£3.5m price tag to buy Langholm Moor
Week: 12 | 19th March 2020 | NewsPrivate donations and crowd-funding will be essential to success AT LEAST £3.5m will have to be raised in the community through private donations and crowd-funding to buy Langholm Moor from Buccleuch, it has been revealed. The Langholm Initiative’s community buy-out…
Joint response
Week: 12 | 19th March 2020 | NewsDUMFRIES and Galloway Council leader Elaine Murray has called a full meeting of members tomorrow to consider swift measures to prepare the local authority for the coronavirus pandemic. The council has been co-ordinating a response alongside NHS Dumfries & Galloway…
Community rallies to support people at risk
Week: 12 | 19th March 2020 | NewsCOMMUNITY and business life in Eskdale and Liddesdale is grinding to a halt as the coronavirus COVID-19 tightens its grip on the UK and around the world. Venues are closing their doors and user groups are cancelling their meetings and…
Double celebration
Week: 11 | 12th March 2020 | SportRugby RUGBY fans from Langholm enjoyed a double celebration when they cheered on Scotland to a great victory over France last Sunday. Langholm RFC was awarded the trophy for East Region community club of the season by the SRU before…
More stock is sold, average prices fall
Week: 11 | 12th March 2020 | Farming and EnvironmentLIVESTOCK sold through Scotland’s auction marts fetched £482.m last year, official figures show. Statistics compiled by the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) reveal that almost 2.7 million head of livestock were sold by auctioneering firms in 2019.…
Langholm teenager is elected to parliament
Week: 11 | 12th March 2020 | NewsCameron is keen to start his fledgling parliamentary career A LANGHOLM youth councillor has been elected a Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament after a vacancy came up unexpectedly. Cameron Greer, 15, who lives in Claygate and attends Langholm Academy,…
Region poised to deal with potential outbreak
All 33 tests for virus in Dumfries and Galloway are…
Project awarded £600k
Trust to develop Buccleuch House for learning and enterprise MORE…
Moorland purchase reaches critical stage
EXCLUSIVE: Public urged to get behind buy-out and sign petition…
Academy are Scottish champions
Heptathlon LANGHOLM Academy were crowned West of Scotland regional champions…
Cleaning up the Liddel
EWCASTLETON Wildlife Club members braved more rain last Friday to…
Patrons follow lunch with a talk
CAMPBELL Scott, a trustee of the Langholm Initiative and project…
Community ownership conference a great success
A MAJOR conference for public sector organisations and communities all…
OH CALAMITY!
IT’S hotting up for the cast of Calamity Jane after…
We continue our serialisation of Wattie Bell’s book.
Happy Nights under the Gas Lamps But it was with…
Return to glass proving successful
BOTTLED milk is making a comeback in Langholm, thanks to…
Call for a rethink on town’s flood barriers
Residents seek a pause in the process after concerns voiced…
Semi-final netted
Netball LANGHOLM Academy’s senior netball team secured a Scottish Cup…
Sports centre group makes good progress
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | NewsDesign feasibility study will be ready for the public during May THE group investigating the redevelopment of a former sports centre in Langholm will be ready to present the findings of its design feasibility study in May. Its next major…
Farms need better pollinator practice
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | Farming and EnvironmentDespite significant investment in EFAs, the study found they were failing to provide all the resources insect pollinators need. With more than 70 per cent of crops worldwide relying on insect pollinators, it highlights the need to create a variety…
Roger to step down from chairman’s job
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | Common Riding NewsHe followed in his father’s footsteps to lead the Common Riding THE chairman of the Common Riding members has announced he will step down from the post in April next year. Roger Maxwell told the members at their February meeting…
£10,000 is raised so far for village flood victims
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | NewsDonations pour in as Newcastleton residents clear out houses A FUNDRAISING campaign launched after the devastating flood in Newcastleton during Storm Dennis has raised nearly £10,000 so far. The GoFundMe account was set up by Jamie Thomson and Libby Kennedy.…
Objections rise over flood protection plan
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | NewsWalls and embankments lining the rivers are not very popular flood protection scheme for Langholm, which would line the Esk and Wauchope with walls and embankments, has encountered strong opposition in the town. Councillor Archie Dryburgh, vice-chairman of the economy…
Launch of Digital Hub
Week: 08 | 20th February 2020 | NewsTHE South of Scotland Skills and Learning Network Digital Hub at Dumfries and Galloway College has been launched. The hub is part of a £6.6m investment in southern Scotland and comes as part of the South of Scotland Economic Partnership…
Holy Isle retreat brings patience and generosity
Daily distractions abandoned at Centre of World Peace and Health…
Farmers of Eskdale have a ball
THE annual Eskdale farmers’ dance was held in the school…
D&G to face £11m cut to services budget
Rethink by SNP government called for by councillors DUMFRIES and Galloway…
Valentine’s day treat
Langholm primary pupils raise £700 at their coffee morning A…
Survey will identify windfarm funding
Group encouraging people to use questionnaire to propose ideas A…
Devastating flood rages through seventy homes
River bursts its banks leaving residents wading through water up…
Floods, Gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
ESKDALE and Liddesdale were battered by Storm Ciara last weekend…
Lewis is uni champ
Athletics A LANGHOLM athlete, who receives funding from “Welcome to…
Benty open singles
THE Benty hall bowlers held their annual open singles tournament…
Fashion regenerated
TURNING scrap fabrics into eye-catching and colourful clothes and showcasing…
Jobs for vital volunteers
AVRIL Bannatyne has volunteered at The Buccleuch Centre since it…
Upland bursary for Langholm ceramicist
Organisation will provide programme of mentoring and support EMERGING ceramic…
Oz flags fly at tower
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsPerth couple send flags in memory of their border ancestors AN AUSTRALIAN couple, who visited Gilnockie Tower last autumn, sent two of their country’s flags to be flown from the tower’s flagpoles on Australia Day. Shellie and Brett Cummings of…
Moor buy-out deadline approaches
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsTHE Langholm Initiative is continuing to work towards a community buy-out of Langholm Moor. Feasibility studies are now complete and their findings are being considered in detail by the board and members of the working group. The organisation is in…
Plan for troubled kids’ school must go public
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsCompany urged to talk to Langholm residents about proposal CONCERNS have been raised with a Langholm councillor about a proposal by a company to buy the former primary school and convert it into an independent school for troubled children. Councillor…
Floods, gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsEskdale and Liddesdale struggle through atrocious winter weather this week Scotland said officers all over Dumfries and Galloway were dealing with a number of road traffic collisions. A yellow weather warning remained in place for ice and drivers should expect…
Plugging the hole in lost European funds
Week: 06 | 6th February 2020 | NewsCouncil writes to politicians to ask for their support post-Brexit A EUROPEAN programme, which has funded organisations in Eskdale, is excluded from a Scottish government consultation on how to replace EU funding now that the UK has Brexited. The Dumfries…
Krakow and the real horrors of Auschwitz
Week: 06 | 6th February 2020 | NewsAn account of a visit to this marvellous city and its bleak past Last week marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp by the Russian army. Many incredible stories of survival were broadcast and written…
Council struggles over windfarm objection
Community councillors debate the need for more wind turbines TWO…
Rural poverty missed
Deprivation index is biased towards urban not rural locations EW…
Langholm cannabis oil factory gets go-ahead
A number hurdles still to cross but it’s a step…
Langholm with the Lid Off
In his introduction to Langholm with the Lid Off, author…
Popular event packs out hall
EVERY seat was filled in Newcastleton village hall for the…
Copshaw in spotlight as campaign launches
Scotland Starts Here will raise profile to attract more tourists…
Log wagon driver admits killing cyclist
Canonbie trucker admits causing death by careless driving CANONBIE trucker…
Expanding industry needs more workers
Langholm and Hawick collaborate on textile training course A GROWTH…
Vital public service will not be lost to Langholm
Good news for both locals and visitors THE news that…
Low wages contribute to more food bank use
Report shows a 22 per cent rise in use in…
Neil is auctioneers’ group champion
THE Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) has…
Food parcels are only the start
HAZEL Thompson, manager at Kate’s Kitchen, has watched demand steadily…
