the first couple of days there was, without doubt, a great deal of panic-buying in all the supermarkets but, fortunately, we…

Nurse catches virus from hospital patient

Week: 16 | 17th April 2020 | Community News

Langholm woman had sore throat, cough and was short of breath A LANGHOLM nurse, who works at the CumberlandInfirmary in Carlisle, is recovering from the coronavirus after being infected at work.Pam Stewart, who lives in Henry Street with husband,Gordon, a…

Eggs-actly what’s needed

Week: 16 | 17th April 2020 | Community News

THE Easter Bunny did not let down the children of Canonbie last weekend, overcoming the difficulties posed by the coronavirus and bringing a smile to their faces.Ninety chocolate Easter eggs were delivered by members of Canonbie community council to all…

Week: 16 | 17th April 2020

Langholm gets £60k boost for shopfronts

A TOWN centre improvement scheme, which provides half of the…

Week: 16 | 17th April 2020

On the frontline

Paramedic is committed to the service ONG-SERVING paramedic Hazel Jeffrey…

Week: 16 | 16th April 2020

Full support promised after exams cancelled

Headteacher pledges that no exam pupil will be disadvantaged. NO…

Week: 15 | 14th April 2020

Rugby season declared null and void

Rugby The SRU has declared the current rugby season null…

Week: 15 | 14th April 2020

Horseracing BRIAN Hughes, who rides regularly for James Ewart Racing…

Week: 15 | 14th April 2020

Libby switches focus to 2021

Athletics CANCELLATION of this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, due…

Week: 15 | 13th April 2020

RAVE REVIEWS: Travel: Petra, Jordan

Reviewers: Tony Parker & Avril Bannatyne AT THE end of…

Week: 15 | 13th April 2020

Kia ora from Aotearoa

by Heather Kennedyof Newcastleton HELLO from New Zealand or Land…

Week: 15 | 13th April 2020

Centre progress

PROGRESS on redeveloping the Townfoot Sports Centre in Langholm continues.During…

Week: 15 | 13th April 2020

Rainbows shine a light

THE rainbow pictures, which have been appearing in windows all…

Week: 15 | 10th April 2020

EWM denies it has treated staff badly

Redundancies were “out of the blue” and “heartless”, it’s claimed…

Week: 15 | 10th April 2020

Care for our carers

NEW immigration rules are coming into place, barring “unskilled” workers…

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