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!
Week: 51 | 21st December 2023 | Community E&L Life NewsLast Saturday night, the wind got up to such a level that it blew the town’s very tall…
It's an ill windfarm that blows no good
Week: 50 | 14th December 2023 | Canonbie Community E&L Life News£87,000 Ewe Hill Funds awarded to local projects in Annandale and Eskdale The Dumfriesshire East Community Benefits Group…
‘Is our voice even heard?’
Week: 49 | 7th December 2023 | Community NewsNHS Dumfries and Galloway executives attend first of hopefully many meetings Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk Community Council invited…
Road safety concerns at Langholm Primary school
Week: 48 | 30th November 2023 | Community NewsConcerned parents have produced a detailed report on the alarming lack of measures in place Gillian and Kevin…
High heid yins head for Thomas Hope meeting
Meeting with Health and Social Care to thrash out Langholm’s…
Langholm Alliance: Update on Community Plan
Donna Hislop, Community Enterprise Manager, brings us up to speed…
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…
Post Office's future discussed at meeting
Canonbie residents gather to hear the options for valuable village…
Moderator inspires worshipers at Canonbie
Church is packed to hear uplifting service from church leader…
Langholm familiarisation visit for Council leader
Gail Macgregor, leader of Dumfries and Galloway Council was invited…
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
Following the news that Canonbie Post Office and shop were…
Bleat and Blether ’bout Blackface wool
Creation Mill staff debunk the myth that common wool has…
Rothbury 'Looks North' to Langholm for guidance
The team at BBC look North got in touch with…
High profile minister to visit Canonbie
Anthony Lane tells of perfect ending to Church’s bi-centenary events…
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
Week: 41 | 12th October 2023 | Community Newcastleton NewsOne of Newcastleton’s longest-established businesses has closed down. The Liddesdale Hotel in Douglas Square has been at the…
Xcel is eighteen!
Week: 41 | 12th October 2023 | Community NewsThis week marks 18 years of the Xcel Project! The project started in 2005 and was initially run…
Doing the Wright thing for Sycamore Gap
Week: 40 | 5th October 2023 | Canonbie Community NewsAmazing offer by Canonbie Sawmill owners Canonbie sawmill owners Steve and Tara Wright have made an amazing offer…
Loreburn remains 'wholly committed' to Murtholm
Week: 39 | 28th September 2023 | Community NewsE&L interviews housing association chief executive Kirsteen McGinn The E&L intends to keep asking questions and reporting back…
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…
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…
In-spired Thinking?
After 20 years, planning permission is sought for removal of…
Frustration grows over Murtholm delay
Work may not now begin until 2025 Loreburn “still committed”…
Councillor seeks solution to derelict Ford Mill site
Following several complaints from townspeople regarding the state of the…
Holm Hill hits home with new funding
UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund to provide lion’s share It’s…
Enough is Enough!
Week: 28 | 13th July 2023 | Community NewsPetition for vital health services to be restored to Langholm A petition has been launched demanding a decision…
Walkers are Welcome
Week: 28 | 13th July 2023 | Community Lifestyle NewsWalking back to happiness as new Langholm Walks website goes live Langholm Walks, which promotes a variety of…
Children’s author makes a return to his Copshaw roots
Week: 28 | 13th July 2023 | Arts and Entertainment Community NewcastletonFamily collaboration over 4,200 miles leads to potential series of books When artist Paula Downey and children’s author…
Dozens take their ‘First Bite’
Week: 27 | 6th July 2023 | Community NewsNicole ‘very busy’ as her long-awaited new café opens in the Market Place It’s always great news when…
Threat of minimum class sizes is worrying parents
Week: 27 | 6th July 2023 | Community NewsAs D&G grapples with the funding gap, rural schools may suffer Parents of pupils at Langholm Academy say…
25 years of down-right uniqueness
Week: 27 | 6th July 2023 | Arts and Entertainment Community Gilly Fraser Newcastleton NewsCopshaw Common Riding fills the heart and mind with something only the initiated understand It was the kind…
The march of the windfarms
80-turbine EDF site now planned for Liddesdale Plans for yet…
Al takes the editor’s chair
Born and bred Langholm man takes charge of the E&L…
The heat is on!
Eskdalemuir hotter than Europe, and June heatwave to continue Our…
Great ambassadors
Historically, when Langholm’s Front Three have visited other Common Ridings,…
Sound as a pound!
Historic deal sees Old School become vibrant community hub Langholm…
Keepin' up wi' Chris
DERBY DAY: Cornet Elect Christopher Tait and Right hand Man Ruairi…
Pitch up at the field of dreams
Folk from around the world just love Langholm’s revamped caravan…
Boom time for Muckle Toon?
Eco boss: Langholm will benefit from moor profits By Gilly…
Keepin' up wi' Chris
Langholm Cornet Christopher Tait, along with his Right and Left…
Music to our ears
Cello maestro Will, 15, puts Langholm on the map Will…
Murtholm: delay misery continues
Work on housing and bridge project now on ice until…
‘You’ve made my dream come true!’
New Cornet Chris celebrates ‘mindblowing’ election win, and vows to…
