Common Riding Gallery 2024
Week: 31 | 1st August 2024 | NewsLots more photos in this week’s E&L. Many thanks to all contributors. Read more in this week’s E&L…
Over 100 years of Thomas Hope service between them
Week: 31 | 1st August 2024 | Community Lifestyle NewsAngela, Kate and Sheena have all worked in a job they loved By Mairi Telford Jammeh Three health…
Three of the best
Week: 30 | 25th July 2024 | E&L Life Lifestyle NewsEveryone at the E&L and Muckle Toon Media wish Bailey and all his followers a great Common Riding…
Have your say on the future of Langholm Housing
Week: 30 | 25th July 2024 | Community Lifestyle NewsNew survey aims to gather opinion on what the town ACTUALLY needs “Little more than five new houses…
Castle Craigs Rideout in photos
Week: 30 | 25th July 2024 | News
Holes filled, wall secured
Week: 29 | 18th July 2024 | Common Riding Community NewsAt least the Common Riding route is more or less free of potholes…for now! Workmen from the Dumfries…
Future-proofing the Common Riding
No less than 63 ponies and their riders sallied forth…
Copshaw artist Paula to display her “Wild Side”
Newcastleton Nurse is to retire to follow her passion ~…
Langholm Common Riding 2024
And so it begins… It was a wee bit on…
The Langholm Alliance: facing challenges head-on
‘Despite funding limitations, we are dedicated to transforming Langholm into…
Wildfires cause Greek Island holiday scare
A Langholm couple on holiday, in Kardamena on the idyllic…
Mighty Hikers Mel and Karl raise over £4k for Cancer Care
Local couple walk in Wales to support charity dear to…
Pureous Bunkumos
Saturday dawned bright and beautiful for the Copshaw Common Riding,…
Envisioning D&G's future landscape
Ideas for the future landscape of Dumfries and Galloway were…
20 WILL BE plenty!
Blanket 20mph limit for all Langholm streets plus more…
Team work helps secure Langholm Day Centre
Manager Sandra Graham pulls out all the stops to negotiate…
DGRI cyber attack leads to region-wide mailing
CEO will contact every household in region with online safety…
EDF presents revised plans for windfarm near Copshaw
Revised plans for a major new windfarm to be sited…
Missing Lynx project
Week: 25 | 20th June 2024 | Farming and Environment NewcastletonFierce opinions on whether or not to reintroduce lynx to our countryside Around 77 people took the opportunity…
That was a while ago!
Week: 24 | 14th June 2024 | CanonbieThanks to Ian Lindsay of Rowanburn for dropping in with this photo of Canonbie Primary School in 1953.Can…
LRFC Captain heads down under
Week: 24 | 14th June 2024 | News Rugby SportWith Langholm RFC captain Nathan Smith heading off to Australia, the players gathered in the Buck Hotel to…
Langholm's Front Three all smiles at Hawick's Big Day
Week: 24 | 13th June 2024 | Arts and Entertainment Common Riding NewsOnce more, a large number of Langholm Common Riding enthusiasts made the trip to Hawick last weekend to…
Call to action by Friends of Langholm War Memorial
Week: 24 | 13th June 2024 | Community LifestyleOur community has been renowned for being a vibrant and close-knit one, and now we have an opportunity…
South of Scotland to host European Lunar Symposium
Week: 23 | 6th June 2024 | E&L Life NewsWorld-wide guest list will celebrate our connection to the moon Scotland’s Dumfries and Galloway region is preparing to…
Castleholm meeting sees positive public reaction
Upkeep and financial sustainabilty are the main concerns but everyone…
All talk and very little action at the Murtholm
Agencies involved with the development are considering including private housing…
Remembering John Main and the Normandy Campaign
A war-time article with family connections to the E&L By…
Local feathers ruffled by Scotsman article
Comments made refuted by the people and organisations trying to…
Like ducks to Ullswater...S3 have a ball!
Thanks to the generosity of local charity, The Stevenson Trust,…
Bailey comes first in six-way race for Cornet
Big turn out of voters to elect 2024’s main man…
Castleholm tally nears the 750 mark
Fine weather last Friday marked the start of Langholm’s Common…
Kerry’s adoreable Alpaca pals
The Alpaca Experience will give the public the chance to…
Six men in the running for Langholm Cornet
Common Riding’s future is secure with so manyyoung men willing…
Castleholm opportunity
Community support crucial to securing transfer By Mairi Telford Jammeh…
Humza no more: but who next?...'Eeh mei good question!'
We ask politicians and locals to comment on the future…
Canonbie Playpark could be in place as soon as July
Xcel Project helps team behind the project to secure more…
Prepare to Shine with Centre Stage
Week: 18 | 2nd May 2024 | Arts and Entertainment CommunityHannah Cumming returns to her stage roots in a professional capacity By Judith Johnson Auditions can be a…
Are potatoes losing their popularity?
Week: 18 | 2nd May 2024 | Farming and Environment NewsThat’s the surprising finding of a new report by researchers at SRUC which has highlighted a 71 per…
Care Inspectorate praise for Copshaw Nursery
Week: 17 | 25th April 2024 | Gilly Fraser Newcastleton NewsSchool staff ‘pleased and proud’ after glowing report received By Gilly Fraser The Headteacher of Newcastleton Primary School…
Climate Targets making farmers ‘hostages to deadlines’
Week: 17 | 25th April 2024 | Farming and Environment Lifestyle News‘Any on-farm efficiency measures should be rewarded’ The Scottish Government’s decision to ditch its ambitious interim climate targets…
Wapakoneta: Forging links with small-town Ohio
Week: 17 | 25th April 2024 | Community Lifestyle NewsConnection with Neil Armstrong’s hometown is widely seen as a great benefit to Langholm A press release has…
Langholm Girls FC are toast of Melrose Awards
Week: 16 | 18th April 2024 | Community Girls Football News SportMelrose Sevens’ Women in Sport Awards vote for LGFC as Team of the Year at inaugural ceremony On…
Former Fair Crier and a man of mony pairts
Rae Elliot pays tribute to his far-travelled, rugby-playing father OBITUARY…
Pandemic project is rolled-out across the region
OutPost Arts-conceived initiative becomes DG Creative Wellbeing An arts project originally…
Proclamation of Kinship from Wapakoneta, Ohio
Neil Armstrong’s home town sends declaration offriendship and co-operation to…
Community-led Tourism in Langholm & Eskdale
An 8-page supplement in this week’s E&L Share your thoughts…
Broughton brought down by the men of Milntown
Club volunteers stepped up to make sure sodden pitch was…
Mighty Hiking family off round Kielder
Jacksons and Dinwoodies aim to make ‘The Difference’ for BGH…
Active & Sustainable Travel not working for Eskdale
Councillor highlights lack of plans to address Langholm’s transport links…
Missing German Shepherd Xara elicits high-tech response
When 16-month-old German Shepherd Xara gave her owner the slip…
Sheep worrying remains most frequent rural crime
By Gilly Fraser A new report by researchers at Scotland’s…
Amazing antipodean adventure for four firm friends
Holiday of a lifetime for these Langholm lassies has given…
Putting Langholm on the map in the Scottish Parliament
Oliver Mundell champions the Muckle Toon in a Motion to…
Langholm Common Riding AGM
By Katherine Latimer On Monday the 18th of March, the…
