OH CALAMITY!
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | Arts and Entertainment NewsIT’S hotting up for the cast of Calamity Jane after their move from rehearsals in the Telford Room to the Buccleuch Centre earlier this week. Bob McLure, director, said: “I’m delighted with the transition of rehearsals onto the Buccleuch Centre…
We continue our serialisation of Wattie Bell’s book.
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NostalgiaHappy Nights under the Gas Lamps But it was with my cousin Pinder and his Wauchope Ra Gang that I spent my happy formative years.In winter we would gather under the gas lamps and make our own fun. Langholm at…
Return to glass proving successful
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsBOTTLED milk is making a comeback in Langholm, thanks to the environmentally-aware retailer J M Ritchie at his New Town Convenience Store in Thomas Telford Road. John’s daughter, Lorna, brought it to his attention as a way to protect the…
Call for a rethink on town’s flood barriers
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsResidents seek a pause in the process after concerns voiced OPPOSITION to a comprehensive flood protection scheme in Langholm is growing after an online poll attracted more than 90 names last weekend. Two weeks ago Dumfries and Galloway Council’s flood…
Semi-final netted
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | Netball School SportNetball LANGHOLM Academy’s senior netball team secured a Scottish Cup semi-final spot against Abroath High School with a fantastic performance in the quarter-final against Craigmount Red from Edinburgh last Thursday. The team was made up of Emily Foster, Abi Couper,…
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
Despite significant investment in EFAs, the study found they were…
Roger to step down from chairman’s job
He followed in his father’s footsteps to lead the Common…
£10,000 is raised so far for village flood victims
Donations pour in as Newcastleton residents clear out houses A…
Objections rise over flood protection plan
Walls and embankments lining the rivers are not very popular…
Launch of Digital Hub
THE South of Scotland Skills and Learning Network Digital Hub…
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
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | Athletics SportAthletics A LANGHOLM athlete, who receives funding from “Welcome to Langholm” Future Champions Awards, has been crowned national university champion. Lewis Bell, 19, won the title at the Scottish University and College championships at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. It…
Benty open singles
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | Bowling SportTHE Benty hall bowlers held their annual open singles tournament last weekend. Entries were taken on the night and 72 people came through the door to play, one of the biggest tournaments it has seen in a decade. People came…
Fashion regenerated
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsTURNING scrap fabrics into eye-catching and colourful clothes and showcasing them in the places where they were dyed and woven. That was the challenge set for a group of textile students and there was no better place to come to…
Jobs for vital volunteers
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | LifestyleAVRIL Bannatyne has volunteered at The Buccleuch Centre since it opened in 2007. Her reasons for volunteering are many. She had just retired and wanted to keep busy. She said: “I realised the centre had great potential for being a…
Upland bursary for Langholm ceramicist
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | Arts and Entertainment NewsOrganisation will provide programme of mentoring and support EMERGING ceramic artist Sophie Jarzyna has been awarded a bursary from arts and crafts organisation Upland through its Emerge project. This is a nine-month programme of mentoring and a bursary for emerging…
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
THE Langholm Initiative is continuing to work towards a community…
Plan for troubled kids’ school must go public
Company urged to talk to Langholm residents about proposal CONCERNS…
Floods, gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
Eskdale and Liddesdale struggle through atrocious winter weather this week…
Plugging the hole in lost European funds
Council writes to politicians to ask for their support post-Brexit…
Krakow and the real horrors of Auschwitz
An account of a visit to this marvellous city and…
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
Week: 05 | 30th January 2020 | NewsLangholm and Hawick collaborate on textile training course A GROWTH in demand for workers in the textile industry on both sides of the border has prompted a collaborative training scheme based in Langholm. The Langholm Initiative has joined forces with…
Vital public service will not be lost to Langholm
Week: 05 | 30th January 2020 | NewsGood news for both locals and visitors THE news that Langholm’s two public toilets will not be affected by cuts to services has been universally welcomed. The toilets, at the Kilngreen and in Parliament Square, were the subject of a…
Low wages contribute to more food bank use
Week: 4 | 27th January 2020 | NewsReport shows a 22 per cent rise in use in Scotland in 18 months A GROUP, which distributes food parcels in Annandale and Eskdale, recorded an increase from 331 in 2018 to 421 in 2019. Kate’s Kitchen is based in…
Neil is auctioneers’ group champion
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Farming and EnvironmentTHE Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS) has appointed an executive director to intensify its fight for the interests of members and the wider livestock industry. Neil Wilson has started work with the highly-respected organisation and brings with…
Food parcels are only the start
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Lifestyle NewsHAZEL Thompson, manager at Kate’s Kitchen, has watched demand steadily grow and her view is that delays in receiving benefits cause most of the problems. She said: “Demand is increasing all the time. It’s weird. It’s generally a steady increase…
Positive response to holiday pod proposal
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | Lifestyle NewsBusiness wants to expand park to attract more overnight visitors A HOLIDAY park outside Newcastleton has applied for planning permission to build 17 pods to provide short-term holiday lets. Riverview Holiday Park at Mangerton opened in 2002 when planning permission…
Town’s ambition to be a creative place
OutPost Arts receives funding to run art clubs for all…
Purr-fect” partners cool as cats on the ice
Libby and Mark score sevens and go forward to next…
Up to 20 turbines are on cards for Bentpath
Developer proposes to construct a windfarm in Meggat Valley A…
The Moldova Experience
Copshaw schoolboy Dean Armstrong learns new house building skills to…
A Sailor went to sea, sea, sea
For E&L Life Editor Gilly Fraser, an unexpected joint project…
Finding the stars in Copshaw
The brand new Liddesdale Performing Arts Society brought Copshaw audiences…
Libby... the finest girl!
A SENSATIONAL performance on the ice produced an astounding first-round…
Conan takes gold
Running TEENAGE runner Conan Harper won a team gold medal…
Call to act quickly over dangerous Eskdale road - Water pours on to the A7 at same spot as an earlier landslide
HEAVY rain and high winds disrupted travel last Saturday and…
Mascots United
Rugby A TOTAL of 90 youngsters and their families from…
Sounds of the past - Original school bell to be rehung at the new primary
AN IMPORTANT piece of Langholm’s heritage has been rescued and…
A previous year test
