Shankend aerial combat
Week: 20 | 20th May 2020 | ReportersBy Bruce McCartney of Langholm THE article in the E&L about Shankend and ghostly voices on tape brought to mind an experience of mine at Shankend. Being interested in fiddling with electricity and building radios, it was a happy experience…
Physio celebrates her patient’s full recovery
Week: 20 | 20th May 2020 | NewsLangholm therapist will remember camaraderie and optimism
July date for town’s flood scheme order
Week: 20 | 18th May 2020 | NewsMore public engagement is planned over council’s £8m project
Town gets tested
Week: 20 | 15th May 2020 | NewsTHE coronavirus mobile testing unit will return to Langholm on Friday, May 22.
Fears raised on spread of virus into Eskdale
Week: 20 | 14th May 2020 | NewsUK government’s relaxation of restrictions causes confusion
Traditions kept alive
Week: 19 | 11th May 2020 | Bowling SportBowling PAUL Mitchell has been elected president of the Langholm New Town bowling club for the 2020 season.The club will remain closed for the foreseeable future because of the COVID-19 pandemic.Traditions were kept alive, however, when Paul decided to throw…
Drug capsule maker boosts clinical trials
Company’s Langholm owner: I feel it’s a worthwhile investment TWO…
Extra event support
DUMFRIESSHIRE MSP Oliver Mundell has called on the Scottish government…
Virus under control
Scottish Borders records no deaths in the first five days…
Heartfelt thanks
P4 pupils send letters to our key workers THE children…
“Bomber” makes it to Dream Team
ROBIN “Bomber” Hislop has been named in The Rugby Paper’s…
Moor crowdfunder kicks off with £100k
Community buy-out appeals to the public to help raise £3m
Windfarm company take on MoD in court
Petition on seismic budget allocation will go to judicial review…
What a boring survey
ANOTHER Clap for Carers is coming up tonight. It’s strangely…
A look around at life in lockdown
“It was the best of times, it was the worst…
Kitchen is dumped and set on fire
A COMPLETE kitchen has been dumped and set on fire…
Petition calls for Day to reinstate workers
Staff made redundant should be furloughed, say MSP and MP…
Don't abuse the site
AS THE lockdown continues, it is understandable that everyone is…
Big benefits for community
Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | Community NewsMany 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 | NewsNHS 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 | NewsA 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 | NewsA 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 NewsA 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 SportAthletics 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…
Gardening is good for you
A catch-up with E&L gardening columnist Helen Knowles GARDENING is good…
Couple’s wedding is put on hold by virus
Langholm bride and groom will have to wait to make…
Farmers count on their resident birds
SIXTY farmers in Scotland recorded 81 species on 81,362 acres…
MSP supports EWM redundant workers
Willie Rennie has appealed to Philip Day to reverse the…
£83,000 for Eskdale
NEARLY £83,000 is being pumped into Eskdale’s economy through the…
100 not out for Jean
CENTENARIAN Jean McKie celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday with…
No pause on flood scheme disappoints
THE council team in charge of developing Langholm’s flood protection…
Action on south
Team SOS is ready to support businesses WORKING as one…
Jobs at risk at mill after orders dry up
MOST of the 16 employees at Drove Weaving in Langholm…
EWM cancels orders with Asian suppliers
Millions of pounds worth of lost business has been catastrophic…
Be responsible on walks on farmland
AN APPEAL has been issued to the public, particularly dog…
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 SportRugby 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 Reportersby 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 | NewsFORTY 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 ReportersBy 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 NewsLangholm 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 NewsTHE 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…
Langholm gets £60k boost for shopfronts
A TOWN centre improvement scheme, which provides half of the…
On the frontline
Paramedic is committed to the service ONG-SERVING paramedic Hazel Jeffrey…
Full support promised after exams cancelled
Headteacher pledges that no exam pupil will be disadvantaged. NO…
Rugby season declared null and void
Rugby The SRU has declared the current rugby season null…
Horseracing BRIAN Hughes, who rides regularly for James Ewart Racing…
Libby switches focus to 2021
Athletics CANCELLATION of this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, due…
RAVE REVIEWS: Travel: Petra, Jordan
Reviewers: Tony Parker & Avril Bannatyne AT THE end of…
Kia ora from Aotearoa
by Heather Kennedyof Newcastleton HELLO from New Zealand or Land…
Centre progress
PROGRESS on redeveloping the Townfoot Sports Centre in Langholm continues.During…
Rainbows shine a light
THE rainbow pictures, which have been appearing in windows all…
EWM denies it has treated staff badly
Redundancies were “out of the blue” and “heartless”, it’s claimed…
Care for our carers
NEW immigration rules are coming into place, barring “unskilled” workers…
