Academy’s head pupils
Week: 36 | 6th September 2020 | News SchoolLANGHOLM and Canonbie Schools Cluster is delighted to announce the head boy and girl for Langholm Academy in 2020. They are Iona Stevens and Callum Jeffrey. The depute head pupils this year are Cerys Gough and Ben Winter. The pupil…
Church reopens for worship
Week: 36 | 4th September 2020 | Community NewsBy the Rev Dr. Robert Pickles
RAVE REVIEWS: Twice Brewed Inn, Bardon Mill
Week: 36 | 3rd September 2020 | Arts and Entertainment ReviewTWICE Brewed Inn sits on the edge of the Military Road (B6318) which runs parallel to Hadrian’s Wall from Heddon-on-the-wall and eventually comes out at Skippers Bridge. After an hour’s circular walk on the wall from Steel Rigg to Sycamore…
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!
Week: 36 | 3rd September 2020 | NewsArtists impression of how proposed flood defences may look
Rotten meat costs £2k to clear away
Week: 35 | 2nd September 2020 | Farming and EnvironmentNFU Scotland and Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) are jointly reminding the public and businesses of their responsibility to not fly-tip in Scotland’s countryside. The call comes after a spate of incidents, including meat waste from a processing plant being…
Unfathomable planning rules
Week: 35 | 1st September 2020 | LettersI WISH, through your columns, to advise residents of a major application for forestry planting which will impact severely on our hills. For reasons I find unfathomable, where even a minor proposal for a property development or alteration requires planning…
£500k boost for moor
Family foundation breathes new life into bid for nature reserve
Langholm’s last mill has a brighter future
Well-known designer will create jobs and establish new brand
Nicol’s enterprising role to regenerate town
Former Langholm man will deliver Langholm’s action plan
Dance scholar rewarded
A PERFORMING arts student from Langholm has won a coveted…
Centre announces an August reopening
Coffees and lunches are back on the menu – at…
Canonbie surgery
A CONFIDENTIAL online consultation service giving patients another way to…
Town is a high priority
Langholm does not rank the lowest in an index based…
MARVELLOUS!
IT WAS dark when three horsemen were greeted by a…
Neighbourly celebrations
MOODLAW Point and Henry Street South neighbours gathered on Jennety’s…
Neighbourly celebrations
THE neighbours in Academy Place and Douglas Terrace could not…
Partnership secures £2.1m for the south
Scottish government awards funding to 28 innovative projects
Jobless warning
JUNE’S unemployment figures are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’…
Weaving company’s future in the balance
Week: 31 | 30th July 2020 | NewsManagement buy-out team seeks to progress talks with owner
Defibs are going live
Week: 30 | 29th July 2020 | NewsLife-saving equipment will come with full instructions on use
Helping to ease the burden
Week: 30 | 24th July 2020 | News ReportersBy the Rev Scott McCarthy, minister of Garthamlock and Craigend Parish Church of Scotland, Glasgow
Mill’s billionaire owner crippling suppliers, claim
Week: 30 | 23rd July 2020 | NewsBut EWM says it has reached agreements with nearly all its manufacturers
Rose’s Wardrobe makes lunar loveliness
Week: 29 | 21st July 2020 | NewsLangholm fashion company embraces Neil Armstrong’s tartan
Langholm hotelier backs VAT cut to five per cent
Week: 29 | 20th July 2020 | NewsTHE Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s package of measures, which he outlined last Wednesday, has attracted much comment, particularly the cut in VAT to five per cent for the hospitality industry and the 50 per cent discount on eating out. John Galloway,…
Six-figure grant will transform building
Bunkhouse and digital hub at Buccleuch House in Newcastleton
Buccleuch boss pledges to get project to the line
Benny Higgins criticises Scottish Land Fund for its rigidity over…
Winner demolishes a bewildered Derby field
And Langholm Common Riding followers debate the shade of the…
A mahoosive reduction!
By David McVittie I, LIKE most of the country, if…
Bob: a Langholm luminary
Robert McLure (1951-2020)
Tourism resurgence
3m fund will help the industry in southern Scotland to…
Restrictions are lifted as outbreak contained
Eskdale residents are now free to travel more than five…
Council implements post-virus recovery
DUMFRIES and Galloway Council’s leader says it is unlikely its…
Sports centre plans are top of the range
Public are asked to choose their favourite from a trio…
Walking through the lockdown
MY LOCKDOWN walk on day 54, Saturday, May 16, took…
Gormley is back in the saddle
FLAT-RACING jockey Jamie Gormley is back in the saddle and…
Tribute paid to armed forces past and present
Special week to remember those who serve and have served
Closure claim denied
Week: 26 | 28th June 2020 | NewsBut NHS says it must adapt to meet threat of a second
Back to school
Week: 26 | 26th June 2020 | News SchoolPupils will return to full-time schooling
Langholm ride-outs will definitely be off
Week: 26 | 25th June 2020 | Common Riding NewsCastle Craigs Club sets out its reasons for cancellation of events
Designs ready to go to the public
Week: 25 | 24th June 2020 | NewsTHE group working on the transformation of Townfoot sports centre are in talks with Dumfries and Galloway Council about the planning process. The group is preparing a pre-application advice submission to the council’s planning authority. This application does not constitute…
Windfarm is poorly sited and designed
Week: 25 | 23rd June 2020 | NewsHeritage body highlights significant adverse effects on valleys
More rural housing options are needed
Week: 25 | 22nd June 2020 | NewsMore houses and more affordable homes will benefit everyone
Villagers land £850k
Land Fund award will enable Newcastleton to buy Holm Hill
Four months to raise £5.4m to buy our moor
Langholm offered £1m grant but time is tight to raise…
Have your say on X95
BORDERS Buses, which runs the X95 in Eskdale, continues to…
A win-win relationship which breeds success
Rugby
£1m in grants to help rural schools connect
Rural businesses and residents to get better internet access, too
Ready for the off
Horseracing
Essential work only on electricity cables
And water company reassures residents that dirty water is safe
Delicate balancing act
Grouse moor management can benefit raptors, says new report
Full steam ahead in Borders railway battle
Campaign over whether it’s an Eskdale or a Liddesdale route
EWM suppliers act over unpaid millions
Bangladeshi manufacturers allege company owes them £27m
Bowling reopens
Bowling
Co-operative store’s fundraising fanatics
Co-op staff raise vital funds for Scottish mental health charity
