Ewes SWI start the Burns ball rolling with a highly entertaining celebration
Week: 03 | 16th January 2025 | Arts Arts and Entertainment LifestyleThe annual celebration of the Bard went ahead with a good attendance despite plumbing problems at the hall during the day. President Joan Cubbon opened proceedings by thanking Aileen, John, Mark and plumber David Divers for their successful efforts to…
'Carter's Rest'
Week: 03 | 16th January 2025 | Community E&L Life Nostalgia…US President in Langholm After the news of the death of the Ex-President Jimmy Carter, the E&L took a nostalgic look back to remember the day he said hello to Langholm. In August 1995 Jimmy Carter, who was the American…
Canonbie trust has its eye on Cross Keys Hotel
Week: 02 | 9th January 2025 | Canonbie Lifestyle NewsPotential purchase of historical inn presented to local residents Canonbie Community Enterprise held a meeting in the public hall on Tuesday night to give an update about the post office and present to people the possibility of purchasing the Cross…
Skelton surpasses but Idem impresses
Week: 02 | 9th January 2025 | Horse Racing SportReview of last meeting of 2024 and preview of the first of 2025 By Gordon Brown Thurs 29th December 2024 Harry and Dan Skelton dominated the final meeting at Kelso in 2024 when teaming up for a hat-trick which was…
Hilltop Leaf responds to questions about the project
Week: 02 | 9th January 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsCEO Hamish Clegg brings us up to speed with the development The E&L have been asked a number of times recently about the Hilltop Leaf project based near Langholm and what progress is being made.Hilltop Leaf is a private medicinal…
Copshaw's golden boy adds to his medal haul
Week: 02 | 9th January 2025 | E&L Life Newcastleton NewsParalympian Stephen Clegg receives an MBE in King’s New Years Honours list Paralympic gold medallist Stephen Clegg who was awarded an MBE in the New Years Honours List has been described as a true inspiration and a fantastic role model.28-year-old…
Langholm Fire Station wins ‘best in D&G’
Audit of regional facilities puts Langholm on the top rung!…
Muckle Toon serves up a treat with Pinocchio... Panto Italiano!
Capacity audiences at each performance as 1,250 people attend Centre…
Churches unite with Liddesdale
The Reverend Morag Crossan has announced that from 1st January…
Cumberland commits to Langholm High Street
Building society seeks to assure customers that it has no…
Nicol scores on this 350th appearance for Langholm
AND gets man of the match too! Emerging rugby legend.…
Heritage Centre Questionnaire
A local group, under the auspices of The Langholm Alliance,…
Serious inaction by D&G Council
Letter to the Editor I am writing again to express…
Busy first meeting for new community council
Unclear how access to LEWCC finances will be resolved and…
Holyrood rally calls for investment in agriculture
NFUS leads farmers and crofters in Edinburgh protest Hundreds of…
Bike Seven celebrates 15 years in business
Bike business with strong Langholm following celebrates 15th anniversary By…
Creation Mill to create their own textile centre
Inspirational Langholm firm take their business a stage further Creation…
Another blow to Langholm as Skinyards set to close
Up to 10 jobs to be lost as 176-year-old employer…
Joe the butcher runs 50km to make a difference
Week: 48 | 28th November 2024 | NewsAmazing gesture of kindness Well-known Langholm butcher and Longtown man, Joe Kirkup, ran 10 lots of 5k over the weekend to raise money for local families who may struggle to buy their children Christmas presents.A couple of his fire-fighter colleagues…
Would you pay £272 for a Flat White Coffee?
Week: 48 | 28th November 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentAn innovative farmer from Mossgiel explains why Well, you might if the price also included 34 shares in the farm once worked by none other than Robert Burns.It’s all part of a scheme by the farm to raise funds for…
A new future for three local churches
Week: 48 | 28th November 2024 | Canonbie Community Lifestyle Newcastleton NewsBy Anthony Lane Many readers of the E&L will be aware of the enormous changes that have taken place across the Church of Scotland in recent years. There are fewer ministers and members of the church and now proposals have…
King Charles honours dedicated Langholm bandsman with MBE
Week: 48 | 28th November 2024 | Arts and Entertainment Community NewsDavid Calvert is presented with his medal by Lord Lieutenant It was wonderful to see octogenarian David Corrie Calvert be presented with his MBE medal on Sunday in Langholm Town Hall by Fiona Armstrong the Lord Lieutenant of Dumfries. The…
Erskine Church is on a downward ‘spire-al’…
Week: 47 | 21st November 2024 | Community NewsAfter contact with the owner, it appears thatthe eyesore will remain with us for some time After the ‘Eeh mei, good question’ series which we ran in the E&L earlier in the year, the most recurring follow-up question we receive…
Buccleuch confirms its commitment to 150 lodges
Week: 46 | 14th November 2024 | Lifestyle NewsCenter Parc’s plans for development of site near Hawick will have no bearing on local project Buccleuch staff, along with representatives of partner organisations, held a further consultation event on Thursday about the proposed holiday lodge development at Irvine House.…
Langholm Girls 14s pluck a win from Galloway Thistle
By Calum Graham On Sunday, Langholm Girls FC welcomed Galloway…
The human cost of ‘progress’
Gilly Fraser meets a couple whose dream of a perfectretirement…
Aoiffion & Lara are Dumfries & Galloway Life award winners
Locals are well represented in glamorous, district-wide event Two Dumfries…
At the going down of the sun and in the morning…
Eskdale remembers… Langholm, once more, remembered the fallen of all…
Will Center Parc’s Hawick plans affect Irvine House?
Buccleuch assures the E&L that they are fully committed to…
Barony’s Dairy Nexus is a Borderlands first
The multi-million-pound Dairy Nexus project at the Barony campus will…
Toss a coin into Kelso’s Wishing Well Chase Day
Under new rules, racing has to be completed by 2pm…
Stars in Their Eyes and performing in their hearts!
Local entertainers take to the stage to strut their stuff…
Castleholm is officially in community hands
Landmark deal sees cherished land transferred to the people of…
Hope Hospital shines in Excellence in Care inspection
The Thomas Hope hospital in Langholm recently had a six-month…
Kennedy bows out of NFUS with fiery speech
Hard-hitting rhetoric at President’s last conference NFU Scotland Chief Martin…
Polysport venue helps keep Copshaw folk in top form
MSP is shown round The Holm’s health and fitness facility…
Forresters couldn’t see the wood for the trees
Week: 44 | 31st October 2024 | Rugby SportAnother robust performance by LRFC on home soil this time By Kenneth Pool | Langholm 52 – Forresters 18 Following their excellent win over Haddington RFC the previous week, Langholm were keen to build on their success when they faced…
Emergency services rescue woman from chilly River Esk
Week: 43 | 24th October 2024 | Community NewsFirefighters from Langholm, Annan, Dumfries and Gala required as water rescue not straightforward A dramatic rescue took place on the River Esk in Langholm on Saturday afternoon when a young woman was recovered from the river after being swept downstream…
Punk Icon to visit Buccleuch
Week: 43 | 24th October 2024 | Arts and Entertainment E&L LifeJohnny Rotten will sell-out soon even though it’s a year off! Langholm Punk-Rock fans have been fired-up by the announcement that one of the genre’s legends is to appear on the Buccleuch Centre stage in October 2025. John Lydon, born…
Vital issues addressed at this year’s AgriExpo
Week: 43 | 24th October 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentThis year’s Borderway Agri Expo features two seminars focusing on vital issues of concern to the livestock and wider farming industry.The morning event focuses on the future of farming and food production, taking an in-depth look at the positive strides…
Disappointment with LINK’S response to cash worries
Week: 43 | 24th October 2024 | Community NewsCash machine company not a lot of help in finding a solution The Bank of Scotland closure next Spring will mean one less cash machine in Langholm. Following the announcement of the closure people were encouraged to write to LINK…
Stunning last-minute win for Langholm XV
Week: 43 | 24th October 2024 | Rugby SportSecond-half determination turns the tables on Haddington By Kenneth Pool In what turned out to be a dramatic and very exciting match, Langholm pulled off one the greatest comeback seen at Milntown for many years. Their opponents Haddington RFC were…
Support schemes need to be fit for purpose
Organisation says existing help should be extended and built upon…
Langholm clock-up a useful win in Dalkeith
Dalkeith RFC 19 – Langholm RFC 39 gives LRFC a…
Eskdale has fitting finalists for D&G Life awards
Regional recognition in prestigious shortlist for inspirational locals Two Eskdale…
Holiday village plans for Irvine House and grounds
Buccleuch’s vision for up to 150 lodges couldbenefit Langholm businesses…
Town loses out on funding due to mis-reported population
Discrepancy between census statistics andBorderlands figures has cost Langholm dear…
All kinds of everything at the 172nd Langholm Show
MAIRI TELFORD JAMMEH reports on Langholm’s Rural Highlight in an 8-Page Supplement…
End of Season bash for Langholm Cricket Club
A good night had by all at Langholm Cricket Club’s…
Milk production shock
Stranraer-based processing company drops 12 farms Ten milk producers in…
BT and OutReach: Appalling service
Eskdalemuir Hub STILL without a phoneline Eskdalemuir community hub is…
Banking possibilities under investigation
After announced closure of Bank of Scotland,solutions including a Post…
Signage, speed limit, flooding and potholes
An update from the A7 Action Group’s meeting The A7…
Could a banking hub be the answer for Langholm?
By Mairi Telford Jammeh On a recent visit to Kirkcudbright…
