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…
Don’t ignore vital grants
Week: 15 | 10th April 2020 | NewsCouncil encourages application ESKDALE businesses could miss out on emergency grants if they fail to apply.They are being encouraged to apply for the Scottish government grants to help them through the coronavirus crisis.Dumfries and Galloway Council has released figures which…
Virus setback for Murtholm housing
Week: 15 | 10th April 2020 | NewsScheme is delayed by three months but could still be on time THE construction of extra-care sheltered housing on the Murtholm in Langholm has been delayed for three months.This is because of the Scottish government’s instructions to close all development…
Nostalgia
Week: 15 | 9th April 2020 | Nostalgia25 years:£420 boost for summer outing Around £420 was raised towards the summer outing for the elderly with a coffee morning in the Mission Hall on Saturday. The event was organised by the Langholm branch of Age Concern and Secretary…
Brown’s the Butcher opens
Week: 14 | 3rd April 2020 | NewsA welcome new shop as High Street starts to make a come-back A NEW food shop has opened for business in Langholm.But, because of the coronavirus pandemic, Brown’s Butchers has decided to only take orders for deliveries at the moment.The…
Day’s tree appeal dismissed
Week: 14 | 3rd April 2020 | NewsPHILLIP Day, owner of The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, has lost his appeal against his international firm of solicitors, Womble Bond Dickinson, after he was prosecuted for felling 43 trees on a site of special scientific interest in 2010 and constructing…
London in lockdown
Week: 14 | 3rd April 2020 | News ReportersA Langholm man’s perspective on the capital in quarantine By Nicol Nicolson THE FIRST thing that strikes you in present-day London is the abundance of delivery drivers. I live on a street saturated with takeaways and, when evening falls, there’s a…
Amazing support from the community
Langholm COVID-19 support group garners 900 members We are living…
The Rainbow Connection
Following the coronavirus lockdown, many families in Langholm have decided…
AMAZING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY
We are living in a time of crisis and it’s…
Restaurant Review : The Boathouse Glencaple
Reviewer: Clare Rogerson Boreland We pulled up into a nice…
Lockdown in the Land of the Long White Cloud
Rhea Cavers AFTER a couple of months of travelling round…
Walk the Walk
E&L Life columnist Gavin Graham has an ambition to walk…
From a reader's point of view
Sophie’s column last month about the advantages of growing up…
Langholm Sevens cancelled
LANGHOLM RFC has regretfully taken the decision to cancel next…
RAVE REVIEWS... Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow
A RAINY day in Glasgow; what is a girl to…
Money does grow on trees in Eskdalemuir
FIVE miles along a rough forestry track north of Eskdalemuir…
Langholm goes live!
A NEW project has been started during this difficult time…
Village at odds with official flood report
Diaries show residents were left to cope on their own…
