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James Ewart Racing ends 21 years of training
Week: 21 | 22nd May 2025 | Horse Racing NewsMairi Telford Jammeh speaks to Langholm trainer after surprise racing world announcement James Ewart Racing’s website says it’s…

Like Mother like Tub
Week: 21 | 22nd May 2025 | Arts & Entertainment E&L Life NewcastletonCopshaw has chosen its new Tub. Voters went to the polls on Saturday and elected 21-year-old Oli Downey…

After 102 years, LAODS has a new name
Week: 21 | 22nd May 2025 | Arts & Entertainment Lifestyle NewsFresh Talent sought for the new season on stage Langholm Theatre Group (formerly LAODS) have their sights set…

D&G Chief pays visit to Langholm organisations
Week: 21 | 22nd May 2025 | NewsDumfries and Galloway Council’s Chief Executive Dawn Roberts paid a visit to Langholm on Tuesday accompanied by Councillor…

Ewan Patterson elected as Langholm’s 2025 Cornet
Week: 20 | 15th May 2025 | Common Riding Community NewsOver 50% of the town turn out to vote as record number of voters is equalled On a…

Thoughtful VE Day ceremony held at Langholm's War Memorial
Week: 20 | 15th May 2025 | Community E&L Life NewsRAF Police Sergeant David Patterson led a poignant service at Langholm’s War Memorial on Thursday evening to Commemorate the…

Well-wishers attend opening of Langholm’s new Post Office
After months of work and training, Elizabeth and staff finally…

A quality quartet
Another healthy contingent of fine young men put theirnames forward…

Eighty years since Victory in Europe
A poignant reminder of resilience and unity rising from adversity…

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

End of Langholm banking era as BoS closes its doors
Scotland’s oldest bank bows out of High Street The Bank…

High-powered visitors
Va-va-vroom! Langholm’s Kilngreen had some very special visitors last weekend…

Goat group presses Council
Campaigners want protected status David Braithwaite, Chairman of The Wild…

20 might be plenty, but is anyone heeding the signs?
Over the years, the Scottish Government has made so many…

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
Particular issues discussed in advance of June’s public forum In…

Victory in Europe (VE) Day commemoration events
Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk community council is working with Langholm…

Return of full Post Office is first-class news for town
Elizabeth and team are all trained up and ready to…


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…

A healing moorland…
Week: 16 | 17th April 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community NewsSphagnum moss wound dressings during the Second World War By Timothy McCracken Around this time of the 80th…

Heilan’ Coos and Fell Ponies join the Tarras Valley family
Week: 16 | 17th April 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsThe cows and ponies will play their part in restoring and improving habitats on the moor The matriarch…

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…

NHS D&G announces massive funding shortfall
Week: 15 | 10th April 2025 | Community NewsBoard seeks public support to manage £33.6 million funding gap in the new financial year… Some shocking news…

4,000 signature petition to be handed to politicians
Week: 15 | 10th April 2025 | Lifestyle Newcastleton NewsOxygen Conservation’s disregard prompted massive response A local petition with 4,000 signatures calling for Oxygen Conservation to stop…

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

Scottish Woodlands plan ' voluntary' Environmental Impact Assessment for Warblaw
Scottish Woodlands, which has been developing the woodland creation design…

As the last bank closes, a Cash Hub opens
Temporary facility will open in Holmspun with better hours of…

NatureScot tells the E&L “culling the goats is legal”
Oxygen Conservation lays the blame at Government’s door Part of…

New health team sought for Canonbie Surgery
Husband and wife medical partners to hang up their stethoscopes…

18-month trial of 20mph has begun
A7 Action Group discuss various issues The A7 Action Group…

No caravans or motorhomes to cross Milntown bridge
Far-reaching effect on the community as Ewes Water site has…

Confirmation received that cull has already begun
Gilly Fraser delves further into the feral goat debacle Oxygen…

Some beautiful moments in LAODS’ latest show
Annie Get Your Gun is chock-full of love, laughter and…

2025 Common Riding AGM
New faces in official roles he trustees and members of…

Parking restrictions and 20mph limit from next week
By the end of March, the speed limit throughout the…

A well-used community resource for over 30 years
Mairi Telford Jammeh takes a look at what goes on…

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…

Wheatley has “No plans for housing in Eskdale
Week: 11 | 13th March 2025 | Community NewsScotland’s second largest social landlord is also “not considering the Murtholm site at the moment” As a follow-up…

Langholm Town Band do well in regionals
Week: 11 | 13th March 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community Lifestyle NewsBy Christine Calvert This weekend saw the latest contest outing for the town band under MD Chris Bradley.…

As predicted, D&G raise Council Tax by 9%
Week: 10 | 6th March 2025 | Community NewsFurthermore, they will “implement increases inselected fees and charges relating to leisure andsport, licensing, registrars and bulky waste”…

Blight on the landscape as SPEN plans 65 metre pylons
Week: 10 | 6th March 2025 | E&L Life Newcastleton‘Electric’ meeting anticipated at Copshaw Community Council Copshaw Community Council is anticipating a lively meeting on Tuesday when…

Community Council hears from concerned residents
Week: 10 | 6th March 2025 | Community NewsNumber of derelict sites in the town is a major issue The E&L attended the March meeting of…

Huge local reaction to news of proposed goat cull
Social media alight and petition raised following announcement by Oxygen…

NFUS retiterates its opposition to National Park in Galloway
NFU Scotland has once again made clear its opposition to…

D-day for Council Tax rises across the area
Dumfries and Galloway Council will make decisions today about the…

THEY'RE GOING TO CULL THE GOATS!
In what will be a hugely unpopular decision, Oxygen Conservation…

Grapes Bar and restaurant to close
The owners of the Grapes hotel in Newcastleton have confirmed…

Sitka spruce going, going, gone!
A big task for the Tarras Valley team over the…

D&G Council Tax set to rise between 5 to 10%
…and the same for Water Rates…possibly 9%. Budgets are to…

Doddie’s Grand Tour visits the Muckle Toon
Fundraising cyclists and organisers bowled over by the hospitality received…

Caroline Street is still railing against its railings
As angle of fence increases, council budgets for repairs to…

U15 gold medal for Langholm’s Aoiffion
Amazing 12 year old athlete makes her mark in her…

Grapes Hotel holds crisis meeting with villagers
“Frankly if I followed pure logic, I would close the…