100 not out for Jean
Week: 17 | 24th April 2020 | Community NewsCENTENARIAN Jean McKie celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday with a greeting from Her Majesty the Queen and an impromptu social distancing garden party at her Canonbie home.Piper Jock Irving played a medley of Scottish tunes, and Jean’s cousin Tom…
No pause on flood scheme disappoints
Week: 17 | 24th April 2020 | NewsTHE council team in charge of developing Langholm’s flood protection scheme has squashed a rumour that the project is on hold for six months.Work will continue as planned, despite Dumfries and Galloway Council putting so much of its resources into…
Action on south
Week: 17 | 24th April 2020 | NewsTeam SOS is ready to support businesses WORKING as one team to support businesses and communities in southern Scotland is the top priority of Dumfries and Galloway and Scottish Borders Councils and the new South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE).That’s the…
Jobs at risk at mill after orders dry up
Week: 17 | 23rd April 2020 | NewsMOST of the 16 employees at Drove Weaving in Langholm are at risk of redundancy, it has been revealed. Lochcarron of Scotland has announced that Drove Weaving will enter into a period of consultation to consider the cessation of all…
EWM cancels orders with Asian suppliers
Week: 16 | 21st April 2020 | NewsMillions of pounds worth of lost business has been catastrophic EDINBURGH Woollen Mill is among a number of British retailers to have collectively cancelled £1.4bn and suspended another £1bn of orders from Bangladesh.More than a million Bangaldeshi garment workers have…
Be responsible on walks on farmland
Week: 16 | 21st April 2020 | Farming and EnvironmentAN APPEAL has been issued to the public, particularly dog walkers, to be responsible when out walking during the lambing season.Colin Smyth, South Scotland MSP and Scottish Labour’s rural economy spokesperson, Rachael Hamilton, Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire MSPand shadow cabinet…
Hartleys keep calm and canter on during crisis
Equestrian UNTIL a few weeks ago the Hartley family were…
“Bomber” command
Rugby PROFESSIONAL rugby player Robin “Bomber” Hislop has secured his…
European connections
by Freya McCallof Langholm I CONTACTED Lea Moyon, a French…
Boost for flood victims
FORTY households in Newcastleton, hit by floods during Storm Dennis…
Langholmite in lockdown
By Ken Turk WE ARE now into our fourth week…
Nurse catches virus from hospital patient
Langholm woman had sore throat, cough and was short of…
Eggs-actly what’s needed
THE Easter Bunny did not let down the children of…
Langholm gets £60k boost for shopfronts
A TOWN centre improvement scheme, which provides half of the…
On the frontline
Paramedic is committed to the service ONG-SERVING paramedic Hazel Jeffrey…
Full support promised after exams cancelled
Headteacher pledges that no exam pupil will be disadvantaged. NO…
Rugby season declared null and void
Rugby The SRU has declared the current rugby season null…
Horseracing BRIAN Hughes, who rides regularly for James Ewart Racing…
Libby switches focus to 2021
Week: 15 | 14th April 2020 | Athletics SportAthletics CANCELLATION of this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games, due to be held in Tokyo, has come as a big blow to thousands ofathletes who have been in training but they have welcomed the news that they will be held…
RAVE REVIEWS: Travel: Petra, Jordan
Week: 15 | 13th April 2020 | Arts and Entertainment ReviewReviewers: Tony Parker & Avril Bannatyne AT THE end of February Avril and I fulfilled lifelong ambitions to visit the ‘Rose red city half as old as time’ – Petra.We had earlier joined the Fred Olsen cruise ship Boudicca in…
Kia ora from Aotearoa
Week: 15 | 13th April 2020 | Reportersby Heather Kennedyof Newcastleton HELLO from New Zealand or Land of the Long White Cloud, as the Maori name translates.I am a junior doctor, currently working in the city of Christchurch on the South Island. As someone who grew up…
Centre progress
Week: 15 | 13th April 2020 | NewsPROGRESS on redeveloping the Townfoot Sports Centre in Langholm continues.During the COVID-19 pandemic the working group, who manage and co-ordinate the redevelopment project, are working from home and making progress, aided by consultant Robert Potter & Partners.All the field surveys…
Rainbows shine a light
Week: 15 | 13th April 2020 | NewsTHE rainbow pictures, which have been appearing in windows all over Langholm, have inspired an idea for a competition.Alison Hotchkiss, a counsellor for Langholm and Canonbie Schools Cluster, said: “It all started by seeing the lovely rainbow windows already in…
EWM denies it has treated staff badly
Week: 15 | 10th April 2020 | NewsRedundancies were “out of the blue” and “heartless”, it’s claimed STAFF made redundant by Edinburgh Woollen Mill say the company was heartless not to re-employ them after the UK government introduced a scheme to retain workers laid off because of…
Care for our carers
NEW immigration rules are coming into place, barring “unskilled” workers…
Don’t ignore vital grants
Council encourages application ESKDALE businesses could miss out on emergency…
Virus setback for Murtholm housing
Scheme is delayed by three months but could still be…
Nostalgia
25 years:£420 boost for summer outing Around £420 was raised…
Brown’s the Butcher opens
A welcome new shop as High Street starts to make…
Day’s tree appeal dismissed
PHILLIP Day, owner of The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, has lost…
London in lockdown
A Langholm man’s perspective on the capital in quarantine By…
Amazing support from the community
Langholm COVID-19 support group garners 900 members We are living…
The Rainbow Connection
Following the coronavirus lockdown, many families in Langholm have decided…
AMAZING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY
We are living in a time of crisis and it’s…
Restaurant Review : The Boathouse Glencaple
Reviewer: Clare Rogerson Boreland We pulled up into a nice…
Lockdown in the Land of the Long White Cloud
Rhea Cavers AFTER a couple of months of travelling round…
Walk the Walk
Week: 14 | 2nd April 2020 | Lifestyle ReportersE&L Life columnist Gavin Graham has an ambition to walk on as many of Scotland’s islands as possible. He’s got more than nine hundred to choose from, so it may take some time… In 2005. my friend John Irving and…
From a reader's point of view
Week: 13 | 1st April 2020 | E&L Life LifestyleSophie’s column last month about the advantages of growing up in a small village inspired reader Jane Kettle to put pen to paper. People have all sorts of reasons for moving to this area – for Jane and husband Alan,…
Langholm Sevens cancelled
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | Rugby SportLANGHOLM RFC has regretfully taken the decision to cancel next month’s Langholm Sevens.This is because of current concerns over the spread of COVID-19 and taking into account official government guidance.The club’s primary concern, as always, is the health and safety…
RAVE REVIEWS... Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | Arts Arts and Entertainment ReviewA RAINY day in Glasgow; what is a girl to do? A morning at the Kelvingrove Museum sounded like just the thing. A hearty breakfast in the cafe with views across the lawn and table service met the brief. It…
Money does grow on trees in Eskdalemuir
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | NewsFIVE miles along a rough forestry track north of Eskdalemuir and you come to the old steading at Langshawburn. For the Toyota pick-up, driven by Douglas Mathison of Agriforest, the drive through the landscape of sitka spruce is easily negotiated.…
Langholm goes live!
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | Arts and Entertainment NewsA NEW project has been started during this difficult time of social distancing and isolation and it is hoped it bring the community together to celebrate and enjoy the many talents in the town. Through the power of social media…
Village at odds with official flood report
Diaries show residents were left to cope on their own…
Health helpline set up to manage more demand
NHS24 opens dedicated service as a response to virus crisis…
Virus may put paid to most treasured event
Common Riding cannot take place in its customary way THERE…
Electric vehicle ports coming to Langholm
Council is waiting for a sub-station to be built on…
Beef sector could be more efficient
THERE is ‘considerable opportunity’ to improve the efficiency of the…
£3.5m price tag to buy Langholm Moor
Private donations and crowd-funding will be essential to success AT…
Joint response
DUMFRIES and Galloway Council leader Elaine Murray has called a…
Community rallies to support people at risk
COMMUNITY and business life in Eskdale and Liddesdale is grinding…
Double celebration
Rugby RUGBY fans from Langholm enjoyed a double celebration when…
More stock is sold, average prices fall
LIVESTOCK sold through Scotland’s auction marts fetched £482.m last year,…
Langholm teenager is elected to parliament
Cameron is keen to start his fledgling parliamentary career A…
Region poised to deal with potential outbreak
All 33 tests for virus in Dumfries and Galloway are…
