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
Week: 12 | 19th March 2020 | NewsPrivate donations and crowd-funding will be essential to success AT LEAST £3.5m will have to be raised in…
Joint response
Week: 12 | 19th March 2020 | NewsDUMFRIES and Galloway Council leader Elaine Murray has called a full meeting of members tomorrow to consider swift…
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…
Call for a rethink on town’s flood barriers
Residents seek a pause in the process after concerns voiced…
Sports centre group makes good progress
Design feasibility study will be ready for the public during…
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
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | NewsDonations pour in as Newcastleton residents clear out houses A FUNDRAISING campaign launched after the devastating flood in…
Objections rise over flood protection plan
Week: 09 | 27th February 2020 | NewsWalls and embankments lining the rivers are not very popular flood protection scheme for Langholm, which would line…
Launch of Digital Hub
Week: 08 | 20th February 2020 | NewsTHE South of Scotland Skills and Learning Network Digital Hub at Dumfries and Galloway College has been launched.…
D&G to face £11m cut to services budget
Week: 08 | 20th February 2020 | NewsRethink by SNP government called for by councillors DUMFRIES and Galloway Council faces £11m worth of cuts in services…
Survey will identify windfarm funding
Week: 08 | 20th February 2020 | NewsGroup encouraging people to use questionnaire to propose ideas A GROUP, which distributes windfarm benefit funds, is conducting…
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…
Floods, gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
Eskdale and Liddesdale struggle through atrocious winter weather this week…
Plugging the hole in lost European funds
Council writes to politicians to ask for their support post-Brexit…
Krakow and the real horrors of Auschwitz
An account of a visit to this marvellous city and…
Council struggles over windfarm objection
Community councillors debate the need for more wind turbines TWO…
Rural poverty missed
Deprivation index is biased towards urban not rural locations EW…
Langholm cannabis oil factory gets go-ahead
Week: 06 | 6th February 2020 | NewsA number hurdles still to cross but it’s a step in right direction MULTI-MILLION investment in cannabis oil…
Popular event packs out hall
Week: 05 | 30th January 2020 | NewsEVERY seat was filled in Newcastleton village hall for the annual Holm Show coffee morning last Saturday. It’s…
Copshaw in spotlight as campaign launches
Week: 05 | 30th January 2020 | NewsScotland Starts Here will raise profile to attract more tourists A NEW tourism drive for the Scottish Borders…
Log wagon driver admits killing cyclist
Week: 05 | 30th January 2020 | NewsCanonbie trucker admits causing death by careless driving CANONBIE trucker has been found not guilty of causing the…
Expanding industry needs more workers
Week: 05 | 30th January 2020 | NewsLangholm and Hawick collaborate on textile training course A GROWTH in demand for workers in the textile industry…
Vital public service will not be lost to Langholm
Week: 05 | 30th January 2020 | NewsGood news for both locals and visitors THE news that Langholm’s two public toilets will not be affected…
Low wages contribute to more food bank use
Report shows a 22 per cent rise in use in…
Food parcels are only the start
HAZEL Thompson, manager at Kate’s Kitchen, has watched demand steadily…
Positive response to holiday pod proposal
Business wants to expand park to attract more overnight visitors…
Town’s ambition to be a creative place
OutPost Arts receives funding to run art clubs for all…
Up to 20 turbines are on cards for Bentpath
Developer proposes to construct a windfarm in Meggat Valley A…
Libby... the finest girl!
A SENSATIONAL performance on the ice produced an astounding first-round…
Call to act quickly over dangerous Eskdale road - Water pours on to the A7 at same spot as an earlier landslide
HEAVY rain and high winds disrupted travel last Saturday and…
Sounds of the past - Original school bell to be rehung at the new primary
AN IMPORTANT piece of Langholm’s heritage has been rescued and…
A previous year test
Academy plant sale flourishes
IT’S time to get planting so make a bee-line for…
A most exciting year for initiative team: Langholm body calls for public to attend AGM and find out more
THE Langholm Initiative has been here for 25 years writes…
Chance to buy land offers a “new dawn”: Consultation underway on the potential purchase of Holm Hill
A COMMUNITY buy-out of Holm Hill will provide a new…
