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
Week: 20 | 15th May 2020 | NewsTHE coronavirus mobile testing unit will return to Langholm on Friday, May 22.
Fears raised on spread of virus into Eskdale
Week: 20 | 14th May 2020 | NewsUK 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
Many groups in the area receive funding from the Ewe…
Don't abuse the site
AS THE lockdown continues, it is understandable that everyone is…
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
Week: 17 | 24th April 2020 | NewsLangholm bride and groom will have to wait to make their vows HE venues were booked, the flowers…
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…
Action on south
Team SOS is ready to support businesses WORKING as one…
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
Paramedic is committed to the service ONG-SERVING paramedic Hazel Jeffrey…
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
Week: 15 | 10th April 2020 | NewsRedundancies were “out of the blue” and “heartless”, it’s claimed STAFF made redundant by Edinburgh Woollen Mill say…
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
FIVE miles along a rough forestry track north of Eskdalemuir…
