Hat-trick but still a defeat
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | Football SportFootball Langholm Legion 3 Tweeddale Rovers 4 THE whole match was a struggle for Legion but, despite two men being red-carded, they scored three goals through Brian Mattinson. Legion struggled to find their groove on a wet afternoon and the…
Langholm rugby holds its head high at awards
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | Rugby SportRugby LANGHOLM Rugby Club was in fine company at the Sunday Mail Scottish Sports Awards last Thursday. The club was one of only two rugby clubs to be shortlisted for an award, the other being the Scotland team, no less.…
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
JUDITH Johnson’s three decades of work in the community of…
Town’s flood alert: Environment watchdog issues warning over river
A FLOOD warning was issued for Langholm on Tuesday. After…
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
Week: 48 | 28th November 2019 | Rugby SportRugby Report by Davie Oliver Annan Under 14s: 44 Langholm: 18 On Wednesday November 20 the Under 14 rugby team travelled to Annan to play the first game of the season playing a well drilled and well coached Annan side…
Meet Katherine and her traffic cone hat
Week: 48 | 28th November 2019 | LifestyleCANONBIE Probus Club and visitors from Langholm Probus enjoyed a talk by Multiple Sclerosis Society fundraiser Catherine Lithgow. In typical larger-than-life fashion she wore her orange gear, including her STOP MS traffic cone hat. The focus of her talk was…
Fiasco of farcical fun: Langholm’s popular am-drammers play to big houses at The Buccleuch Centre
Week: 48 | 28th November 2019 | Arts and EntertainmentLangholm Operatic and Dramatic Society presented ‘Clutching at Straws’ to good sized audiences last week. A farce, directed by Bob McLure, it should have been a fast moving witty and humorous play but in the first quarter I found it…
Legion secures vital win
Week: 48 | 28th November 2019 | Football SportFootball Langholm Legion 2 Jed Legion 1 FINLEY Dell was the hero of the Langholm Legion match against Jed Legion when he scored a vital goal in the 89th minute. Langholm Legion hosted Jed Legion last Saturday in a division…
North Berwick sees determined performance from Langholm
Week: 48 | 28th November 2019 | Rugby SportRugby Langholm RFC 13 North Berwick 7 LANGHOLM RFC showed real determination when they entertained top of the table North Berwick at Milntown on Saturday. North Berwick, who heavily defeated Langholm in the first game of the season, had only…
Community Trust open day for Copshaw: Consultation to look at feasibilty of Holm Hill buy-out
Week: 48 | 28th November 2019 | NewsNEWCASTLETON & District Community Trust (NDCT) are holding an Open Day on December 4 in connection with the start of the community consultation which will then close on December 31. This is the opportunity for the community to see and…
Campaign to build a new line is ‘rock solid’
Railway group celebrates 20 years of fighting for an extension…
Rave Review | BARBARA DICKSON & Nick Holland
Venue: The Buccleuch Centre, Langholm | Reviewer: Rachel Norris SCOTLAND’S…
Breeding sheep to adapt to weather
RESEARCH looking at ways of breeding sheep and goats to…
Speaking with one voice
Launch showcases skills to take on Langholm’s regeneration THE news…
New Town, new store
As one door closes, another opens on TT Road After…
Town's regeneration vision scoops £60k
AN AWARD worth £60,000 is being given to the Langholm…
Ellie’s life in the fast lane
Cycling AN INTERNATIONAL cyclist with family connections in Eskdale was…
Langholm Rugby Club makes shortlist for national award
Rugby LANGHOLM Rugby Club has been shortlisted for a national…
Canonbie crafters collect: Another successful fair
THE annual Canonbie craft fair attracted stallholders from near and…
Bill’s film boosts vital community bus service: Common Riding enthusiast presents money raised by DVD sale
THE proceeds from the sale of a Langholm retailer’s Common…
Three Eskdale groups given £8,300 in total: Windfarm developer donates first round of community grants
CASH totalling £8,300 is being pumped into Langholm and Eskdalemuir…
Langholm will be in rail extension study: Scottish transport minister reassures campaigners of inclusion
A MINISTER of the Scottish government has reassured rail campaigners…
Copshaw pharmacist is a clear winner
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | NewsSTERLING work in the respiratory field by Newcastleton Health Centre’s pharmacist has been recognised with a prestigious national award. In a glittering ceremony staged by the Scottish Pharmacy Awards in Glasgow’s Crowne Plaza Libby Kennedy was presented with the respiratory…
Secret OutPost: Auction and exhibition at High Street’s new venue
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | Arts and Entertainment NewsTHE Look Out in Langholm High Street will hold a silent auction and exhibition of artists’ original postcards next Thursday. The exhibition, Secret OutPost, will raise funds for OutPost Arts to help them continue the fantastic work they are doing…
Centre of excellence wins regional award: Great team work from staff and volunteers gets recognition
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | Arts and Entertainment NewsLANGHOLM’S successful performing arts centre is the toast of the town after winning a high-profile regional award. The Buccleuch Centre won tourism champion at the Dumfries & Galloway Life awards 2019. The board of trustees, staff, volunteers, patrons and supporters…
What a blooming farce!
Week: 45 | 7th November 2019 | Arts and EntertainmentTake one pushy businesswoman and one womanising roué plus his sister and her flirty friend and add a titled lady for good measure. Sprinkle in a weepy nurse and a solicitor and place them all together in a posh country…
Charlie is Kelso’s darling
Week: 45 | 7th November 2019 | NewsTHE £30,000 feature race of Saturday’s fixture at Kelso Racecourse celebrates the discovery of a wishing well during the development of the new parade ring fewer than 18 months ago. The well, an unusual structure to be found on a…
Great plans for popular butcher's shop
Week: 45 | 7th November 2019 | NewsRYAN Greig and Samantha Taylor are reopening the butcher’s shop in Langholm High Street next Tuesday. They are keeping with tradition, trading under the WW Middlemass Butchers name. The couple, who originally hail from Aberdeen, have lived here for three…
Mural trail explores Langholm's heritage
A LANGHOLM-BASED arts organisation officially launched its new High Street…
Canonbie parents up in arms as heating fails
A SCHOOL parent council in Eskdale is up in arms…
Cumbria's horseman
Penton Discussion Group met at Skitby House Smithfield on Monday…
Posties Wear-it-Pink and raise £900
POST Office and Royal Mail staff combined their sense of…
Valley faces another large-scale windfarm: Plans submitted to build up to 25 220m turbines at Callisterhall
ANOTHER large-scale windfarm is being proposed for a site on…
Cross country success
TWO young runners from Langholm represented their club at a…
Stevie is club champ
Bowling LANGHOLM New Town Bowling Club hosted its presentation of…
Vital point gained with a struggle
Football Langholm Legion 0 Newtown AFC 0 LANGHOLM Legion had…
Teams try their hardest: An excellent turnout of sides makes for a busy tournament for youngsters
Rugby LANGHOLM Lions and Cubs hosted a festival at Milntown…
University professor designs first “tunabot”: Former Langholm pupil examines how fish swim so fast and far
A LEADING American university professor, who attended Langholm Academy, has…
Physio’s research will help identify strokes: Dawn Lamb’s work is aiding the diagnoses by A&E clinicians
AN ADVANCED specialist physiotherapist in acute stroke and neuro-rehab has…
Sprinter’s ice challenge: Libby hopes to impress judge John Barrowman on TV show
A DOUBLE Paralympic champion is set to appear on the…
