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
Week: 20 | 15th May 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsAfter months of work and training, Elizabeth and staff finally start their new venture In what was a…
A quality quartet
Week: 19 | 8th May 2025 | Community NewsAnother healthy contingent of fine young men put theirnames forward to join the honourable list of Langholm Cornets…
Eighty years since Victory in Europe
Week: 19 | 8th May 2025 | Community E&L Life NewsA poignant reminder of resilience and unity rising from adversity VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, is…
New Post Office opens on Tuesday
Week: 19 | 8th May 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsIt’s countdown now until the new post office opens on Tuesday 13th at 1pm and everyone is invited…
End of Langholm banking era as BoS closes its doors
Week: 18 | 1st May 2025 | Community NewsScotland’s oldest bank bows out of High Street The Bank of Scotland on Langholm High Street closes its…
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…
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…
A healing moorland…
Sphagnum moss wound dressings during the Second World War By…
NHS D&G announces massive funding shortfall
Board seeks public support to manage £33.6 million funding gap…
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…
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…
Some beautiful moments in LAODS’ latest show
Week: 13 | 27th March 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community NewsAnnie Get Your Gun is chock-full of love, laughter and some damn fine singing…don’t miss it! It’s ‘Opera…
Parking restrictions and 20mph limit from next week
Week: 12 | 20th March 2025 | Community NewsBy the end of March, the speed limit throughout the town of Langholm will be 20mph starting at…
A well-used community resource for over 30 years
Week: 12 | 20th March 2025 | Community E&L Life NewsMairi Telford Jammeh takes a look at what goes on at Langholm’s Community Centre Langholm community centre has…
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”…
Community Council hears from concerned residents
Number of derelict sites in the town is a major…
Huge local reaction to news of proposed goat cull
Social media alight and petition raised following announcement by Oxygen…
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…
Grapes Hotel holds crisis meeting with villagers
“Frankly if I followed pure logic, I would close the…
For age there’s no limit in the world of Burns
Young and old gather in Langholm and Gilnockie to celebrate…
Eskdalemuir's Hub generate Eowyn warmth
But Scottish Power falls short of supporting othervulnerable customers after…
Copshaw on the the cusp of red and amber for Éowyn
Health Centre provided a Warm Hub throughout the storm By Gilly…
Update on long-awaited Townfoot Sports Centre
Presentation of latest designs sketches for project The Townfoot Sports…
Touching tributes to an incredible young man
Both the Langholm Primary and Secondary schools and the Xcel…
Langholm’s firefighters are the pride of D & G
Best Dumfries and Galloway Fire Station for 2024/2025 awarded to…
Langholm’s ‘model’ citizen hits the highlights in Milan
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community E&L Life NewsProud Langholm Mum, Deborah Laidlaw, set off on a four-flight journey last weekend to visit her fashion model…
Langholm Housing Needs survey – the results are in!
Week: 03 | 16th January 2025 | Community NewsExceptional response captures the views of 24% of the town’s population “With no future prospect of suitable accommodation…
'Carter's Rest'
Week: 03 | 16th January 2025 | Community E&L Life Nostalgia…US President in Langholm After the news of the death of the Ex-President Jimmy Carter, the E&L took…
Langholm Fire Station wins ‘best in D&G’
Week: 51 | 19th December 2024 | Community NewsAudit of regional facilities puts Langholm on the top rung! Another public service in Langholm has come out…
Cumberland commits to Langholm High Street
Week: 50 | 12th December 2024 | Community NewsBuilding society seeks to assure customers that it has no plans to follow the course of the other…
Serious inaction by D&G Council
Week: 50 | 12th December 2024 | Community NewsLetter to the Editor I am writing again to express my deep concern regarding the unsafe, deteriorating state…
Busy first meeting for new community council
Unclear how access to LEWCC finances will be resolved and…
Another blow to Langholm as Skinyards set to close
Up to 10 jobs to be lost as 176-year-old employer…
A new future for three local churches
By Anthony Lane Many readers of the E&L will be…
King Charles honours dedicated Langholm bandsman with MBE
David Calvert is presented with his medal by Lord Lieutenant…
Erskine Church is on a downward ‘spire-al’…
After contact with the owner, it appears thatthe eyesore will…
At the going down of the sun and in the morning…
Eskdale remembers… Langholm, once more, remembered the fallen of all…
Castleholm is officially in community hands
Landmark deal sees cherished land transferred to the people of…
Hope Hospital shines in Excellence in Care inspection
The Thomas Hope hospital in Langholm recently had a six-month…
Emergency services rescue woman from chilly River Esk
Firefighters from Langholm, Annan, Dumfries and Gala required as water…
Disappointment with LINK’S response to cash worries
Cash machine company not a lot of help in finding…
Holiday village plans for Irvine House and grounds
Buccleuch’s vision for up to 150 lodges couldbenefit Langholm businesses…
Eskdale has fitting finalists for D&G Life awards
Regional recognition in prestigious shortlist for inspirational locals Two Eskdale…
