OUT NOW!...This Week's E&L
Pick up a pumpkin
26th October 2020 | Community NewsTHERE’LL be fewer ghostly goings-on this Halloween but don’t despair. To cheer up everyone, Langholm Regeneration Group has organised some autumnal fun for the town’s younger generation. From this Saturday the High Street shops and other businesses in the town…
Time is running out to buy town’s moorland
23rd October 2020 | NewsIt’s a race to the finish as deadline of October 31 approaches
Kelso’s quality field
22nd October 2020 | Horse Racing SportHorseracing
Day of reckoning
22nd October 2020 | NewsEWM chain’s future is in doubt if group’s owner saves Peacocks
Flood Scheme Forum
19th October 2020 | NewsRESIDENTS living in riverside properties in Langholm have voiced their opposition to the proposed flood defences. The E&L Advertiser contacted and visited a number of people in Mary Street, Frances Street, Caroline Street and Elizabeth Street to ask them for…
Langholm Loves Local launched
17th October 2020 | Community NewsLANGHOLM is bouncing back with a new initiative to make the town a destination of choice. Langholm Loves Local, which has been launched by the Langholm Alliance, is being funded by Scotland’s Towns Partnership. This new social media campaign will…
Luke takes league title
Bowling
New coronavirus rules will not help industry
Hotel owner criticises Scottish government for unclear message
Return to rugby is postponed for three months
CLUB and school rugby will not return to competition until…
Pandemic infects iconic retail brand
More unemployment as Day puts EWM Group in administration
Villagers welcome a 20mph limit trial
Newcastleton’s streets will be safer for pedestrians and drivers
EWM TO CLOSE 200 STORES IN NEXT FORTNIGHT
24,000 Jobs are at risk
Village sewage works due to open next spring
Canonbie and the River Esk will benefit from better treatment
Housing developer is ready to move onto site
Plan put in for initial works, including improved A7 junction
Diggle Boy makes it a hat-trick
Hounds
Rescued mill has new name and big plans
Drove Weavers in Langholm earns praise and admiration from MSP
Keeping active during Covid
STEPS are being taken to encourage school pupils to be…
Digital skills project is launched in Langholm
Older people, young people and low-income families targeted
Flood protection order delayed by fresh study
1st October 2020 | NewsEnvironmental impact assessment will take six months to do
Team appointed to regenerate Copshaw
30th September 2020 | Community NewsDevelopment officer to lead transformation of Buccleuch House
Four more defibrillators go live
25th September 2020 | NewsFOUR more defibrillators have been installed as part of a project to cover the whole of Eskdale. They are outside the town hall in Langholm, at James Ewart Racing at The Craig, in Chapelknowe and in Glenzier. The final and…
Border Brae takes the honours
25th September 2020 | Hounds SportPUPPY produce day was held at Sewingshields last Saturday. As the seniors came into view at about halfway, Class Mo Salah was leading, with Polaris and Tynemouth giving chase. Passing by the trail field, the same three hounds were still…
Centre design rethink after public response
24th September 2020 | NewsAnd council calls for extra study after identifying flood risk
Village completes historic land buy-out
23rd September 2020 | NewsNewcastleton trust buys 750 acres of Holm Hill from Buccleuch
Scottish actor appeals for donations to moor
Gregor has good memories of raising his family in Langholm
Dyehouse cuts ten jobs as orders dry up
COVID-19 pandemic hits successful company’s customers
Plan launched to make south a greater place
Enterprise body to make area centre for opportunity, innovation and…
Seaweed and sparrows
Margaret Walty has opened her Autumn exhibition “Here be Dragons”…
Volunteers needed to drive community car
New Caddy will be used to transport residents to appointments
Another million given to moorland buyout
South of Scotland Enterprise give huge boost to venture
Centre bids for funding to survive the long term
Langholm’s popular performing arts venue is vital to economy
Academy’s head pupils
LANGHOLM and Canonbie Schools Cluster is delighted to announce the…
Church reopens for worship
By the Rev Dr. Robert Pickles
RAVE REVIEWS: Twice Brewed Inn, Bardon Mill
TWICE Brewed Inn sits on the edge of the Military…
YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!
Artists impression of how proposed flood defences may look
Rotten meat costs £2k to clear away
NFU Scotland and Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) are jointly…
Unfathomable planning rules
1st September 2020 | LettersI WISH, through your columns, to advise residents of a major application for forestry planting which will impact severely on our hills. For reasons I find unfathomable, where even a minor proposal for a property development or alteration requires planning…
£500k boost for moor
31st August 2020 | NewsFamily foundation breathes new life into bid for nature reserve
Langholm’s last mill has a brighter future
28th August 2020 | NewsWell-known designer will create jobs and establish new brand
Nicol’s enterprising role to regenerate town
27th August 2020 | Community NewsFormer Langholm man will deliver Langholm’s action plan
Dance scholar rewarded
20th August 2020 | NewsA PERFORMING arts student from Langholm has won a coveted scholarship for a year’s free tuition. Melissa Park made it a double celebration when, on her 18th birthday, she received the annual Razzmataz scholarship award, which is a huge achievement.…
Centre announces an August reopening
10th August 2020 | NewsCoffees and lunches are back on the menu – at a safe distance
Canonbie surgery
A CONFIDENTIAL online consultation service giving patients another way to…
Town is a high priority
Langholm does not rank the lowest in an index based…
MARVELLOUS!
IT WAS dark when three horsemen were greeted by a…
Neighbourly celebrations
MOODLAW Point and Henry Street South neighbours gathered on Jennety’s…
Neighbourly celebrations
THE neighbours in Academy Place and Douglas Terrace could not…
Partnership secures £2.1m for the south
Scottish government awards funding to 28 innovative projects
Jobless warning
JUNE’S unemployment figures are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’…
Weaving company’s future in the balance
Management buy-out team seeks to progress talks with owner
Defibs are going live
Life-saving equipment will come with full instructions on use
Helping to ease the burden
By the Rev Scott McCarthy, minister of Garthamlock and Craigend…
Mill’s billionaire owner crippling suppliers, claim
But EWM says it has reached agreements with nearly all…
