Handfuls of karate medals
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | Karate SportKarate MEMBERS of Langholm Karate Club came home with handfuls of medals from the WTKO Scotland national championships in Kirk-intilloch, Glasgow last Saturday. Competitors from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Lockerbie, Langholm and Ireland took part in the event. Langholm had a…
Tynemouth runs away
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | SportHounds Tynemouth had another two wins and is running away with the senior championship for owners Teddy Storrow and Sandra Mordue. Both BHTA trails were at Steel Rigg, with Saturday being the Twice Brewed Show. On Tuesday, at the halfway…
Bouncer Ben is flying high
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | SportTrampolining LANGHOLM bouncer Ben Ewart was delighted to win gold when competing DMT (double mini-trampoline) at a British Gymnastics final in Birmingham last weekend. Ben won his medal at the trampoline and tumbling regional team final/National Development Plan (NDP) semi-final.…
Dumfries side overhaul Langholm in final over: Decent performance from young team with one man down
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | Cricket SportCricket LANGHOLM 2nds were up against Dumfries last Sunday and, with only 10 men, they were defeated by five wickets. It was a decent performance, with the bat posting 171 off their 36 overs. Dumfries took until the final over…
Recycling cuts costs: FTS Dyers leads the way in disposal of industrial materials
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | NewsIN THE second of our features, the E&L Advertiser speaks to the largest employer in the town, a further two residents of the community and received feedback from an exile now living in Fife about how the council there is dealing…
Naturally brilliant: Wild Eskdale takes Canonbie pupils on a journey of discovery
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | NewsCanonbie Primary School pupils have been down to the woods and were amazed by what they found. The children have completed a six-week block of Forest School sessions with Wild Eskdale, a Langholm Initiative project. The 90-minute sessions of child-led…
Moor nationally important: Botanist says people need to take direct control of site to secure its future
Chris Miles, the former area manager of Scottish Natural Heritage…
Accomplishment rewarded in a night of prizewinners: Langholm and Canonbie pupils are recognised for their talents
THE Common Riding concert for the Langholm and Canonbie Schools…
Quiz kids do their best
A TEAM from Langholm primary school competed in the district…
Showing the way to a safer day in the hills: Eskdale’s walks get a makeover, thanks to volunteers
THREE stalwart walkers are on a mission to make sure…
Zoe helps save the planet
A RETIRED couple in Langholm are one of the first…
Industrialisation fear: Turbines will destroy natural landscape, campaigners claim
THE company proposing to build a massive windfarm in the…
Sports centre survey appeal
A GROUP investigating the potential for reopening the sports centre…
Season starts well: Drum major impresses with his skills in contests
LANGHOLM Pipe Band is celebrating a great start to its…
Wishlist for south’s economic prosperity: Partnership holds another round of meetings this month
A WISHLIST for the south of Scotland’s future economic growth…
Victory for Copshaw
Bowling Copshaw were victorious in the Invitation Triples after defeating…
Return to winning ways
Cricket Langholm v Wetheral Langholm got back to winning ways…
Dunlop Bikers
Bike Trials Dunlop in East Ayrshire was last weekend’s destination…
Polaris’ Puppy Produce Trail
Week: 23 | 6th June 2019 | SportHounds Saturday at Walton was the first of the Puppy Produce Trails and this week it was for pups bred outside the Border Area. There were only three contenders in the race and short favourite Polaris owned by Podge &…
Sprinting at national level
Week: 23 | 6th June 2019 | Athletics SportRunning Langholm Primary School’s girls sprint relay team returned home bronze medallists after competing against the best teams in Scotland at the weekend. After triumphing in the recent Annandale and Eskdale Primary Schools finals, both the boys’ and girls’ teams…
Legion Awards night
Week: 23 | 6th June 2019 | Football SportFootball Langholm Legion football club held a presentation night on Saturday in the Douglas Hotel. Five awards were given out. Connor Ewart was named E&L Player of the Year – this one is for the person who has had the…
Jamie has just two wins to go before turning pro: Popular Langholm jockey shows his commitment to racing
Week: 23 | 6th June 2019 | NewsHorseracing Langholm’s 26-year-old jockey Jamie Gormley is just two winners short of becoming professional. Jamie rode at Espom at the weekend in the Epsom Dash and also in the final race. In the Dash he came 4th riding Eeh Bah…
Elections Malawi style
Week: 23 | 6th June 2019 | NewsBob Milne, former Langholm minister, sends his second report from his six-month stay in Malawi. THE election has been and gone but it took its time going. I was in Blantyre, Malawi’s commercial capital, and, but for geography, would be…
Common Riding members congratualte Cornet Jeffrey: Christopher Tait appointed as Castle Craigs fair crier
Week: 23 | 6th June 2019 | NewsA COMMON Riding members’ meeting was held in the Crown Hotel recently and preparations for the day are progressing well. An application had been received for the post of Castle Craigs fair crier from Christopher Tait and was accepted. Roger…
Telling tales through time: End of season stories of Ben Nevis, Ireland, wartime, and knitting
CANONBIE SWI held the last meeting of the season and…
It’s a trial being a sheepdog: 66 entries keeps the Penton event running non-stop
COMPETITORS and spectators gathered for the annual Penton Discussion Group…
Patience plea for playpark
More than £14,000 is still to be raised before a…
Windfarm opposition gathers momentum: Community Council calls for more time to submit comments
The public should have more than just 30 days to…
Holmspun on High Street
Langholm High Street has a new business filling one of…
Future of Langholm moor in spotlight: End of June deadline for Buccleuch consultation
Community ownership and the creation of a nature reserve are…
Merseyside marathon
FIRST-TIME marathon runner Mhairi Beattie put aside a niggling knee…
Wonders of Westerhall: Westerkirk estate opens its grounds for Scotland’s Garden Scheme
ISITORS to Westerhall near Bentpath were treated to a glorious…
Nobel prizewinner is back at his old desk: Richard Henderson inspires the next generation of scientists
A FORMER Newcastleton pupil, who went on to win a…
PM ‘impediment’ to Brexit: May’s sudden resignation gets mixed reaction from area’s politicians
PRIME Minister Theresa May’s resignation last week under pressure from…
Apollo 11 inspires pupils
PUPILS at Langholm Academy looked to the stars during science…
Dawn presents work on stroke diagnosis: Langholm physiotherapist impresses at international congress
PHYSIOTHERAPIST, who developed a tool to help to diagnose strokes,…
Hall fundraiser makes £200
Week: 22 | 30th May 2019 | NewsMORE than £200 was raised at a spring market in the ex-servicemen’s public hall in Eskdalemuir last Saturday. Sarah Stuart, hall committee member, said: “It was a good day at the hall and we raised £217. “We had some stalls…
Plants and cakes make a good day out
Week: 22 | 30th May 2019 | NewsTINNISBURN Plants near Harelaw opened its gates over the bank holiday weekend and invited visitors to enjoy cake and refreshments in the barn to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. The total raised over the weekend is more than £600…
Weaving a new future: Grant will aid resurgence in textile industry in Muckle Toon
Week: 22 | 30th May 2019 | NewsTHE Langholm Initiative has received a grant award from the Holywood Trust to help re-energise the growing textile sector in the town. It follows a six-month LEADER-funded collaboration with ReTweed in Eyemouth. The Initiative’s project, Weaving a Future for Eskdale,…
One muckle leap for Langholm tourism: Eskdale to benefit from global campaign by VisitScotland
Week: 22 | 30th May 2019 | NewsA GLOBAL campaign to promote Langholm’s connection to the first moon landing 50 years ago has been launched in the town’s primary school. VisitScotland, which is behind the campaign to mark Neil Armstrong’s “one small step for man, one giant…
It’s an uphill struggle
Week: 21 | 23rd May 2019 | Athletics SportIT WAS a true family challenge – mums, dads and children joined other runners for the annual Muckle Toon Joggers’ uphill run on Tuesday. Starting at the bottom of the hill road, the runners took on the gruelling climb up…
More wins for jockeys
Week: 21 | 23rd May 2019 | Horse Racing SportHorseracing MORE wins have been recorded by jockeys Dale Irving and Jamie Gormley and trainer James Ewart Racing over the past week. Irving won by a neck when on Fisher Green for Maurice Barnes in the two-mile handicap hurdle at…
Curling club celebrates
Curling ESKDALE and Waterbeck curling clubs held their joint annual…
Disappointing batting
Cricket LANGHOLM 1st XI suffered their first defeat of the…
Cluster sprint teams excel
Running TWO Langholm teams and one Canonbie team are the…
Langholm misses out on promotion to League 1: Great disappointment at Milntown over decision to stop club moving up
Rugby A RESTRUCTURING of the three East leagues means Langholm…
Straight from the horse’s mouth
TWO equestrian establishments in Eskdale were on the itinerary of…
Ian and professor are enthralling
THERE was a record audience for the two speakers at…
Be part of the annual spectacle: Costumes, make-up, backdrops - there are roles for all comers
CENTRE Stage Community Theatre has been going strongly in Langholm…
Bags of support from hospital friends
THE Thomas Hope Hospital League of Friends has, once again,…
CCTV urgently needed: Community council puts together a bid to fund security cameras
THE need for CCTV in Newcastleton to protect property is…
Student has designs on good vibrations: Town band player wants to help musicians feel sound
MUSICIANS with hearing impairments could soon benefit from an enhanced…
Egg and bacon, please
WORD is getting around about a new breakfast menu at…
Bra-vo! Moonlit walk amazing
WHAT better way to raise money for charity than walking…
