FTS Dyers help maintain the Muckle Toon’s textile history
Week: 02 | 8th January 2026 | Community LifestyleSouth of Scotland Enterprise report on crucial Langholm business A Langholm specialist yarn dyer is helping keep alive…
Cards, cakes and jazzy jumpers, it's all about kids at Christmas
Week: 51 | 18th December 2025 | Community News SchoolFestive entertainment and competitions keep the children focussed! Langholm Pupil scoops festive design prize There was a musical…
Langholm Whisky Run 2026
Week: 51 | 18th December 2025 | Community SportThis year’s Langholm New Years Day Whisky Run will be held again, unsurprisingly, on January 1st.The organisation benefitting…
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…
Muckle Toon Christmas Cheer
Week: 50 | 11th December 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community Lifestyle NewsLangholm group excel once more in creating an event to be proud of! The Muckle Toon proved last…
Excess water and blocked drains beleaguer the A7
Week: 49 | 4th December 2025 | Community NewsThe A7 Action Group and BEAR Scotland promise to address signage, speed and drainage The E&L aims to keep…
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…
Windfarm windfalls for local organisations
Many applications for funding from Eskdale have been honoured A…
Wool, Woven and Wild
Creation Mill has just announced plans for a new festival…
Wind Farms versus the Eskdalemuir seismic array
Local MP calls for extra protections for monitoring station New planning…
Many 'Treats' in store for Langholm's new Emporium
Popular local businessman expands his horizons with new venture John…
Third flood in a month leads to urgent calls for a solution
Securing the A7 at Townfoot from flooding must be a…
Muckle Bang brings Muckle Folk
Over 3,500 people attend Langholm’s Big Bang to see a…
MURTHOLM NO MORE!
Widespread disappointment as Loreburn Housing reneges on its promises for…
Chloe and Scott tie the knot
Langholm couple Chloe Johnstone and Scott Collins were married in…
Bus Network review
Council officers are recommending to the Economy and Infrastructure Committee…
BT phone changes will seriously hinder emergency communication
Recent incident faced in Eskdalemuir could have acute repercussions in…
Hallpath flooding petition
Week: 43 | 23rd October 2025 | Community NewsA petition and letter from the residents of Hallpath and Townfoot has been sent to Dumfries and Galloway…
Concerns grow over town’s road safety and gateway signs
Week: 42 | 16th October 2025 | Community NewsBEAR representative tours problem sites on High Street, with Cllr Male pointing out issues Following last week’s article…
Amy, first of the season, causes Townfoot chaos
Week: 41 | 9th October 2025 | Community NewsResident Mark Hallam reports on the damage done by the storm along with some crazy drivers and a…
Balance of nature cited as need for goat cull announced
Week: 41 | 9th October 2025 | Community Farming and EnvironmentGoat population of 800-900 has reached a concerning level The Langholm Initiative announced on 22nd September their intention…
Perturbing disappearance of Langholm’s Golden Eagles
Week: 41 | 9th October 2025 | Community E&L Life NewsPolice are concerned that Tarras and Wren have come to harm Representatives for a groundbreaking conservation initiative, which…
Official plans submitted for Irvine House Holiday Lodges
Week: 39 | 25th September 2025 | Canonbie Community E&L Life NewsAfter local enthusiasm for the project, last year, Buccleuch have taken the vision to the next stage of…
Umbrella Walkers to step out for big Rotary event
Since its inception, the sponsored walk has raised of £390,000Rotary…
Langholm's locked and lacklustre lavvies
But behind the headline lies a more serious issue Following…
Public Service Excellence award for Councillor Archie
Recognition for outstanding contribution to local government Councillor Archie Dryburgh…
Langholm Pipe Band stars at Braemar Highland Games
King and Queen were ‘blown away’ by the Muckle Toon’s…
No comment from the public on Kilngreen’s transport hub
Potential risks of cycling on an E-bike down the A7…
Dumfries & Galloway’s bold vision for future housing needs
Councils new Local Housing Strategy sets out five key priorities…
Fly-tipping in the area reaching epidemic level
Most roads around Langholm have seen junk dumped Fly tipping…
Bus services review leaves passengers wanting better
From the Co-Op to Eskdalemuir, new timetable has crucial holes…
Neil Armstrong and the Langholmites
Moonman and locals feature in screening at the Edinburgh Festival…
Langholm Common Riding 2025
Cornet Ewan Patterson carried out his duties last Friday in…
Everyone is behind Ewan
Family ties and a heart for Langholm have nurtured Ewan’s…
New one-way system for Elizabeth and Caroline Streets
Proposals put forward further to a request from residents and…
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…
Unwanted changes coming to Langholm Town bus service
Week: 27 | 3rd July 2025 | Community NewsLifeline local transport is in danger of having itsoperation reduced without any public consultation SWestrans, the South West…
No pot of gold at the end of this ‘rainbow’
Week: 25 | 19th June 2025 | Community NewsSNP to form a minority administration after Conservative split in D&G Council The Scottish National Party has assumed…
Langholm's Front Three have a great Day out at Hawick Common Riding
Week: 24 | 12th June 2025 | Common Riding Community NewsRead much more in this week’s E&L available at your Newsagent or available online by subscription. Click HERE
Huge attendance at crucial Town Meeting
Week: 23 | 5th June 2025 | Community NewsStrength of feeling of townsfolk made plain to panel…but will it make a difference? Almost three hundred people…
Engaging with Ewan
Week: 23 | 5th June 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsFirst visit to the Hut for Langholm’s new Front Three Langholm Front Three, Cornet Ewan Patterson, RHM Bailey Donaldson…
Let’s get the Muckle Toon back to its former glory
Community Council to chair event where you can have your…
Glowing report for Langholm Nursery
Staff delighted after “Very Good” Care Inspectorate visit Staff and…
Ewan Patterson elected as Langholm’s 2025 Cornet
Over 50% of the town turn out to vote as…
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…
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…
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…
Preliminary meeting focusses on Townfoot's hole in the ground
Particular issues discussed in advance of June’s public forum In…
