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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
Week: 17 | 24th April 2020 | NewsWillie Rennie has appealed to Philip Day to reverse the decision EDINBURGH Woollen Mill made a “cruel decision”…
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…
Langholm gets £60k boost for shopfronts
A TOWN centre improvement scheme, which provides half of the…
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
Week: 15 | 13th April 2020 | Reportersby Heather Kennedyof Newcastleton HELLO from New Zealand or Land of the Long White Cloud, as the Maori…
Centre progress
Week: 15 | 13th April 2020 | NewsPROGRESS on redeveloping the Townfoot Sports Centre in Langholm continues.During the COVID-19 pandemic the working group, who manage…
Rainbows shine a light
Week: 15 | 13th April 2020 | NewsTHE rainbow pictures, which have been appearing in windows all over Langholm, have inspired an idea for a…
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
We are living in a time of crisis and it’s…
Lockdown in the Land of the Long White Cloud
Rhea Cavers AFTER a couple of months of travelling round…
Walk the Walk
E&L Life columnist Gavin Graham has an ambition to walk…
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
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | NewsNHS24 opens dedicated service as a response to virus crisis AN ADVICE line, supported by NHS24, has been…
Virus may put paid to most treasured event
Week: 13 | 26th March 2020 | NewsCommon Riding cannot take place in its customary way THERE will be no Langholm Cornet this year. The…
Electric vehicle ports coming to Langholm
Week: 12 | 19th March 2020 | NewsCouncil is waiting for a sub-station to be built on the Kilngreen WORK is progressing to install electric…
£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
A MAJOR conference for public sector organisations and communities all…
OH CALAMITY!
IT’S hotting up for the cast of Calamity Jane after…
Return to glass proving successful
BOTTLED milk is making a comeback in Langholm, thanks to…
