New Town, new store
Week: 47 | 21st November 2019 | NewsAs one door closes, another opens on TT Road After 39 years as a corner grocer’s shop in Henry Street, J M Ritchie will open the doors of his new shop in Thomas Telford Road next Monday. The New Town…
Town's regeneration vision scoops £60k
Week: 47 | 21st November 2019 | News SportAN AWARD worth £60,000 is being given to the Langholm Alliance to employ a full-time officer to develop its community action plan. The news was announced at the launch of the plan last Thursday by Professor Russel Griggs, chairman of…
Ellie’s life in the fast lane
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | Cycling SportCycling AN INTERNATIONAL cyclist with family connections in Eskdale was part of the GB women’s team pursuit quartet which won gold at the track cycling world cup in Glasgow last Saturday. The win came on the opening day of the…
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
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
STERLING work in the respiratory field by Newcastleton Health Centre’s…
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
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | NewsANOTHER large-scale windfarm is being proposed for a site on the outskirts of Langholm. E Power Limited plans to build up to 25 turbines at a height of 220m at Callisterhall, 4.25km west of the town on the Lockerbie road.…
Cross country success
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | Athletics SportTWO young runners from Langholm represented their club at a national cross country relay last weekend. Conan Harper and Iona Jamieson were competing for the Teviotdale Harriers at the Lindsays National Cross Country Relays at Cumbernauld. The event proved to…
Stevie is club champ
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | Bowling SportBowling LANGHOLM New Town Bowling Club hosted its presentation of prizes night for the 2019 season in Langholm Social Club last Saturday. Twenty-four people attended and members received prizes from Paul Mitchell, vice-president, who stood in for Roddy Innes, president,…
Vital point gained with a struggle
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | Football SportFootball Langholm Legion 0 Newtown AFC 0 LANGHOLM Legion had to work extremely hard to gain a vital point in last Saturday’s Division A league fixture on the 3G. Legion had been on the receiving end of a heavy defeat…
Teams try their hardest: An excellent turnout of sides makes for a busy tournament for youngsters
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | Rugby SportRugby LANGHOLM Lions and Cubs hosted a festival at Milntown on a beautiful sunny morning last Sunday. Langholm Blue P2/3s had nine players and five games so they were in for a busy morning and the whole squad applied themselves…
University professor designs first “tunabot”: Former Langholm pupil examines how fish swim so fast and far
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | NewsA LEADING American university professor, who attended Langholm Academy, has invented a “tunabot”. Hilary Bart-Smith, the daughter of Peter and Elizabeth Bart-Smith, was interviewed on the BBC World Service about the project she is doing at the University of Virginia.…
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…
Tories and Labour pick their candidates: Mundell and Chisholm prepare for a Christmas general election
LABOUR and the Con-servatives have announced their candidates in the…
A mural paints 1,000 words
THE launch of Mural Stories, a project to decorate walls…
Two vital elements to promote quality of life: Town’s tourism and health and social care are in the spotlight
THE Langholm Alliance steering group recently held a public consultation…
Pumpkin run
THINGS that go bump in the night were much in…
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
Week: 43 | 24th October 2019 | NewsPRIORSLYNN Bothy in Canonbie hosted an open day recently, giving the community the opportunity to visit the clay-walled, cruck-framed and thatched building. It is the only building in Scotland where these elements are found together, making it Category A listed.…
Loughborough learns lessons around Langholm
Week: 43 | 24th October 2019 | NewsIF YOU were to design a visitor centre to reflect the culture, history and geology of Eskdale and Liddesdale, what would it look like? That was the challenge set for a group of 50 architecture students and staff from Loughborough…
The vegetables say it all
Week: 43 | 24th October 2019 | LifestyleMARGO and Gerald Smith, the owners of Netherby Hall, Longtown opened the doors of the hall for a fabulous fundraising weekend for Maggie’s Cancer Care and their wonderful restored 1.5-acre walled garden. Emma Tennant, painter, gardener, amateur botanist and historian…
Firm’s community work earns award nomination: Langholm windfarm developer is in line for a national prize
Week: 43 | 24th October 2019 | NewsTHE developer of the Crossdykes windfarm near Langholm has been nominated for a prestigious national award in recognition of its work to engage with the community. Muirhall energy is one of four shortlisted in the best engagement category of the…
90% want flood scheme: Newcastleton residents have their say on wall and other options
Week: 43 | 24th October 2019 | NewsNINE out of 10 Newcastleton residents, who responded to a survey, believe the community must have a flood protection scheme. An interim report by Scottish Borders Council on a public consultation showed 89 per cent thought this should be the…
Going wild in the woods is so much fun
Week: 43 | 24th October 2019 | NewsIF YOU went into the woods last Thursday, you were sure of a big zip line… Wild Eskdale took a group of seven to 10 year olds into the woods for a couple of hours, kicking off the holiday club…
Having a fun-gi time, won’t you join us? Mycologists hold their get-together in Langholm countryside
A GROUP of fungi enthusiasts are so impressed by their…
Bank customers to lose post office cash service
Barclays Bank says it will introduce its own cashback scheme
Bursting with ideas: Moorland community consultation attracts positive interest
THE options for the future management of an area of…
GP earns care award nomination
A GP in Newcastleton has made it to the finals…
Council pledge to cut carbon status to zero
Residents are urged to support climate emergency measures DUMFRIES and…
Little White Rose blossoms
TAKE a stroll down Langholm High Street and pause for…
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…
