Triumphant return for Fiddle Club
Week: 10 | 9th March 2023 | Arts and Entertainment Community NewsPacked house as musicians converge on Langholm Langholm Accordion & Fiddle Club made a welcome return after what…
Movement at Murtholm
Week: 09 | 2nd March 2023 | Community NewsAfter four years, delight as work finally starts on 200-home development It may be a while before we…
Moor funding is nowt to grouse about!
Week: 09 | 2nd March 2023 | Community Farming and Environment NewsAward will improve iconic birds’ wild Langholm habitat A project to restore upland habitats, including Langholm Moor, for…
Leo proves he’s top dog!
Week: 09 | 2nd March 2023 | Community Newcastleton NewsYoungster lands debut win in canine competition Newcastleton youngster Leo Page got off to the best possible start…
High Noon at the Eyesore
Week: 09 | 2nd March 2023 | Community NewsAs Erskine campaigners finally met with the council last week, the E&L’s NICK BROWNLEE was there to witness…
Fugitive Neville behind bars
Week: 08 | 23rd February 2023 | Canonbie Community NewsFugitive Neville behind bars A Canonbie car dealer, who helped two killers flee the country, is behind bars…
D-Day for Erskine campaigners
Council chief to visit Langholm Eyesore Hundreds sign petition demanding…
ON THE RUN
• Canonbie conspirator avoids arrest• Neville’s lenient sentence increased• He…
Wattie great idea for Langholm’s ace Arch!
Facelift will transform short-cut into community info point A well-known…
A fine farewell to a true son of Langholm
OBITUARY: James Grieve Hotson (1945-2023) Hundreds of people attended a…
‘I unfolded it – and almost wept’
Found: the 260-year-old map at the heart of Langholm’s history…
‘I ask myself why? But there will never be an answer’
A year ago, Veronika Zolotoverkha fled the war in Ukraine…
Funding bonanza for Langholm charities
Grants secure future for local groups and communities It’s been…
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!
Langholm seal promotion As the referee’s whistle blew to signal…
Murtholm care homes ‘in 18 months’
Plans to build 35 homes for elderly and disabled people…
Cannabis plant for Langholm
Medicinal cannabis to be grown in Muckle Toon £2m ‘farm’…
Road is like ‘a badly ploughed, frozen field’
More pothole horror stories revealed by E&L readers It’s not…
Ewes Ladies launch Burns Season
The Burns Night season got off to a splendid start…
Hole-y unacceptable!
Week: 03 | 19th January 2023 | Community NewsLangholm pothole misery grows Fed-up residents contact E&L The pothole plague affecting roads in and around Langholm is…
The girl who’s putting a new spin on the humble Frisbee
Week: 03 | 19th January 2023 | Community News SportGB star Amelia is tipped for the top – and the pride of her Langholm family Had I…
‘Roger was one of a kind’
Week: 02 | 12th January 2023 | Community NewsFond farewell to self-taught musician from Newcastleton The traditional music community lost one of its best-loved members on…
Christmas fun for Benty Kids
Week: 02 | 12th January 2023 | Community NewsBy Mairi Telford Jammeh A super party for the children of Westerkirk was held in the Benty Hall…
'This road is a death trap!'
Week: 02 | 12th January 2023 | Community Newcastleton NewsLives could be put at risk unless action is taken to repair “crater-sized” potholes on a road near…
Merry Christmas, and many thanks!
Week: 51 | 22nd December 2022 | Community NewsYou’ve made it a special year… let’s do it again in 2023 From all of us at the…
New Year, new Hope?
Optimism over hospital’s future after NHS meeting The New Year…
Scrooge... a fantastic Christmas Present!
By Alison Aston Photos by : Veronika Zolotoverkha What a…
An Xcel-lent Christmas party!
Almost 60 youngsters enjoyed a brilliant Youth Club Christmas VIP…
Lockerbie suspect 'deserves death penalty' - prosecutor
Scottish justice not tough enough says former attorney general The…
Bone-chilling!
Folk shiver as we head for coldest December in 10…
Have a very Happy Copshaw Christmas
Over the years, Copshaw’s Christmas lights switch-on has taken place…
What the Dickens? It’s Panto time!
Very few seats left for this year’s Muckle Toon Extravaganza…
‘There’s no justice!
Outcry in court as killers’ accomplice walks free Community order…
What a brolly good show!
Langholm’s wonderful Umbrella Walkers raise a record £30k There’s be…
‘Insult, apathy and indifference’
Council slammed over response to Erskine eyesore petition Council bosses…
We’re in the money!
Local projects share latest windfarm windfall cash A Langholm-based business,…
After predator kills his hens, Wattie declares WAR!
Living alone in remote Winterhope, Wattie Rutherford’s only companions were…
The day the storm came
Week: 47 | 24th November 2022 | Community NewsRemembering Arwen, November 26, 2021 When Arwen stormed through Eskdale, it caused enormous amounts of devastation in the…
Gavin gets the gong!
Week: 46 | 17th November 2022 | Arts and Entertainment Community NewsPassionate volunteer recognised at top awards event Congratulations to E&L columnist Gavin Graham whose sterling work as a…
Tarras dream is now a reality
Week: 46 | 17th November 2022 | Community News£2.2m community buy-out finally official after deal signed It’s official: the Tarras Valley Nature Reserve has now doubled…
End of an era as John shuts up shop
Week: 46 | 17th November 2022 | Community NewsLangholm legend to retire after 50 years behind counter A stalwart Langholm shopkeeper is finally hanging up his…
Rural communities may miss out on energy aid
Week: 45 | 10th November 2022 | Community Farming and Environment NewsPeople living in rural areas in Scotland could end up getting a fraction of the energy support payments…
Pyromusical Perfection
Week: 45 | 10th November 2022 | Community NewsHats off to the organisers and sponsors as thousands descend on the Muckle Toon for a spectacular musical…
A walk on the mild side!
New handrail takes the pain out of Gaskells route A…
Ladies' Burns Club celebrates 75 glorious years
Ladies enjoy speeches and afternoon tea on special anniversary day…
Whita seat replaced
Langholm Walks Group, in cooperation with the Castle Craig’s Club,…
Brighten your day: try growing pumpkins!
Versatile plant is not just for Halloween, says E&L garden…
Langholm war hero was my cousin!
Harry, 85, will receive medal for lad killed in Cyprus…
Business as usual for Langholm
League leaders in the crosshairs after clinical win HAWICK LINDEN…
Changing times – but as it prepares to celebrate 200 years Canonbie’s church remains a symbol of community
Canonbie, October 2022: Anthony Lane, a Church of Scotland Elder,…
Search for family of hero Andy
Langholm lad was victim of ‘forgotten war’ Nearly 400 died…
All change at the Copshaw Kitchen
By Gilly Fraser A popular eating spot in Newcastleton is…
A new HQ – and no kidding!
Xcel’s hub ‘opens the door to ambition’ in Langholm By…
Mortuary: DIY U-turn
Now undertaker WILL be able use hospital morgue Health chiefs…
Dumfries to host Agri & Rural Affairs Conference
Young farmers from across the country will be flocking to…
