Kippford & Rockcliffe Circular via Rough Island.
Week: 52 | 28th December 2019 | E&L Life WalkingDistance: 4.6 miles if you include Rough Island or 3.5 miles if you omit it. Total Ascent: 352ft including the highest point on Rough Island. Start Grid: NX837553. Map: OS Explorer 313. Time: 2.5 hours in theory, but you’ll probably…
Blue Flight in the pink at Kelso: Blue Flight in the pink at Kelso
Week: 51 | 21st December 2019 | Horse Racing SportHorseracing ED CHAMBERLIN will lead the ITV racing team when they make their appearance at Kelso Racecourse this Saturday. Together with regular pundits Mick Fitzgerald, Luke Harvey and Sally Ann Grassick, plus commentator Richard Hoiles, Chamberlin will present four races…
Academy plant sale flourishes
Week: 50 | 16th December 2019 | NewsIT’S time to get planting so make a bee-line for the Langholm Academy plant sale next week. The pupils have been busy growing various flowers, plants and vegetable plants to sell at their annual sale next Wednesday, May 29. New…
Langholm lads help Hawick
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | Rugby SportRugby Morrison’s Academy 17 Hawick High School 41 THREE Langholm lads helped Hawick High School to their first win of the boys’ schools cup final when they beat Morrison’s Academy to take the U16 bowl final. Hughie Donaldson, Ben Jardine…
Langholm come third in athletics final
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | Athletics SportAthletics LANGHOLM and Canonbie primary schools competed at Annandale and Eskdale primary schools Sportshall Athletics finals in Moffat last Friday. In the large schools’ event, which attracted six entries, Langholm were third behind Moffat and Newington. The Annan school now…
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
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…
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
Week: 49 | 5th December 2019 | Rugby SportU14 Rugby Langholm U14 68 Moffat U14 28 TUESDAY night’s clash between Langholm and Moffat was always going to be a humdinger of a match, with only a score between the two teams the previous week. The home team got…
Emerging talent at Kelso
Week: 49 | 5th December 2019 | Horse Racing SportHorseracing FATHER Christmas will be greeting young racegoers at Kelso Racecourse’s Festive Family Raceday this Sunday. There will be fun activities for children in the Pavilion Marquee next to the parade ring where older racegoers can enjoy a view of…
Have Pen Will Travel
Week: 49 | 5th December 2019 | Arts and Entertainment NewsHAVE Pen Will Travel is the most apt name for an exhibition of original drawings, sketchbooks and publications currently on show in The Look Out in Langholm. Dwayne Bell, local boy made good, has included his now best-selling sketches of…
£27k for Eskdale: Windfarm company gives grants to three organisations
Week: 49 | 5th December 2019 | NewsMUCKLE Toon Media, the owner of the Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser, has been awarded a grant of £10,000 to support the social enterprise. Two other organisations in Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk have also received funds from Muirhall Energy which is…
Sweeping changes to refuse collections
Week: 48 | 28th November 2019 | NewsDumfries and Galloway Council staff were in The Buccleuch Centre on Monday 25th November explaining their proposed waste collection scheme to members of the public. Display boards and staff were on hand to talk people through the proposals. This scheme…
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
CANONBIE Probus Club and visitors from Langholm Probus enjoyed a…
Fiasco of farcical fun: Langholm’s popular am-drammers play to big houses at The Buccleuch Centre
Langholm Operatic and Dramatic Society presented ‘Clutching at Straws’ to…
Legion secures vital win
Football Langholm Legion 2 Jed Legion 1 FINLEY Dell was…
North Berwick sees determined performance from Langholm
Rugby Langholm RFC 13 North Berwick 7 LANGHOLM RFC showed…
Community Trust open day for Copshaw: Consultation to look at feasibilty of Holm Hill buy-out
NEWCASTLETON & District Community Trust (NDCT) are holding an Open…
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
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | Rugby SportRugby LANGHOLM Rugby Club has been shortlisted for a national award for its work in the community. The club is delighted that it is in the final for the community club of the year award at the Scottish Sports Awards,…
Canonbie crafters collect: Another successful fair
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | NewsTHE annual Canonbie craft fair attracted stallholders from near and far and over the two days in the hall there was a steady stream of customers coming through the door. The fair is organised by Canonbie United parish church and…
Bill’s film boosts vital community bus service: Common Riding enthusiast presents money raised by DVD sale
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | NewsTHE proceeds from the sale of a Langholm retailer’s Common Riding DVD have been donated to a worthy cause. Bill Barbour presented £100 to John Scott, a director of Annandale Community Transport Services (ACTS). Every year Bill films the Common…
Three Eskdale groups given £8,300 in total: Windfarm developer donates first round of community grants
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | NewsCASH totalling £8,300 is being pumped into Langholm and Eskdalemuir by a one-off windfarm grant scheme. Muirhall Energy, which is building Crossdykes windfarm between Lockerbie and Langholm, announced that it had a £100,000 pot of money to distribute on a…
Langholm will be in rail extension study: Scottish transport minister reassures campaigners of inclusion
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | NewsA MINISTER of the Scottish government has reassured rail campaigners that Langholm will be considered in a study on extending the Borders Railway to Carlisle. Joan McAlpine, South of Scotlnd MSP, welcomed the comments from Michael Matheson, transport secretary. The…
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
THE Look Out in Langholm High Street will hold a…
Centre of excellence wins regional award: Great team work from staff and volunteers gets recognition
LANGHOLM’S successful performing arts centre is the toast of the…
What a blooming farce!
Take one pushy businesswoman and one womanising roué plus his…
Charlie is Kelso’s darling
THE £30,000 feature race of Saturday’s fixture at Kelso Racecourse…
Great plans for popular butcher's shop
RYAN Greig and Samantha Taylor are reopening the butcher’s shop…
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…
