D&G to face £11m cut to services budget
Week: 08 | 20th February 2020 | NewsRethink by SNP government called for by councillors DUMFRIES and Galloway Council faces £11m worth of cuts in services and another £4m in capital budget projects in 2020/21. Colin Smyth, South of Scotland Labour MSP, and Councillor Elaine Murray, council leader,…
Valentine’s day treat
Week: 08 | 20th February 2020 | SchoolLangholm primary pupils raise £700 at their coffee morning A VALENTINE’S day treat awaited the “customers” of the Langholm P4/5 pupils’ coffee morning last Friday. The school hall was packed with families and friends enjoying the cakes, tray bakes and…
Survey will identify windfarm funding
Week: 08 | 20th February 2020 | NewsGroup encouraging people to use questionnaire to propose ideas A GROUP, which distributes windfarm benefit funds, is conducting a survey to identify legacy projects for the whole of eastern Dumfriesshire. Dumfriesshire East Community Benefit Group was set up in July…
Devastating flood rages through seventy homes
Week: 08 | 20th February 2020 | NewsRiver bursts its banks leaving residents wading through water up to their waists THE worst flood in living memory hit Newcastleton last Saturday and several dozen homes were damaged by floodwater within minutes. The village, which sits by the Liddel…
Floods, Gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
Week: 07 | 14th February 2020 | NewsESKDALE and Liddesdale were battered by Storm Ciara last weekend and this week the area is being disrupted by snow. This weekend the galeforce winds will return, courtesy of Storm Dennis. A flood warning was issued for Langholm at 8.39am…
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
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
Perth couple send flags in memory of their border ancestors…
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
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
Week: 05 | 30th January 2020 | NostalgiaIn his introduction to Langholm with the Lid Off, author Wattie Bell, writes: I was born on 22nd August 1920 doon Kumasi being at the time the other side of the track; so to speak, whereas the New Town was…
Popular event packs out hall
Week: 05 | 30th January 2020 | NewsEVERY seat was filled in Newcastleton village hall for the annual Holm Show coffee morning last Saturday. It’s always one of the most popular events in the community’s calendar and this year was no exception, with more than £570 raised…
Copshaw in spotlight as campaign launches
Week: 05 | 30th January 2020 | NewsScotland Starts Here will raise profile to attract more tourists A NEW tourism drive for the Scottish Borders and Midlothian has been launched. Scotland Starts Here is raising the profile of the Scottish Borders and Midlothian as a year-round destination.…
Log wagon driver admits killing cyclist
Week: 05 | 30th January 2020 | NewsCanonbie trucker admits causing death by careless driving CANONBIE trucker has been found not guilty of causing the death of a cyclist by dangerous driving after a tragic collision but now faces sentence for his careless conduct behind the wheel.…
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
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
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
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
Week: 03 | 16th January 2020 | NewsHEAVY rain and high winds disrupted travel last Saturday and caused a scare at the site of a previous landslip on the A7 just south of Langholm. Motorists were, for a short period, told that the road was closed and…
Mascots United
Week: 03 | 16th January 2020 | Rugby SportRugby A TOTAL of 90 youngsters and their families from Langholm Youth Rugby travelled to Kingston Park, Newcastle for The Greene King IPA championship clash between Newcastle Falcons and Doncaster Knights last Friday. Langholm RFC are part of the Club…
Sounds of the past - Original school bell to be rehung at the new primary
Week: 03 | 16th January 2020 | NewsAN IMPORTANT piece of Langholm’s heritage has been rescued and a new home found. The bell, which was used in the former primary school which closed several years ago, is currently sitting in the Eskdale Foundation office. Councillor Ronnie Tait…
A previous year test
Week: 01 | 2nd January 2020 | News
The Muckle Toon Pantomime returns with festive fun for all the family
Week: 52 | 28th December 2019 | Arts E&L Life Young ReportersWhat links Langholm with 15th century Italy? A well-established and much loved tradition of Pantomime. Oh yes it does! The Italian version was called Commedia dell’arte and had many of the elements we would still recognise today – like the…
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
IT MAY be the bleak midwinter but that doesn’t mean…
A most exciting year for initiative team: Langholm body calls for public to attend AGM and find out more
THE Langholm Initiative has been here for 25 years writes…
Chance to buy land offers a “new dawn”: Consultation underway on the potential purchase of Holm Hill
A COMMUNITY buy-out of Holm Hill will provide a new…
Excellent duo top the bill
By Iain Bell LEONARD Brown and Malcolm Ross topped the…
Everyone a winner at awards to celebrate rural life
JUDITH Johnson’s three decades of work in the community of…
