Aoiffion & Lara are Dumfries & Galloway Life award winners
Week: 46 | 14th November 2024 | Arts and Entertainment Eskdalemuir NewsLocals are well represented in glamorous, district-wide event Two Dumfries and Galloway Life Awards 2024 came to Eskdale last Friday night at the award evening held in Easterbrook Hall in Dumfries.The Sports Person of the Year award went to young…
At the going down of the sun and in the morning…
Week: 46 | 14th November 2024 | Community LifestyleEskdale remembers… Langholm, once more, remembered the fallen of all conflicts in its usual solemn and dignified manner.The Remembrance Day parade left Buccleuch Square at 10.15am led by Langholm Pipe Band and proceeded along the usual route via Henry Street,…
Will Center Parc’s Hawick plans affect Irvine House?
Week: 45 | 7th November 2024 | Canonbie E&L Life NewsBuccleuch assures the E&L that they are fully committed to the 500-lodge holiday park south of Langholm Center Parcs announced on Tuesday that it is planning a new development between Hawick and Selkirk working with the Buccleuch Group. The proposal…
Barony’s Dairy Nexus is a Borderlands first
Week: 45 | 7th November 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentThe multi-million-pound Dairy Nexus project at the Barony campus will be officially opened this month.The scheme has been set up with funding of up to £8m from the UK and Scottish Governments and £738,000 from South of Scotland Enterprise and…
Toss a coin into Kelso’s Wishing Well Chase Day
Week: 45 | 7th November 2024 | Horse Racing SportUnder new rules, racing has to be completed by 2pm By Jonathan Garratt Connections of Five Dollar Fine have their eyes on the £20,000 feature race, staged over nearly 2m 6f, at Kelso on Saturday.Trained by Northumberland permit-holder Ann Hamilton,…
Stars in Their Eyes and performing in their hearts!
Week: 45 | 7th November 2024 | Arts and Entertainment E&L LifeLocal entertainers take to the stage to strut their stuff in resurrection of popular talent competition Langholm was once again the centre of the entertainment world last Saturday when a wealth of stars descended upon Langholm Social Club for a…
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
Another robust performance by LRFC on home soil this time…
Emergency services rescue woman from chilly River Esk
Firefighters from Langholm, Annan, Dumfries and Gala required as water…
Punk Icon to visit Buccleuch
Johnny Rotten will sell-out soon even though it’s a year…
Vital issues addressed at this year’s AgriExpo
This year’s Borderway Agri Expo features two seminars focusing on…
Disappointment with LINK’S response to cash worries
Cash machine company not a lot of help in finding…
Stunning last-minute win for Langholm XV
Second-half determination turns the tables on Haddington By Kenneth Pool…
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
Week: 42 | 17th October 2024 | Community E&L Life EskdalemuirRegional recognition in prestigious shortlist for inspirational locals Two Eskdale people and one local business are Dumfries and Galloway Life Awards 2024 finalists and will find out on 8 November if they have won the award for their category. An…
Holiday village plans for Irvine House and grounds
Week: 42 | 17th October 2024 | Community NewsBuccleuch’s vision for up to 150 lodges couldbenefit Langholm businesses and create jobs By Mairi Telford Jammeh A holiday village is planned by Buccleuch for Irvine House, two miles south of Langholm. Last Wednesday proposals for this were displayed in…
Town loses out on funding due to mis-reported population
Week: 41 | 10th October 2024 | Community NewsDiscrepancy between census statistics andBorderlands figures has cost Langholm dear The Borderlands place programme has used population statistics as one of the indicators to allocate funding to towns inDumfries and Galloway. A local businessman, on discovering that Langholm is not…
All kinds of everything at the 172nd Langholm Show
Week: 40 | 3rd October 2024 | E&L Life Farming and Environment Lifestyle NewsMAIRI TELFORD JAMMEH reports on Langholm’s Rural Highlight in an 8-Page Supplement in this week’s E&L The 172nd Langholm Show was held on the Castleholm on what was a good Autumn day. It was dry with an odd light shower and the…
End of Season bash for Langholm Cricket Club
Week: 40 | 3rd October 2024 | Cricket SportA good night had by all at Langholm Cricket Club’s End of Season awards last weekend.The first presentation was to Cornet Bailey Donaldson to remember his big day away from the Cricket this Summer. Other award winners were:Duck Trophy -…
Milk production shock
Week: 40 | 3rd October 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentStranraer-based processing company drops 12 farms Ten milk producers in Dumfries and Galloway and two in Ayrshire have been given 12 months notice by dairy processor Lactalis. They say no prior warning was given.Lactalis say their decision has been taken…
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…
15 nights road closure for A7 improvements
Overnight works to resurface road south of Canonbie will run…
Lorraine is BFA awards finalist
Westerkirk farmer in the running for Sheep Farmer of the…
Fabulous fight-back as Langholm win in Tranent
Tries by Wilson bros., Hope, Martin and Tait seal the…
Nearly 1,000 objections to Warblaw Woodlands
Langholm locals object to commercial forestry on their doorstep An…
Inaction by BT leaves Hub incommunicado
Eskdalemuir venue unable to function properly without phoneline or broadband…
Bank of Scotland to close Langholm branch
As High Street loses its last remaining bank,residents are saying…
Stephen comes home with TWO gold medals!
Copshaw-raised Paralympian swims his way to a brace of golds…
A rare glimpse of summer for the good people of the Benty
With the number of supporters and entries, the Benty Show…
Depression on David Street to be tackled
Week: 37 | 12th September 2024 | Community Newsand other updates from Councillor Male After many months of toing and froing between D&G Council and Scottish Water as to who is responsible for fixing the large sinkkhole on the road at the entrance to David Street from the…
Warblaw worries are endorsed by politicians
Week: 37 | 12th September 2024 | Community NewsMSP Oliver Mundell urges residents to join Warblaw fight ahead of deadline on September 17 LOCAL MSP Oliver Mundell, a long-time critic ofexcessive commercial forestry and the SNP Government’s drive to carpet Eskdale with sitka spruce, has backed community campaigners…
Bob's 70 years
Week: 36 | 5th September 2024 | Arts and Entertainment CommunityBandsman man and boy! Langholm Town Band took a small break from rehearsals on Friday evening to mark a very special occasion Bass player, Bob Laidlaw, is celebrating 70 years as a bandsman with the band, a lifetime of music…
Teachers face up to the Great North Run
Week: 36 | 5th September 2024 | Athletics Community News SportIn March this year, Headteacher of the Langholm and Canonbie Cluster of Schools, Ms Lauren McLean, approached her staff with a fitness challenge, to run the Great North Run, in aid of the NSPCC.She shared, “At Langholm and Canonbie schools…
Family and friends gather to commemorate Peter
Week: 36 | 5th September 2024 | Cricket LifestyleA seat placed at Cricket Club to remember sportsman and friend By Mairi Telford JammehA group of friends spent Saturday afternoon at Langholm Cricket Club in glorious sunshine. They were there to celebrate the life of their friend Peter Bart-Smith…
Special Day, special guests at the Holm Show
Week: 36 | 5th September 2024 | Farming and Environment NewcastletonIf you want good weather for your event – try inviting a weathergirl along. That certainly did the trick for the Holm Show. After weeks of what felt like unrelenting dreichness and rain, the last Saturday in August dawned bright,…
Golden time in Paris for Copshaw’s Paralympian
Team GB Paralympic swimmer Stephen Clegg ALSO breaks long-standing record…what…
Scottish lead for Langholm's Matilda
While sister Antonia gets personal best in 100m The weekend…
Fingers crossed for a fine day for the 127th Holm Show
Marquees are up, entries are made and there’s no rain…
Letters to the Editor
More Warblaw worries With reference to Mark Hallam’s letter of…
Consultation on change of school week structure
Views, opinions and concerns sought from parents/carers Dumfries and Galloway…
Residents encouraged to react to Warblaw plans
If you are against the blanket of trees proposedfor our…
Show Season starts with Canonbie's fine flower-power
Mairi Telford Jammeh reports from Canonbie Flower Show and vintage…
Borders author captivates Benty
Alistair Moffat speaks of Lowland life Westerkirk Parish Church was…
Golden Girl Aoiffion
12-year-old Langholm Academy pupil, Aoiffion McVittie Brangan added the title…
Much opposition to plan for Warblaw woodlands
Action Group formed to challenge forestry company’s ‘blanket of trees’…
Great Racing, on Friday at least!
Big Innes takes the Eskdale Plate…Hawick jockey Sean Huggan rides…
Over 100 years of Thomas Hope service between them
Angela, Kate and Sheena have all worked in a job…
