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Public Service Excellence award for Councillor Archie
Week: 38 | 18th September 2025 | Community E&L Life NewsRecognition for outstanding contribution to local government Councillor Archie Dryburgh MBE of Annandale East and Eskdale received a…
Our caprine friends are notoriously hard to count
Week: 37 | 11th September 2025 | Farming and Environment Lifestyle Newcastleton NewsThere could be as many as 900 goats roaming the local moorland There has been a great deal…
Readers' suggestions for the beleaguered bandstand
Week: 31 | 31st July 2025 | Arts Arts and Entertainment NewsD&G’s design has long been a controversial Muckle Toon topic After asking about the Kilngreen bandstand a couple…
Everyone is behind Ewan
Week: 30 | 24th July 2025 | Common Riding Community E&L Life NewsFamily ties and a heart for Langholm have nurtured Ewan’s childhood dreams Ewan Patterson was elected in May…
And so, it all begins once again!
Week: 29 | 17th July 2025 | Common Riding E&L Life NewsThe Benty Rideout ushers in another Langholm Common Riding fortnight Langholm’s most precious possession, the Common Riding, commenced,…
...Pureous Bunkumus...
Week: 28 | 10th July 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Gilly Fraser LifestyleIt’s that time of year again! It may have been a very mixed bag weather wise, but Tub…
Miraculous sunshine for Ewan’s Street Party
Henry Street and Moodlaw Point residents turned out in force…
Academy welcomes inspiring visitor
Challenging disability stereotypes is how Hari overcame adversity Last week…
Thoughtful gift for popular bowler
Rob receives a trike from fellow Old Town members As…
New recruits needed for life-saving community service
Village’s First Responders a critical resource When someone suffers a…
New Tub, Oli, will fight to save Music Festival
Moves afoot to save 56 year old event Copshaw’s newly…
Poppy perfection wins Helen’s team a gold at Chelsea
The Meconopsis Group impresses the judges with their display at…
Like Mother like Tub
Copshaw has chosen its new Tub. Voters went to the…
Thoughtful VE Day ceremony held at Langholm's War Memorial
RAF Police Sergeant David Patterson led a poignant service at Langholm’s…
Well-wishers attend opening of Langholm’s new Post Office
After months of work and training, Elizabeth and staff finally…
Eighty years since Victory in Europe
A poignant reminder of resilience and unity rising from adversity…
Goat group presses Council
Campaigners want protected status David Braithwaite, Chairman of The Wild…
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
Week: 17 | 24th April 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsParticular issues discussed in advance of June’s public forum In advance of the June meeting that Langholm, Ewes…
Goat petition reaches MPs
Week: 16 | 17th April 2025 | Farming and Environment Gilly Fraser Lifestyle Newcastleton News4,000 anti-cull signatures handed over Conservative politicians John Lamont MP and Rachael Hamilton MSP have both promised to…
Hope Rising: An Easter Message to our Community
Week: 16 | 17th April 2025 | Canonbie E&L Life Eskdalemuir NewcastletonAs the days grow longer and spring blooms around us, we’re reminded of the hope and renewal that…
NatureScot tells the E&L “culling the goats is legal”
Week: 14 | 3rd April 2025 | E&L Life Newcastleton NewsOxygen Conservation lays the blame at Government’s door Part of the E&L’s “…Liddesdale Lineup…” NatureScot has denied issuing…
Confirmation received that cull has already begun
Week: 13 | 27th March 2025 | E&L Life Farming and Environment Newcastleton NewsGilly Fraser delves further into the feral goat debacle Oxygen Conservation have confirmed that they have begun culling…
2025 Common Riding AGM
Week: 13 | 27th March 2025 | E&L Life Lifestyle NewsNew faces in official roles he trustees and members of Langholm Common Riding gathered on the evening of…
A well-used community resource for over 30 years
Mairi Telford Jammeh takes a look at what goes on…
Langholm Town Band do well in regionals
By Christine Calvert This weekend saw the latest contest outing…
Blight on the landscape as SPEN plans 65 metre pylons
‘Electric’ meeting anticipated at Copshaw Community Council Copshaw Community Council…
Grapes Bar and restaurant to close
The owners of the Grapes hotel in Newcastleton have confirmed…
Service held to celebrate union of parishes
The Church of Scotland presbytery of the South West held…
Copshaw on the the cusp of red and amber for Éowyn
Health Centre provided a Warm Hub throughout the storm By Gilly…
Langholm’s ‘model’ citizen hits the highlights in Milan
Proud Langholm Mum, Deborah Laidlaw, set off on a four-flight…
Ewes SWI start the Burns ball rolling with a highly entertaining celebration
The annual celebration of the Bard went ahead with a…
'Carter's Rest'
…US President in Langholm After the news of the death…
Copshaw's golden boy adds to his medal haul
Paralympian Stephen Clegg receives an MBE in King’s New Years…
Churches unite with Liddesdale
The Reverend Morag Crossan has announced that from 1st January…
Bike Seven celebrates 15 years in business
Bike business with strong Langholm following celebrates 15th anniversary By…
The human cost of ‘progress’
Week: 46 | 14th November 2024 | Farming and Environment Gilly Fraser NewcastletonGilly Fraser meets a couple whose dream of a perfectretirement in the Newcastleton hills has turned into a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
All kinds of everything at the 172nd Langholm Show
MAIRI TELFORD JAMMEH reports on Langholm’s Rural Highlight in an 8-Page Supplement…
Could a banking hub be the answer for Langholm?
By Mairi Telford Jammeh On a recent visit to Kirkcudbright…
Fingers crossed for a fine day for the 127th Holm Show
Marquees are up, entries are made and there’s no rain…
Langholm Common Riding 2024
Three of the best
Everyone at the E&L and Muckle Toon Media wish Bailey…
Langholm Common Riding 2024
And so it begins… It was a wee bit on…
Wildfires cause Greek Island holiday scare
A Langholm couple on holiday, in Kardamena on the idyllic…
Mighty Hikers Mel and Karl raise over £4k for Cancer Care
Local couple walk in Wales to support charity dear to…
Shear generosity!
Audrey donates her luscious locks to the Little Princess Trust…
EDF presents revised plans for windfarm near Copshaw
Revised plans for a major new windfarm to be sited…
Call to action by Friends of Langholm War Memorial
Our community has been renowned for being a vibrant and…
