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Wild Goats at the Holm Show
Week: 37 | 10th September 2026 | E&L Life Lifestyle NewcastletonWild goats played a starring role at the Holm Show this year – without ever setting foot on…
That Fringe Feeling…
Week: 37 | 10th September 2026 | Arts and Entertainment Lifestyle News Young ReportersDumb Blond returns with a look at the festivities and their effect on Edinburgh life Edinburgh is always…
The Eskdale Experience Exhibition Preview
Week: 29 | 16th July 2026 | Arts Arts and EntertainmentLangholm heritage enthusiasts have curated and excellent Common Riding showcase The Eskdale Experience’s exhibition focusing on Langholm Common…
Canonbie Brig parapet crushed
Week: 29 | 16th July 2026 | Canonbie E&L Life NewsA reader from Canonbie got in touch to tell us about an incident outside their front door on…
Graduation season brings three more local luminaries
Week: 28 | 9th July 2026 | E&L Life NewsKatie Adamson from Newcastleton graduated from Glasgow Caledonian University with a Bachelor of Science in Diagnostic Imaging with…
Canonbie Community Enterprise has its eyes on further goals
Week: 27 | 2nd July 2026 | Community E&L Life NewsCanonbie Community Enterprise held its AGM on 23rd June. The organisation is now set up as a community…
Rev Morag is called to a new parish
A new chapter in Ministry – a letter from her…
D&G Council rejects tourist levy
Councillors voted last week to halt work on a visitor…
Langholm Cornet made very welcome at Hawick Common Riding
Once more, Langholm was well to the fore with the…
Community Council will work to replace play park equipment!
Buccleuch Park style facility envisaged After last week’s shock removal…
Castle Craigs Club welcomes new Cornet
The Castle Craigs club held its annual general meeting in…
Tradition continues with Hope at Helm
Thomas Hope is elected to carry Langholm’s Burgh Standard for…
Lydiafield residents make a return visit to the Muckle Toon
Day Centre welcomes homecoming for residents of Annan Care Home…
Our Common Riding remains self-sufficient
Following an article on the BBC website last week about…
Papering over the cracks of the Erskine Church!
No satisfactory answers for campaigner, Denise Denise Irving Lang has…
Kilngreen transport hub making progress on joined-up travel
Dumfries and Galloway Council says that work is progressing well…
Conservation work completed on listed Riddings viaduct
Distinctive Victorian cross-border edifice is repaired National Highways has completed…
Ain't no mountain high enough!
Langholm’s Roger Maxwell ‘compleats’ 282 Munros by Mark Hallam Roger…
Mutual benefits as old and young meet
Week: 07 | 12th February 2026 | Community Lifestyle News SchoolBy Mrs Nicol, Nursery Manager There was a meeting of the generations on Monday when the children from…
Holm pre-school care gets another set of top marks
Week: 06 | 5th February 2026 | Community E&L Life Gilly Fraser Newcastleton SchoolCare Inspectorate full of praise for Childminder, Katrina Skelton It won’t surprise anyone on Newcastleton to hear that…
Tropical paradise trip for E&L gardening guru
Week: 03 | 15th January 2026 | Canonbie E&L Life Helen Knowles NewsHELEN KNOWLES, was in seventh heaven among the abundant flora of Grenada, the Spice Island Grenada, known as…
Is Canonbie the friendliest town in the Borders?
Week: 02 | 8th January 2026 | Canonbie E&L Life NewsSome new residents certainly think it should be in the running By Jenny Curtis I was recently in…
Sherwood Shenanigans hit the Langholm stage!
Week: 51 | 18th December 2025 | Arts Arts and Entertainment Community NewsYet another sell-out for Muckle Toon Panto…oh yes it is! The Langholm festive season wouldn’t be complete without…
Canonbie PO and store: How's it going?
Week: 51 | 18th December 2025 | Canonbie E&L Life NewsCanonbie Community Enterprise answers some questions We asked the Canonbie Community Enterprise Group some questions about how things…
Rotary's Umbrella Walk raises an incredible amount
Over £40,000 raised for 38 local organisations by 192 walkers…
One of Langholm's mainstay organisations gets a colourful rebrand
Childcare facility is seen as a crucial lifeline for many…
Playcare kids learn about remembrance
The children at Playcare ELCC have recently had lots of…
Many 'Treats' in store for Langholm's new Emporium
Popular local businessman expands his horizons with new venture John…
Eskdale & Liddesdale remembers
Remembrance Sunday marked in both valleys8-page supplement in this week’s…
Chloe and Scott tie the knot
Langholm couple Chloe Johnstone and Scott Collins were married in…
St Kilda’s sheep ‘protected’; Langholm Moor goats ‘feral’
Scottish Government accused of “muddled thinking” The Scottish Government has…
200 walkers hit the trail for the Umbrella Walk
Storm Amy behaved to allow the Rotary Club of Langholm’s…
Perturbing disappearance of Langholm’s Golden Eagles
Police are concerned that Tarras and Wren have come to…
Official plans submitted for Irvine House Holiday Lodges
After local enthusiasm for the project, last year, Buccleuch have…
Umbrella Walkers to step out for big Rotary event
Since its inception, the sponsored walk has raised of £390,000Rotary…
Public Service Excellence award for Councillor Archie
Recognition for outstanding contribution to local government Councillor Archie Dryburgh…
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
Week: 27 | 3rd July 2025 | Common Riding E&L Life NewsHenry Street and Moodlaw Point residents turned out in force to wish their Cornet all the best for…
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…
