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Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | NewsANOTHER Clap for Carers is coming up tonight. It’s strangely emotional, a sincere and deeply-felt expression of gratitude…
A look around at life in lockdown
Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | Community News“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom,…
Tributes to Scott
Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | NewsA lovely, humble, young friend to many THE people of Langholm have been shocked at the tragic and…
Rural testing pledge
Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | NewsNHS to expand its service into hot-spots in rural communities ESKDALE’S MP has received reassurance that increased mobile…
Big benefits for community
Week: 18 | 1st May 2020 | Community NewsMany groups in the area receive funding from the Ewe Hill 16 THE delivery of digital skills in…
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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
Staff made redundant should be furloughed, say MSP and MP…
Kitchen is dumped and set on fire
A COMPLETE kitchen has been dumped and set on fire…
Nature wins in £6m sale of special moor
A PRICE tag of £6m has been put on more…
Bags of love for the NHS
A LABOUR of love to support NHS workers has sewing…
MSP supports EWM redundant workers
Willie Rennie has appealed to Philip Day to reverse the…
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
Week: 16 | 21st April 2020 | NewsFORTY households in Newcastleton, hit by floods during Storm Dennis earlier this year, have been given help, thanks…
Langholmite in lockdown
Week: 16 | 17th April 2020 | News ReportersBy Ken Turk WE ARE now into our fourth week in lockdown which came in on Sunday, March…
Nurse catches virus from hospital patient
Week: 16 | 17th April 2020 | Community NewsLangholm woman had sore throat, cough and was short of breath A LANGHOLM nurse, who works at the…
Eggs-actly what’s needed
Week: 16 | 17th April 2020 | Community NewsTHE Easter Bunny did not let down the children of Canonbie last weekend, overcoming the difficulties posed by…
Langholm gets £60k boost for shopfronts
Week: 16 | 17th April 2020 | NewsA TOWN centre improvement scheme, which provides half of the funding to upgrade commercial property frontages in Langholm,…
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
Headteacher pledges that no exam pupil will be disadvantaged. NO…
Horseracing BRIAN Hughes, who rides regularly for James Ewart Racing…
Kia ora from Aotearoa
by Heather Kennedyof Newcastleton HELLO from New Zealand or Land…
Centre progress
PROGRESS on redeveloping the Townfoot Sports Centre in Langholm continues.During…
Rainbows shine a light
THE rainbow pictures, which have been appearing in windows all…
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
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…
