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…
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
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
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…
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…
