Nurse catches virus from hospital patient
Week: 16 | 17th April 2020 | Community NewsLangholm woman had sore throat, cough and was short of breath A LANGHOLM nurse, who works at the…
Eggs-actly what’s needed
Week: 16 | 17th April 2020 | Community NewsTHE Easter Bunny did not let down the children of Canonbie last weekend, overcoming the difficulties posed by…
Langholm gets £60k boost for shopfronts
Week: 16 | 17th April 2020 | NewsA TOWN centre improvement scheme, which provides half of the funding to upgrade commercial property frontages in Langholm,…
On the frontline
Week: 16 | 17th April 2020 | NewsParamedic is committed to the service ONG-SERVING paramedic Hazel Jeffrey is among those who have found themselves on…
Full support promised after exams cancelled
Week: 16 | 16th April 2020 | News SchoolHeadteacher pledges that no exam pupil will be disadvantaged. NO LANGHOLM Academy pupils, due to sit their exams…
Horseracing BRIAN Hughes, who rides regularly for James Ewart Racing of Langholm, has been crowned champion jump jockey…
Kia ora from Aotearoa
by Heather Kennedyof Newcastleton HELLO from New Zealand or Land…
Centre progress
PROGRESS on redeveloping the Townfoot Sports Centre in Langholm continues.During…
Rainbows shine a light
THE rainbow pictures, which have been appearing in windows all…
EWM denies it has treated staff badly
Redundancies were “out of the blue” and “heartless”, it’s claimed…
Care for our carers
NEW immigration rules are coming into place, barring “unskilled” workers…
Don’t ignore vital grants
Council encourages application ESKDALE businesses could miss out on emergency…
Virus setback for Murtholm housing
Scheme is delayed by three months but could still be…
Brown’s the Butcher opens
A welcome new shop as High Street starts to make…
Day’s tree appeal dismissed
PHILLIP Day, owner of The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, has lost…
London in lockdown
A Langholm man’s perspective on the capital in quarantine By…
Amazing support from the community
Langholm COVID-19 support group garners 900 members We are living…
The Rainbow Connection
Following the coronavirus lockdown, many families in Langholm have decided…
AMAZING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY
Week: 14 | 2nd April 2020 | NewsWe are living in a time of crisis and it’s heartwarming to know that people all over the…
Lockdown in the Land of the Long White Cloud
Week: 14 | 2nd April 2020 | ReportersRhea Cavers AFTER a couple of months of travelling round the gorgeous north island of New Zealand, I…
Walk the Walk
Week: 14 | 2nd April 2020 | Lifestyle ReportersE&L Life columnist Gavin Graham has an ambition to walk on as many of Scotland’s islands as possible.…
Money does grow on trees in Eskdalemuir
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | NewsFIVE miles along a rough forestry track north of Eskdalemuir and you come to the old steading at…
Langholm goes live!
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | Arts and Entertainment NewsA NEW project has been started during this difficult time of social distancing and isolation and it is…
Village at odds with official flood report
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | NewsDiaries show residents were left to cope on their own in storm CRITICISM has been levelled against Scottish…
Health helpline set up to manage more demand
NHS24 opens dedicated service as a response to virus crisis…
Virus may put paid to most treasured event
Common Riding cannot take place in its customary way THERE…
Electric vehicle ports coming to Langholm
Council is waiting for a sub-station to be built on…
£3.5m price tag to buy Langholm Moor
Private donations and crowd-funding will be essential to success AT…
Joint response
DUMFRIES and Galloway Council leader Elaine Murray has called a…
Community rallies to support people at risk
COMMUNITY and business life in Eskdale and Liddesdale is grinding…
Langholm teenager is elected to parliament
Cameron is keen to start his fledgling parliamentary career A…
Region poised to deal with potential outbreak
All 33 tests for virus in Dumfries and Galloway are…
Project awarded £600k
Trust to develop Buccleuch House for learning and enterprise MORE…
Moorland purchase reaches critical stage
EXCLUSIVE: Public urged to get behind buy-out and sign petition…
Cleaning up the Liddel
EWCASTLETON Wildlife Club members braved more rain last Friday to…
Patrons follow lunch with a talk
CAMPBELL Scott, a trustee of the Langholm Initiative and project…
Community ownership conference a great success
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsA MAJOR conference for public sector organisations and communities all over southern Scotland focused on the future of…
OH CALAMITY!
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | Arts and Entertainment NewsIT’S hotting up for the cast of Calamity Jane after their move from rehearsals in the Telford Room…
Return to glass proving successful
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsBOTTLED milk is making a comeback in Langholm, thanks to the environmentally-aware retailer J M Ritchie at his…
Call for a rethink on town’s flood barriers
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsResidents seek a pause in the process after concerns voiced OPPOSITION to a comprehensive flood protection scheme in…
Sports centre group makes good progress
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | NewsDesign feasibility study will be ready for the public during May THE group investigating the redevelopment of a…
Roger to step down from chairman’s job
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | Common Riding NewsHe followed in his father’s footsteps to lead the Common Riding THE chairman of the Common Riding members…
£10,000 is raised so far for village flood victims
Donations pour in as Newcastleton residents clear out houses A…
Objections rise over flood protection plan
Walls and embankments lining the rivers are not very popular…
Launch of Digital Hub
THE South of Scotland Skills and Learning Network Digital Hub…
D&G to face £11m cut to services budget
Rethink by SNP government called for by councillors DUMFRIES and Galloway…
Survey will identify windfarm funding
Group encouraging people to use questionnaire to propose ideas A…
Devastating flood rages through seventy homes
River bursts its banks leaving residents wading through water up…
Floods, Gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
ESKDALE and Liddesdale were battered by Storm Ciara last weekend…
Fashion regenerated
TURNING scrap fabrics into eye-catching and colourful clothes and showcasing…
Upland bursary for Langholm ceramicist
Organisation will provide programme of mentoring and support EMERGING ceramic…
Oz flags fly at tower
Perth couple send flags in memory of their border ancestors…
Moor buy-out deadline approaches
THE Langholm Initiative is continuing to work towards a community…
Plan for troubled kids’ school must go public
Company urged to talk to Langholm residents about proposal CONCERNS…
