Simon is club champ: Ian is a life-member
Week: 27 | 3rd July 2025 | Golf SportCelebrations all round at Langholm Golf Club Langholm Golf Club would like to congratulate Simon Tweddle on becoming club champion for 2025. Some excellent golf was played at the weekend by both Simon and Derek John- stone in fantastic conditions…
Only 58 days to prepare for the Holm Show 2025!
Week: 27 | 3rd July 2025 | Farming and Environment NewcastletonHolm Show schedules will be in local shops and on the event’s revamped website next week – so it’s time to start planning which classes to enter. If you choose to go for the paper version, it will cost 50p…
Miraculous sunshine for Ewan’s Street Party
Week: 27 | 3rd July 2025 | Common Riding E&L Life NewsHenry Street and Moodlaw Point residents turned out in force to wish their Cornet all the best for the upcoming festivities It’s a wee while since Henry Street had its own Cornet. We’ve had a couple of Jubilee Cornets and…
Fleetwood Macnificent!
Week: 27 | 3rd July 2025 | Arts & Entertainment Arts and EntertainmentMark Hallam reviews Buccleuch Centre success The visible five of the Go Your Own Way (GYOW), Fleetwood Mac tribute band, backed by their extraordinary support team produced a simply stunning auditory and visual spectacle at the Buccleuch Centre at Friday night’s…
Further hurdles for Canonbie PO takeover
Week: 26 | 26th June 2025 | Canonbie NewsCanonbie Community Enterprise’sdisappointment with owner’s u-turn Canonbie Community Enterprise (CCE) Ltd held their annual general meeting last Thursday and it was well attended by about 40 people who were disappointed with the news that Mr Scott had refused the group’s…
Huge message sent to Scotland’s decision-makers
Week: 26 | 26th June 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsCampaigners are pressing for goats to receive fully-protected status Campaigners fighting to save wild goats on Langholm Moor have reacted with anger to the Scottish Government’s announcement that it does not have any plans to help the animals by granting…
Alan does Doddie proud with 37 Potholm loops
Extreme weather ends marathon effort after a total of 188.5…
Academy welcomes inspiring visitor
Challenging disability stereotypes is how Hari overcame adversity Last week…
‘Forgotten Fleece Tales’ is a masterpiece in wool
High-quality exhibition curated by Ardbeag Crafts and Creation Mill showcases…
Paul Young to ‘lay his hat’ at The Buccleuch
Paul Young will go back on the road with a…
Thoughtful gift for popular bowler
Rob receives a trike from fellow Old Town members As…
Alan's big Challenge for Doddie charity
Last year Alan Miller challenged himself to cycle 20 laps…
No pot of gold at the end of this ‘rainbow’
SNP to form a minority administration after Conservative split in…
Langholm's Front Three have a great Day out at Hawick Common Riding
Read much more in this week’s E&L available at your…
Scottish Opera's 'LAUDER' on tour
Revival of show to mark 155th birthday of Harry To…
School sprint silver for Langholm pupils
Speedy youngsters impress in Grangemouth The Scottish Primary Schools 4…
New recruits needed for life-saving community service
Village’s First Responders a critical resource When someone suffers a…
Suckler cow numbers are in decline UK-wide
Soaring beef production disguises the problem Sucklers cows are crucial…
Pride of Britain winner to visit Academy
Week: 24 | 12th June 2025 | Lifestyle SchoolLangholm Academy is delighted to share that they will welcome Pride of Britain 2024 winner, 43-year-old Hari Budha Magar, the first double amputee to conquer Everest, to Langholm Academy, for an inspirational talk with our P7-S6 pupils on Thursday 19th…
Huge attendance at crucial Town Meeting
Week: 23 | 5th June 2025 | Community NewsStrength of feeling of townsfolk made plain to panel…but will it make a difference? Almost three hundred people attended a meeting held in the Buccleuch Centre which had been organised by Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk Community Council on Monday night…
Cup of Friendship success for Langholm Academy aces
Week: 23 | 5th June 2025 | Football Girls Football SportLangholm girls won all their group games 2-0, 4-0, 2-0 and 1-0 The Schools S1-S3 girls football team was invited to take part in the new “Cup of Friendship” football tournament for girls aged S1-S3 from secondary schools in Dumfries…
Tam o' Shanter and the Education Angels
Week: 23 | 5th June 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Canonbie Newcastleton SchoolLocal schools perform with Scottish Opera Pupils from Newcastleton, Langholm and Canonbie Primary Schools got together this week to put on an amazing new interpretation of the classic Burns poem Tam O’Shanter – with a wee bit of help from…
Engaging with Ewan
Week: 23 | 5th June 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsFirst visit to the Hut for Langholm’s new Front Three Langholm Front Three, Cornet Ewan Patterson, RHM Bailey Donaldson and LHM Christopher Tait were invited to attend Hawick Common Riding’s Thursday Night Hut last week to witness the official election of the…
Let’s get the Muckle Toon back to its former glory
Week: 22 | 29th May 2025 | Community NewsCommunity Council to chair event where you can have your say on what needs to be done about the increasing number of derelict sites Langholm, Ewes, and Westerkirk Community Council is urging as many residents as possible to attend the…
New Tub, Oli, will fight to save Music Festival
Moves afoot to save 56 year old event Copshaw’s newly…
Aoiffion is definitely Langholm’s rising star
Young athlete’s stellar progress wins her an award By Calum…
Poppy perfection wins Helen’s team a gold at Chelsea
The Meconopsis Group impresses the judges with their display at…
Red tape to be cut for Scottish exports
Agreement reached between UK and EU Scotland’s farming leaders have welcomed…
Glowing report for Langholm Nursery
Staff delighted after “Very Good” Care Inspectorate visit Staff and…
James Ewart Racing ends 21 years of training
Mairi Telford Jammeh speaks to Langholm trainer after surprise racing…
Like Mother like Tub
Copshaw has chosen its new Tub. Voters went to the…
After 102 years, LAODS has a new name
Fresh Talent sought for the new season on stage Langholm…
90% would prefer to buy Scottish meat over imports
Industry gets major thumbs up from consumers Scottish beef, lamb…
D&G Chief pays visit to Langholm organisations
Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Chief Executive Dawn Roberts paid a…
Ewan Patterson elected as Langholm’s 2025 Cornet
Over 50% of the town turn out to vote as…
Mary-Jane’s Agricultural Adviser of the Year Award
Honouring the trailblazing women involved in farming Pioneering work in…
The Forsyth Cup comes to Langholm
Week: 20 | 15th May 2025 | Football SportLegion make history by beating Jed Legion 2-1 By David BorthwickOn Saturday we travelled to Earlston by bus to face Jed Legion in the final of the Forsyth Cup, with a chance to make history and be the first Langholm…
Thoughtful VE Day ceremony held at Langholm's War Memorial
Week: 20 | 15th May 2025 | Community E&L Life NewsRAF Police Sergeant David Patterson led a poignant service at Langholm’s War Memorial on Thursday evening to Commemorate the 80th Anniversary of VE Day. David said:“We warmly welcome you all to this special gathering as we come together to mark a…
Well-wishers attend opening of Langholm’s new Post Office
Week: 20 | 15th May 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsAfter months of work and training, Elizabeth and staff finally start their new venture In what was a pleasant little ceremony, Langholm’s new Post Office, located in the Paper Shop, opened its doors to the public.The official opening and ribbon-cutting…
A quality quartet
Week: 19 | 8th May 2025 | Community NewsAnother healthy contingent of fine young men put theirnames forward to join the honourable list of Langholm Cornets Four worthy candidates have put their names forward for the election of Cornet. Ewan Patterson and Lloyd Johnstone stand for the fourth…
Langholm make it to Earlston quarter-finals
Week: 19 | 8th May 2025 | Rugby SportAnd South Pacific guest players add to the squad’s dynamic Langholm RFC took part in the Earlston Sevens on Sunday. With a squad of 10 including two guest players from the 3rd smallest country in the world Nauru, Geary Kweoke…
Eighty years since Victory in Europe
Week: 19 | 8th May 2025 | Community E&L Life NewsA poignant reminder of resilience and unity rising from adversity VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, is celebrated on May 8th each year to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany’s unconditional…
New Post Office opens on Tuesday
It’s countdown now until the new post office opens on…
End of Langholm banking era as BoS closes its doors
Scotland’s oldest bank bows out of High Street The Bank…
Langholm Sevens 2025
Milntown was buzzing as the first tie between Peebles and…
High-powered visitors
Va-va-vroom! Langholm’s Kilngreen had some very special visitors last weekend…
Goat group presses Council
Campaigners want protected status David Braithwaite, Chairman of The Wild…
20 might be plenty, but is anyone heeding the signs?
Over the years, the Scottish Government has made so many…
Legion in semi-final after defeating Earlston
A glorious day in more ways than one! By David…
Country Music Magic of Mizzell
American/Irish singer makes a return visit to the Buccleuch Centre…
Highland surprise on the North Coast 500
The North Coast 500 is a 516-mile scenic route around…
Preliminary meeting focusses on Townfoot's hole in the ground
Particular issues discussed in advance of June’s public forum In…
Victory in Europe (VE) Day commemoration events
Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk community council is working with Langholm…
Return of full Post Office is first-class news for town
Elizabeth and team are all trained up and ready to…
