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Langholm's locked and lacklustre lavvies
Week: 38 | 18th September 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsBut behind the headline lies a more serious issue Following complaints about the public toilets at the Kilngreen…

Fly-tipping in the area reaching epidemic level
Week: 35 | 28th August 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsMost roads around Langholm have seen junk dumped Fly tipping continues to be a problem in our area…

Copshaw celebrates its 500th Clatter
Week: 34 | 21st August 2025 | Lifestyle NewcastletonCommunity mag has been published since 1983 The Copshaw Clatter has reached an amazing milestone in its long…

Canonbie success in Post Office bid
Week: 31 | 31st July 2025 | Canonbie Lifestyle NewsCanonbie Community Enterprise has been successful in its bid to take over Canonbie shop and post office after…

MSP backs bid for new Langholm cash machine
Week: 30 | 24th July 2025 | LifestyleSOUTH Scotland MSP Craig Hoy has visited the new Post Office and Paper Shop in Langholm and has…

Creation weaves a new future
Week: 28 | 10th July 2025 | Community LifestyleLangholm textile project launches new centre along with new hope for the industry A new era has begun…

Fleetwood Macnificent!
Mark Hallam reviews Buccleuch Centre success The visible five of the…

Alan's big Challenge for Doddie charity
Last year Alan Miller challenged himself to cycle 20 laps…

Pride of Britain winner to visit Academy
Langholm Academy is delighted to share that they will welcome…

Engaging with Ewan
First visit to the Hut for Langholm’s new Front Three…

Glowing report for Langholm Nursery
Staff delighted after “Very Good” Care Inspectorate visit Staff and…

Like Mother like Tub
Copshaw has chosen its new Tub. Voters went to the…

After 102 years, LAODS has a new name
Fresh Talent sought for the new season on stage Langholm…

New Post Office opens on Tuesday
It’s countdown now until the new post office opens on…

Country Music Magic of Mizzell
American/Irish singer makes a return visit to the Buccleuch Centre…

Goat petition reaches MPs
4,000 anti-cull signatures handed over Conservative politicians John Lamont MP…

4,000 signature petition to be handed to politicians
Oxygen Conservation’s disregard prompted massive response A local petition with…

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - 1949 style
Audrey Maxwell and friends reminisce about their first exposure to…

18-month trial of 20mph has begun
Week: 14 | 3rd April 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsA7 Action Group discuss various issues The A7 Action Group met last week, and Bear Scotland provided an…

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…

Goat cull company tackled by councillor
Week: 12 | 20th March 2025 | Lifestyle Newcastleton NewsMeeting with CEO of Oxygen Conservation requested Councillor Male has been corresponding with Oxygen Conservation over the proposed…

D-day for Council Tax rises across the area
Week: 09 | 27th February 2025 | Lifestyle NewsDumfries and Galloway Council will make decisions today about the budget for 2025/26 with three different proposals to…

Daniel Lacey: A Guilded Craftsman
Week: 08 | 20th February 2025 | Arts and Entertainment LifestylePrestigious recognition for Langholm artisan from City of London livery company Furniture designer-maker Daniel Lacey has been awarded…

Grapes Hotel holds crisis meeting with villagers
Week: 06 | 6th February 2025 | Community Lifestyle Newcastleton“Frankly if I followed pure logic, I would close the doors right now.” By Gilly Fraser The future…

Return to the Far Pavilions for Helen
Another Himalayan adventure for gardening columnist Helen Knowles Life is…

Ewes SWI start the Burns ball rolling with a highly entertaining celebration
The annual celebration of the Bard went ahead with a…

Canonbie trust has its eye on Cross Keys Hotel
Potential purchase of historical inn presented to local residents Canonbie…

Muckle Toon serves up a treat with Pinocchio... Panto Italiano!
Capacity audiences at each performance as 1,250 people attend Centre…

Heritage Centre Questionnaire
A local group, under the auspices of The Langholm Alliance,…

Creation Mill to create their own textile centre
Inspirational Langholm firm take their business a stage further Creation…

A new future for three local churches
By Anthony Lane Many readers of the E&L will be…

Buccleuch confirms its commitment to 150 lodges
Center Parc’s plans for development of site near Hawick will…

At the going down of the sun and in the morning…
Eskdale remembers… Langholm, once more, remembered the fallen of all…

Hope Hospital shines in Excellence in Care inspection
The Thomas Hope hospital in Langholm recently had a six-month…

All kinds of everything at the 172nd Langholm Show
MAIRI TELFORD JAMMEH reports on Langholm’s Rural Highlight in an 8-Page Supplement…

Family and friends gather to commemorate Peter
A seat placed at Cricket Club to remember sportsman and…

Consultation on change of school week structure
Week: 35 | 29th August 2024 | Lifestyle News SchoolViews, opinions and concerns sought from parents/carers Dumfries and Galloway Council is currently consulting on proposals to change…

Fingers crossed for a fine day for the 127th Holm Show
Week: 35 | 29th August 2024 | Arts and Entertainment Community E&L Life Farming and Environment Gilly Fraser Lifestyle NewcastletonMarquees are up, entries are made and there’s no rain in Saturday’s forecast It might be tempting to…

Show Season starts with Canonbie's fine flower-power
Week: 34 | 22nd August 2024 | Canonbie Lifestyle NewsMairi Telford Jammeh reports from Canonbie Flower Show and vintage display Canonbie flower show was a great success…

Much opposition to plan for Warblaw woodlands
Week: 34 | 22nd August 2024 | Community Farming and Environment Lifestyle NewsAction Group formed to challenge forestry company’s ‘blanket of trees’ on much-loved Langholm hillside “First we lost our…

Over 100 years of Thomas Hope service between them
Week: 31 | 1st August 2024 | Community Lifestyle NewsAngela, Kate and Sheena have all worked in a job they loved By Mairi Telford Jammeh Three health…

Three of the best
Week: 30 | 25th July 2024 | E&L Life Lifestyle NewsEveryone at the E&L and Muckle Toon Media wish Bailey and all his followers a great Common Riding…

Have your say on the future of Langholm Housing
New survey aims to gather opinion on what the town…

Future-proofing the Common Riding
No less than 63 ponies and their riders sallied forth…

Wildfires cause Greek Island holiday scare
A Langholm couple on holiday, in Kardamena on the idyllic…

Shear generosity!
Audrey donates her luscious locks to the Little Princess Trust…

Tomorrow's Textile talent
Creation Mill’s involvement helps introduction of National 5 Fashion and…

Call to action by Friends of Langholm War Memorial
Our community has been renowned for being a vibrant and…

Wondrous woven magic of Tarras Valley textile creation
Tweed, embroidery and felt make up this fabric gift Emma…

Castleholm tally nears the 750 mark
Fine weather last Friday marked the start of Langholm’s Common…

Wapakoneta: Forging links with small-town Ohio
Connection with Neil Armstrong’s hometown is widely seen as a…

Climate Targets making farmers ‘hostages to deadlines’
‘Any on-farm efficiency measures should be rewarded’ The Scottish Government’s…

Former Fair Crier and a man of mony pairts
Rae Elliot pays tribute to his far-travelled, rugby-playing father OBITUARY…