
Wapakoneta: Forging links with small-town Ohio
Week: 17 | 25th April 2024 | Community Lifestyle NewsConnection with Neil Armstrong’s hometown is widely seen as a great benefit to Langholm A press release has…

Langholm Girls FC are toast of Melrose Awards
Week: 16 | 18th April 2024 | Community Girls Football News SportMelrose Sevens’ Women in Sport Awards vote for LGFC as Team of the Year at inaugural ceremony On…

Former Fair Crier and a man of mony pairts
Week: 16 | 18th April 2024 | Common Riding Community Lifestyle NewsRae Elliot pays tribute to his far-travelled, rugby-playing father OBITUARY John Govenlock Elliot lived in Langholm until conscripted…

Proclamation of Kinship from Wapakoneta, Ohio
Week: 15 | 11th April 2024 | Community Lifestyle NewsNeil Armstrong’s home town sends declaration offriendship and co-operation to the Muckle Toon Langholm Ewes and Westerkirk Community…

Mighty Hiking family off round Kielder
Week: 15 | 11th April 2024 | Community Gilly Fraser Lifestyle NewcastletonJacksons and Dinwoodies aim to make ‘The Difference’ for BGH Four members of a Copshaw family are joining…

Active & Sustainable Travel not working for Eskdale
Week: 14 | 4th April 2024 | Community Lifestyle NewsCouncillor highlights lack of plans to address Langholm’s transport links with the rest of D&G During a recent…

Putting Langholm on the map in the Scottish Parliament
Oliver Mundell champions the Muckle Toon in a Motion to…

Right Care, Right Place for community care?
Integration Joint Board okays consultation on options for care in…

A good old tidy-up, or is it environmental vandalism?
As the banks of the River Esk are cleared of…

Canonbie updated on Post Office take-over
Healthy turnout hears about legal structures of the Community Benefit…

Sign of success at last!
Persistence pays as Langholm makes road signs After 18 months…

Education Director learns what Langholm has to offer
Council officer buoyed by Langholm’s commitment and effort In Councillor…

Increased concern over anti-social behaviour
‘For older people on their own or people with young…

Unprecedented financial challenges for NHS Dumfries and Galloway
Chief Executive, Jeff Ace makes a statement in light of…

Craig 'Fishy' Pool is 100 not out!
Saturday marked the hundredth appearance of Craig “Young Fishy” Pool…

Caroline Street water wall is deemed safe for now
However, concerns remain about the angle of the fence and…

Tourism plans fit in with economic strategy
SSDA want an increase in overseas tourists and industry workforce…

Demolition of Erskine spire receives approval
Shetland based owners of Langholm’s Erskine church have further plans…

Day Centre of excellence holds Annual General Meeting
Week: 05 | 1st February 2024 | Community E&L Life NewsManager pays heartfelt thanks to trustees, staff volunteers and almost 100 members Langholm Day Centre for Older People…

Isha puts paid to a Langholm Landmark
Week: 04 | 25th January 2024 | Community NewsMuch-loved Castleholm chestnut succumbs to the power of nature The Castleholm chestnut tree will be spreading its boughs…

A sign of things to come for first town in Scotland
Week: 03 | 18th January 2024 | Community NewsLangholm signs work underway, confirms MP A PLAN to deliver signage pointing the way to Langholm from the…

Victory for Faw Side wind farm campaigners
Week: 02 | 11th January 2024 | Community NewsScottish Government refuses permission for massive Ewes Valley installation There was much jubilation in the Ewes Valley and…

David Calvert's MBE is certainly well deserved
Week: 02 | 11th January 2024 | Arts and Entertainment Community E&L Life NewsLangholm Town Bandsman honoured in King Charles’ New Year list By Mairi Telford JammehDavid Calvert of Langholm was…

Is Caroline Street really in danger of collapsing?
Week: 51 | 21st December 2023 | Community NewsResidents are very concerned about the deterioration of the road and the fence One of Langholm’s more picturesque…

Town's tall tree takes a topple!
Last Saturday night, the wind got up to such a…

It's an ill windfarm that blows no good
£87,000 Ewe Hill Funds awarded to local projects in Annandale…

‘Is our voice even heard?’
NHS Dumfries and Galloway executives attend first of hopefully many…

Road safety concerns at Langholm Primary school
Concerned parents have produced a detailed report on the alarming…

High heid yins head for Thomas Hope meeting
Meeting with Health and Social Care to thrash out Langholm’s…

Musical excellence delights Canonbie audience
Splendid concert brings church’s 200 year celebrations to a close…

8-page E&L Life Remembrance Supplement included in this week's E&L
Photos of Remembrance Services and parades across the area along…

Langholm Alliance: Update on Community Plan
Donna Hislop, Community Enterprise Manager, brings us up to speed…

Post Office's future discussed at meeting
Canonbie residents gather to hear the options for valuable village…

Langholm familiarisation visit for Council leader
Gail Macgregor, leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council was invited…

Moderator inspires worshipers at Canonbie
Church is packed to hear uplifting service from church leader…

Urgent action required in face of diminished services
1,000+ signature petition endorses demands Langholm’s ailing health services are…

Public meeting on future of Canonbie Post Office
Week: 43 | 26th October 2023 | Canonbie Community NewsFollowing the news that Canonbie Post Office and shop were up for sale and the postmaster was planning…

Bleat and Blether ’bout Blackface wool
Week: 43 | 26th October 2023 | Community Farming and EnvironmentCreation Mill staff debunk the myth that common wool has limited use Emma Duncan and Lewis Jackson represented…

Rothbury 'Looks North' to Langholm for guidance
Week: 42 | 19th October 2023 | Community NewsThe team at BBC look North got in touch with the team at Tarras Valley last week to…

High profile minister to visit Canonbie
Week: 42 | 19th October 2023 | Canonbie Community E&L Life NewsAnthony Lane tells of perfect ending to Church’s bi-centenary events A special visitor will be coming to Canonbie…

Appeal for help with gardens
Week: 42 | 19th October 2023 | Community Gardening Lifestyle NewsMargaret Pool writes; A number of folk will recall that back in the 1990s, one of the Langholm…

Langholm Flood Scheme dead in the water
Week: 41 | 12th October 2023 | Community NewsPlug pulled on original £10 million defences In last week’s E&L, Cllr Denis Male reported that at a…

Old Copshaw hostlery closes its doors
One of Newcastleton’s longest-established businesses has closed down. The Liddesdale…

Xcel is eighteen!
This week marks 18 years of the Xcel Project! The…

Doing the Wright thing for Sycamore Gap
Amazing offer by Canonbie Sawmill owners Canonbie sawmill owners Steve…

The 171st Langholm Show
The day of the 171st Langholm Show dawned and Langholm…

Sensational new sensory room for Langholm Youth project
Xcel has provided one of the best publicly accessible sensory…

Loreburn remains 'wholly committed' to Murtholm
E&L interviews housing association chief executive Kirsteen McGinn The E&L…

Langholm Forum contacts Holyrood
Warbla petition prompts invitation to Gougeon Following an excellent response…

Outdoor Fun in the September sun
We catch up with our young friends at Langholm Playcare…

Indefinite delay for Murtholm development
Loreburn announce moratorium on new-builds But promise Langholm project is…

Erskine Church saga reaches the airwaves
Denise Irving-Lang to be interviewed by Radio Scotland It’s encouraging…

Eskdale & Liddesdale schools declared safe
No RAAC detected in preliminary inspections Councillor Denis Male contacted…

Langholm Day Centre grow their own
There’s nothing quite like the taste of home-grown tomatoes and…