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
Week: 06 | 6th February 2020 | NewsCommunity councillors debate the need for more wind turbines TWO new giant windfarms, proposed for sites near Langholm, are causing a headache for community councillors. Scoping reports have been submitted for Callisterhall where it is proposed to build 25 turbines…
Rural poverty missed
Week: 06 | 6th February 2020 | NewsDeprivation index is biased towards urban not rural locations EW figures showing levels of deprivation in Scotland should be treated with caution because they mask rural poverty, it is claimed. The Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) publication is a…
Langholm cannabis oil factory gets go-ahead
Week: 06 | 6th February 2020 | NewsA number hurdles still to cross but it’s a step in right direction MULTI-MILLION investment in cannabis oil production at a site in Eskdale has been given planning permission by Dumfries and Galloway Council. But applicant Neil Ewart of the…
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…
Positive response to holiday pod proposal
Business wants to expand park to attract more overnight visitors…
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
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2020 | NewsDeveloper proposes to construct a windfarm in Meggat Valley A WINDFARM of up to 20 turbines is proposed for a remote valley near Bentpath. Oakridge Energy has submitted a scoping report to the Scottish government’s Energy and Consents Unit for…
The Moldova Experience
Week: 3 | 20th January 2020 | E&L Life Young ReportersCopshaw schoolboy Dean Armstrong learns new house building skills to help a family far away. Landlocked between Romania and the Ukraine, the republic of Moldova is the poorest country in Europe and once described as the world’s least happy place.…
A Sailor went to sea, sea, sea
Week: 3 | 20th January 2020 | E&L Life Gilly FraserFor E&L Life Editor Gilly Fraser, an unexpected joint project turned out to be one of the highlights of 2019 The phone call came out of the blue. ‘You’d better sit down. I’ve got something to ask you.’ The caller…
Finding the stars in Copshaw
Week: 3 | 20th January 2020 | Arts E&L LifeThe brand new Liddesdale Performing Arts Society brought Copshaw audiences to their feet earlier this year – and made dreams come true for its founder, Claire Musson… Before I moved to the Liddesdale valley in 2010, I had spent the…
Libby... the finest girl!
Week: 03 | 16th January 2020 | Arts and Entertainment NewsA SENSATIONAL performance on the ice produced an astounding first-round victory for para-athlete Libby Clegg on one of the UK’s top TV shows last Sunday. Libby, a multiple gold and silver medal-winning Paralympian, brought the house down when she and…
Conan takes gold
Week: 03 | 16th January 2020 | SportRunning TEENAGE runner Conan Harper won a team gold medal at a major cross country event last weekend. Conan Harper, 14, of Langholm was selected to run for the East Districts under 15 team at the Inter Districts cross country…
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
The Muckle Toon Pantomime returns with festive fun for all the family
What links Langholm with 15th century Italy? A well-established and…
Kippford & Rockcliffe Circular via Rough Island.
Distance: 4.6 miles if you include Rough Island or 3.5…
Blue Flight in the pink at Kelso: Blue Flight in the pink at Kelso
Horseracing ED CHAMBERLIN will lead the ITV racing team when…
Academy plant sale flourishes
IT’S time to get planting so make a bee-line for…
Langholm lads help Hawick
Rugby Morrison’s Academy 17 Hawick High School 41 THREE Langholm…
Langholm come third in athletics final
Athletics LANGHOLM and Canonbie primary schools competed at Annandale and…
Hat-trick but still a defeat
Football Langholm Legion 3 Tweeddale Rovers 4 THE whole match…
Langholm rugby holds its head high at awards
Rugby LANGHOLM Rugby Club was in fine company at the…
A garden of delights from GQT
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | Arts and EntertainmentIT MAY be the bleak midwinter but that doesn’t mean the gardening stops, as a recording of BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time in Langholm discovered. The team recorded two episodes of the programme in front of an audience of…
A most exciting year for initiative team: Langholm body calls for public to attend AGM and find out more
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | NewsTHE Langholm Initiative has been here for 25 years writes Jason Railton, but this is our biggest and best year yet. The work we’ve done this year has been some of our most ambitious and exciting. We are working towards…
Chance to buy land offers a “new dawn”: Consultation underway on the potential purchase of Holm Hill
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | NewsA COMMUNITY buy-out of Holm Hill will provide a new dawn for Newcastleton, it is claimed. The Newcastleton and District Community Trust laid out its recommendations for the purchase of 750 acres of land to the community at an exhibition…
Excellent duo top the bill
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | LifestyleBy Iain Bell LEONARD Brown and Malcolm Ross topped the bill at the November meeting of the Langholm accordion and fiddle club. It was plain for all to see why these lads have been voted guest artists of the year.…
Everyone a winner at awards to celebrate rural life
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | News NostalgiaJUDITH Johnson’s three decades of work in the community of Langholm has won her a prestigious regional award. Judith, a project manager at the Langholm Initiative, won the Shining Light award at the Dumfries & Galloway LEADER rural awards and is…
Town’s flood alert: Environment watchdog issues warning over river
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | NewsA FLOOD warning was issued for Langholm on Tuesday. After continuing heavy rain and saturated catchments, flooding was thought possible during the afternoon and into the evening from both the River Esk and Wauchope Water. The main areas at potential…
UK’s future at stake as rancorous campaign ends: Who will be Prime Minister tomorrow?
ONE of the most bitterly-fought general election campaigns in modern…
Theatre is calling: Langholm actor accepted for prestigious stage school
Young Langholm performer Finlay Eagleson will embark on a professional…
Lighting up Langholm
THE day had everything: a crisp, sunny afternoon; Santa and…
Santa’s little helpers
LANGHOLM teenagers Emily Hislop and Jessica Kenny were in good…
Government cuts would damage recycling efforts
DECISION to bring waste services back in-house could be costly…
A humdinger of a match
U14 Rugby Langholm U14 68 Moffat U14 28 TUESDAY night’s…
Emerging talent at Kelso
Horseracing FATHER Christmas will be greeting young racegoers at Kelso…
Have Pen Will Travel
HAVE Pen Will Travel is the most apt name for…
£27k for Eskdale: Windfarm company gives grants to three organisations
MUCKLE Toon Media, the owner of the Eskdale & Liddesdale…
Sweeping changes to refuse collections
Dumfries and Galloway Council staff were in The Buccleuch Centre…
Youth Rugby
Rugby Report by Davie Oliver Annan Under 14s: 44 Langholm:…
Meet Katherine and her traffic cone hat
CANONBIE Probus Club and visitors from Langholm Probus enjoyed a…
