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
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
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…
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
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | NewsAN ADVANCED specialist physiotherapist in acute stroke and neuro-rehab has been awarded a post-graduate certificate in clinical research with distinction from the Faculty of Medical Sciences at Newcastle University. Dawn Lamb, who lives in Langholm, has a special interest in…
Sprinter’s ice challenge: Libby hopes to impress judge John Barrowman on TV show
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | NewsA DOUBLE Paralympic champion is set to appear on the small screen in the New Year as she takes to the ice in one of the nation’s most celebrated reality TV shows. Libby Clegg, whose family live in Langholm and…
Tories and Labour pick their candidates: Mundell and Chisholm prepare for a Christmas general election
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | NewsLABOUR and the Con-servatives have announced their candidates in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency for the general election. MPs voted by a wide margin on Tuesday to hold the election on Thursday, December 12. David Mundell has been re-selected…
A mural paints 1,000 words
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | NewsTHE launch of Mural Stories, a project to decorate walls in Langholm with murals, is being held this weekend. The event and the project are organised by OutPost Arts in its High Street hub, The Look Out. Residents may have…
Two vital elements to promote quality of life: Town’s tourism and health and social care are in the spotlight
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | NewsTHE Langholm Alliance steering group recently held a public consultation and, as a follow-up, its sub-groups have submitted summaries of the work they have been doing in preparing for the launch of the community action plan. Tourism John Galloway IN EARLY…
Pumpkin run
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | Athletics SportTHINGS that go bump in the night were much in evidence at Langholm cricket club’s ground last Saturday. As twilight fell, gruesome ghouls, hideous phantoms and wicked witches descended onto the Castleholm to do their worst. Adults and kids dressed…
Family sport fun day
A SUCCESSFUL free family sports day was run in the…
MP: It's Brexit now or election showdown
ESKDALE’S MP has pledged to continue to back the Prime…
Champion biker
A BIKE trials rider from Newcastleton has won the overall…
Karate medallists
Karate WORLD Traditional Karate Organisation karateka from Langholm, Dundee, Edinburgh…
Blue Flight in flight at Kelso
Horseracing RACEGOERS will get an early opportunity to see several…
Gormley ends flat season with a smart win for leading owner
Horse Racing LANGHOLM jockey Jamie Gormley rode one of two…
Unique bothy is restored
PRIORSLYNN Bothy in Canonbie hosted an open day recently, giving…
Loughborough learns lessons around Langholm
IF YOU were to design a visitor centre to reflect…
The vegetables say it all
MARGO and Gerald Smith, the owners of Netherby Hall, Longtown…
Firm’s community work earns award nomination: Langholm windfarm developer is in line for a national prize
THE developer of the Crossdykes windfarm near Langholm has been…
90% want flood scheme: Newcastleton residents have their say on wall and other options
NINE out of 10 Newcastleton residents, who responded to a…
Going wild in the woods is so much fun
IF YOU went into the woods last Thursday, you were…
Having a fun-gi time, won’t you join us? Mycologists hold their get-together in Langholm countryside
Week: 43 | 24th October 2019 | NewsA GROUP of fungi enthusiasts are so impressed by their finds around Langholm that they plan to hold another annual trip here soon. The Scottish Joint Foray brings amateurs and experts together for one week every year to record and…
Bank customers to lose post office cash service
Week: 42 | 17th October 2019 | NewsBarclays Bank says it will introduce its own cashback scheme
Bursting with ideas: Moorland community consultation attracts positive interest
Week: 42 | 17th October 2019 | NewsTHE options for the future management of an area of Langholm moor in community ownership were thrown into the ring at a meeting last Thursday. The Langholm Initiative working group, which is leading a bid to buy part of the…
GP earns care award nomination
Week: 42 | 17th October 2019 | NewsA GP in Newcastleton has made it to the finals of a prestigious national competition. Dr Howard Kennedy, 57, has been named as one of the final four in the Doctor Award category of the 2019 Scottish Health Awards. He…
Council pledge to cut carbon status to zero
Week: 42 | 17th October 2019 | NewsResidents are urged to support climate emergency measures DUMFRIES and Galloway Council has cut its carbon emissions by more than 40 per cent since 1990, it has been revealed. Councillors are now urging residents to join them in tackling climate…
Little White Rose blossoms
Week: 42 | 17th October 2019 | Arts and Entertainment NewsTAKE a stroll down Langholm High Street and pause for some poetry. Creative group OutPost Arts has commissioned a series of murals as part of a project to make a statement about the town and encourage people to think about…
Day centre pot set to rise by nearly £18,000
LANGHOLM Day Centre’s funding from Dumfries and Galloway Council may…
Club is taken for a ride
MEMBERS of Langholm Probus Club enjoyed being taken for a…
Teenage athletes perform at their best
RUNNER Iona Jamieson of Langholm and biker James Moffatt of…
Relay success for kids
Relay A TRIO of P7 Canonbie school boys won their…
Double win for Jock’s dogs
Hounds THE two Langholm hounds trained by Jock Fawkes have…
Scarlett scores five tries at festival
Rugby SCARLETT Crossan Brown of Langholm played in the second…
Force to be reckoned with
BAILEY Donaldson of Langholm played for Hawick Force last weekend…
Apprenticeship funding blackhole filled by trusts: Dyehouse apprentices are caught in cross-border bureaucracy
A LEADING employer in Langholm says it is grateful to…
Council faces a £5m yearly budget squeeze: Liddesdale residents are asked for money-saving suggestions
LIDDESDALE residents are being asked for their ideas on how…
Heartening music: Aly and Phil give thumbs-up to fundraiser
EVERYONE was in good heart for the Aly Bain and…
Heather, hen harriers and grouse thriving on moor: Project report shows how legal management techniques benefit all species
THE final report into a 10-year, multi-million-pound project to restore…
Perfect conditions at Kelso
THE track at Kelso is in perfect condition for the…
