Creation Mill to create their own textile centre
Week: 49 | 5th December 2024 | Lifestyle NewsInspirational Langholm firm take their business a stage further Creation Mill is creating a new textile centre in Langholm at Buccleuch Mill. The building belongs to the SIL group who are based in Lancashire and who are fully behind the…
Another blow to Langholm as Skinyards set to close
Week: 48 | 28th November 2024 | Community NewsUp to 10 jobs to be lost as 176-year-old employer will cease trading an the end of the year The Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser has been trying to get information about the alleged closure of theSkinyards business but has been…
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’…
After contact with the owner, it appears thatthe eyesore will…
Buccleuch confirms its commitment to 150 lodges
Center Parc’s plans for development of site near Hawick will…
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
Week: 44 | 31st October 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentHard-hitting rhetoric at President’s last conference NFU Scotland Chief Martin Kennedy delivered a hard-hitting final Autumn conference speech to call out what he described as “big businesses buying into our carbon credits with no scruples.”The conference focused on enabling farmers…
Polysport venue helps keep Copshaw folk in top form
Week: 44 | 31st October 2024 | E&L Life Gilly Fraser NewcastletonMSP is shown round The Holm’s health and fitness facility The important role even a small village can play in keeping its residents fit and healthy was demonstrated to Borders MSP Rachael Hamilton when she visited Newcastleton last week.Ms Hamilton,…
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
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
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
Week: 39 | 26th September 2024 | Community NewsAn update from the A7 Action Group’s meeting The A7 Action Group met on 20th September and has provided the following update to the E&L Advertiser:The work to erect safety fencing to the north of Langholm is now complete.New hazard…
Could a banking hub be the answer for Langholm?
Week: 39 | 26th September 2024 | Community E&L LifeBy Mairi Telford Jammeh On a recent visit to Kirkcudbright a friend and I popped into the Banking Hub. Three banks – RBS, Bank of Scotland and Santander and the Post Office offer shared banking services through this high street…
15 nights road closure for A7 improvements
Week: 39 | 26th September 2024 | Canonbie Community NewsOvernight works to resurface road south of Canonbie will run from Sept 30 – October 18 The E&L has been informed by BEAR Scotland that the main A7 road is set to have a series of surface improvements over the next…
Lorraine is BFA awards finalist
Week: 38 | 19th September 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentWesterkirk farmer in the running for Sheep Farmer of the Year Well-known local farmer Lorraine Luescher has been named as one of the finalists in the Sheep Farmer of the Year category of the prestigious British Farming Awards.The award organisers…
Fabulous fight-back as Langholm win in Tranent
Week: 38 | 19th September 2024 | Rugby SportTries by Wilson bros., Hope, Martin and Tait seal the deal By Kenneth Pool Ross High 21 Langholm 29 Langholm RFC took to the road on Saturday to play Ross High at Tranent.The game was played in dry conditions but…
Nearly 1,000 objections to Warblaw Woodlands
Week: 38 | 19th September 2024 | Community Farming and Environment NewsLangholm locals object to commercial forestry on their doorstep An unprecedented 959 local signatures have been obtained objecting to the development of commercial forestry on the hill above the town of Langholm.Local residents fear the planting of non-native trees, such…
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
and other updates from Councillor Male After many months of…
Warblaw worries are endorsed by politicians
MSP Oliver Mundell urges residents to join Warblaw fight ahead…
Bob's 70 years
Bandsman man and boy! Langholm Town Band took a small…
Teachers face up to the Great North Run
In March this year, Headteacher of the Langholm and Canonbie…
Family and friends gather to commemorate Peter
A seat placed at Cricket Club to remember sportsman and…
Special Day, special guests at the Holm Show
If you want good weather for your event – try…
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…
