More rural housing options are needed
Week: 25 | 22nd June 2020 | NewsMore houses and more affordable homes will benefit everyone
Villagers land £850k
Week: 25 | 19th June 2020 | Community NewsLand Fund award will enable Newcastleton to buy Holm Hill
Four months to raise £5.4m to buy our moor
Week: 25 | 18th June 2020 | Community NewsLangholm offered £1m grant but time is tight to raise the rest
Have your say on X95
Week: 24 | 17th June 2020 | NewsBORDERS Buses, which runs the X95 in Eskdale, continues to prepare for restarting the service once it’s safe…
£1m in grants to help rural schools connect
Week: 24 | 16th June 2020 | NewsRural businesses and residents to get better internet access, too
Essential work only on electricity cables
Week: 24 | 15th June 2020 | NewsAnd water company reassures residents that dirty water is safe
Delicate balancing act
Grouse moor management can benefit raptors, says new report
Full steam ahead in Borders railway battle
Campaign over whether it’s an Eskdale or a Liddesdale route
EWM suppliers act over unpaid millions
Bangladeshi manufacturers allege company owes them £27m
Co-operative store’s fundraising fanatics
Co-op staff raise vital funds for Scottish mental health charity
£34m given to help business stay afloat
3,000 businesses in Dumfries and Galloway are being supported
Giant windfarm plan faces more opposition
Energy company steps up bid to secure government consent
Unpaid carers urged to get help with PPE
Health service is making access to personal equipment a priority
Crossing the border remains an anomaly
The government guidance is clear but cross-border life goes on
The wonders of walking
CAROLYN Cuthbert and her husband Ian (Cuthy) have made the…
A monument to key workers
Langholm says thank you in an appropriate and spectacular fashion
Make an impact: volunteer
Helping out is a rewarding way to take and interest…
Virus hardship funds are open for business
Enterprise agency and councils are focusing on tailored support
Grand designs
Week: 21 | 22nd May 2020 | News SportThree potential options being considered
Government may ease lockdown next week
Week: 21 | 21st May 2020 | NewsLangholm businesses respond to news of fewer restrictions
Everything stops for tea
Week: 20 | 20th May 2020 | Community NewsTHE Jeffrey family of Henry Street, Langholm got into the swing of things for the VE Day 75th anniversary…
Shankend aerial combat
Week: 20 | 20th May 2020 | ReportersBy Bruce McCartney of Langholm THE article in the E&L about Shankend and ghostly voices on tape brought…
Physio celebrates her patient’s full recovery
Week: 20 | 20th May 2020 | NewsLangholm therapist will remember camaraderie and optimism
July date for town’s flood scheme order
Week: 20 | 18th May 2020 | NewsMore public engagement is planned over council’s £8m project
Town gets tested
THE coronavirus mobile testing unit will return to Langholm on…
Fears raised on spread of virus into Eskdale
UK government’s relaxation of restrictions causes confusion
Drug capsule maker boosts clinical trials
Company’s Langholm owner: I feel it’s a worthwhile investment TWO…
Extra event support
DUMFRIESSHIRE MSP Oliver Mundell has called on the Scottish government…
Virus under control
Scottish Borders records no deaths in the first five days…
Heartfelt thanks
P4 pupils send letters to our key workers THE children…
Moor crowdfunder kicks off with £100k
Community buy-out appeals to the public to help raise £3m
Windfarm company take on MoD in court
Petition on seismic budget allocation will go to judicial review…
What a boring survey
ANOTHER Clap for Carers is coming up tonight. It’s strangely…
A look around at life in lockdown
“It was the best of times, it was the worst…
Tributes to Scott
A lovely, humble, young friend to many THE people of…
Rural testing pledge
NHS to expand its service into hot-spots in rural communities…
Big benefits for community
Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | Community NewsMany groups in the area receive funding from the Ewe Hill 16 THE delivery of digital skills in…
Don't abuse the site
Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | LettersAS THE lockdown continues, it is understandable that everyone is becoming increasingly anxious and stressed and some frustrations…
Petition calls for Day to reinstate workers
Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | NewsStaff made redundant should be furloughed, say MSP and MP A PETITION has been launched in Fife urging…
Kitchen is dumped and set on fire
Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | Farming and Environment NewsA COMPLETE kitchen has been dumped and set on fire near Newcastleton.Police are appealing for information after the…
Nature wins in £6m sale of special moor
Week: 18 | 30th April 2020 | NewsA PRICE tag of £6m has been put on more than 10,000 acres of land in Langholm being…
Bags of love for the NHS
Week: 17 | 24th April 2020 | Community NewsA LABOUR of love to support NHS workers has sewing machines in Langholm going at full steam.
MSP supports EWM redundant workers
Willie Rennie has appealed to Philip Day to reverse the…
Couple’s wedding is put on hold by virus
Langholm bride and groom will have to wait to make…
Action on south
Team SOS is ready to support businesses WORKING as one…
No pause on flood scheme disappoints
THE council team in charge of developing Langholm’s flood protection…
100 not out for Jean
CENTENARIAN Jean McKie celebrated her 100th birthday on Monday with…
£83,000 for Eskdale
NEARLY £83,000 is being pumped into Eskdale’s economy through the…
Jobs at risk at mill after orders dry up
MOST of the 16 employees at Drove Weaving in Langholm…
EWM cancels orders with Asian suppliers
Millions of pounds worth of lost business has been catastrophic…
Boost for flood victims
FORTY households in Newcastleton, hit by floods during Storm Dennis…
Langholmite in lockdown
By Ken Turk WE ARE now into our fourth week…
Nurse catches virus from hospital patient
Langholm woman had sore throat, cough and was short of…
Eggs-actly what’s needed
THE Easter Bunny did not let down the children of…
