Amazing support from the community
Week: 14 | 3rd April 2020 | NewsLangholm COVID-19 support group garners 900 members We are living in a time of crisis and it’s heartwarming…
The Rainbow Connection
Week: 14 | 2nd April 2020 | Lifestyle NewsFollowing the coronavirus lockdown, many families in Langholm have decided to spread some cheer to their neighbours by…
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!
A NEW project has been started during this difficult time…
Village at odds with official flood report
Diaries show residents were left to cope on their own…
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
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsEWCASTLETON Wildlife Club members braved more rain last Friday to take part in the Great Borders River Clean.…
Patrons follow lunch with a talk
Week: 10 | 5th March 2020 | NewsCAMPBELL Scott, a trustee of the Langholm Initiative and project leader for the proposed community sports centre in…
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
Design feasibility study will be ready for the public during…
Roger to step down from chairman’s job
He followed in his father’s footsteps to lead the Common…
£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
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsTHE Langholm Initiative is continuing to work towards a community buy-out of Langholm Moor. Feasibility studies are now…
Plan for troubled kids’ school must go public
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsCompany urged to talk to Langholm residents about proposal CONCERNS have been raised with a Langholm councillor about…
Floods, gales, ice and snow a typical Scottish February
Week: 07 | 13th February 2020 | NewsEskdale and Liddesdale struggle through atrocious winter weather this week Scotland said officers all over Dumfries and Galloway…
Plugging the hole in lost European funds
Week: 06 | 6th February 2020 | NewsCouncil writes to politicians to ask for their support post-Brexit A EUROPEAN programme, which has funded organisations in…
Krakow and the real horrors of Auschwitz
Week: 06 | 6th February 2020 | NewsAn account of a visit to this marvellous city and its bleak past Last week marked the 75th…
Council struggles over windfarm objection
Week: 06 | 6th February 2020 | NewsCommunity councillors debate the need for more wind turbines TWO new giant windfarms, proposed for sites near Langholm,…
Rural poverty missed
Deprivation index is biased towards urban not rural locations EW…
Langholm cannabis oil factory gets go-ahead
A number hurdles still to cross but it’s a step…
Popular event packs out hall
EVERY seat was filled in Newcastleton village hall for the…
Copshaw in spotlight as campaign launches
Scotland Starts Here will raise profile to attract more tourists…
Log wagon driver admits killing cyclist
Canonbie trucker admits causing death by careless driving CANONBIE trucker…
Expanding industry needs more workers
Langholm and Hawick collaborate on textile training course A GROWTH…
Vital public service will not be lost to Langholm
Good news for both locals and visitors THE news that…
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…
