Call to act quickly over dangerous Eskdale road - Water pours on to the A7 at same spot as an earlier landslide
Week: 03 | 16th January 2020 | NewsHEAVY rain and high winds disrupted travel last Saturday and caused a scare at the site of a…
Sounds of the past - Original school bell to be rehung at the new primary
Week: 03 | 16th January 2020 | NewsAN IMPORTANT piece of Langholm’s heritage has been rescued and a new home found. The bell, which was…
A previous year test
Week: 01 | 2nd January 2020 | News
Academy plant sale flourishes
Week: 50 | 16th December 2019 | NewsIT’S time to get planting so make a bee-line for the Langholm Academy plant sale next week. The…
A most exciting year for initiative team: Langholm body calls for public to attend AGM and find out more
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | NewsTHE Langholm Initiative has been here for 25 years writes Jason Railton, but this is our biggest and…
Chance to buy land offers a “new dawn”: Consultation underway on the potential purchase of Holm Hill
Week: 50 | 12th December 2019 | NewsA COMMUNITY buy-out of Holm Hill will provide a new dawn for Newcastleton, it is claimed. The Newcastleton…
Everyone a winner at awards to celebrate rural life
JUDITH Johnson’s three decades of work in the community of…
Town’s flood alert: Environment watchdog issues warning over river
A FLOOD warning was issued for Langholm on Tuesday. After…
UK’s future at stake as rancorous campaign ends: Who will be Prime Minister tomorrow?
ONE of the most bitterly-fought general election campaigns in modern…
Theatre is calling: Langholm actor accepted for prestigious stage school
Young Langholm performer Finlay Eagleson will embark on a professional…
Lighting up Langholm
THE day had everything: a crisp, sunny afternoon; Santa and…
Government cuts would damage recycling efforts
DECISION to bring waste services back in-house could be costly…
Have Pen Will Travel
HAVE Pen Will Travel is the most apt name for…
£27k for Eskdale: Windfarm company gives grants to three organisations
MUCKLE Toon Media, the owner of the Eskdale & Liddesdale…
Sweeping changes to refuse collections
Dumfries and Galloway Council staff were in The Buccleuch Centre…
Community Trust open day for Copshaw: Consultation to look at feasibilty of Holm Hill buy-out
NEWCASTLETON & District Community Trust (NDCT) are holding an Open…
Campaign to build a new line is ‘rock solid’
Railway group celebrates 20 years of fighting for an extension…
Speaking with one voice
Launch showcases skills to take on Langholm’s regeneration THE news…
New Town, new store
Week: 47 | 21st November 2019 | NewsAs one door closes, another opens on TT Road After 39 years as a corner grocer’s shop in…
Town's regeneration vision scoops £60k
Week: 47 | 21st November 2019 | News SportAN AWARD worth £60,000 is being given to the Langholm Alliance to employ a full-time officer to develop…
Canonbie crafters collect: Another successful fair
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | NewsTHE annual Canonbie craft fair attracted stallholders from near and far and over the two days in the…
Bill’s film boosts vital community bus service: Common Riding enthusiast presents money raised by DVD sale
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | NewsTHE proceeds from the sale of a Langholm retailer’s Common Riding DVD have been donated to a worthy…
Three Eskdale groups given £8,300 in total: Windfarm developer donates first round of community grants
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | NewsCASH totalling £8,300 is being pumped into Langholm and Eskdalemuir by a one-off windfarm grant scheme. Muirhall Energy,…
Langholm will be in rail extension study: Scottish transport minister reassures campaigners of inclusion
Week: 46 | 14th November 2019 | NewsA MINISTER of the Scottish government has reassured rail campaigners that Langholm will be considered in a study…
Copshaw pharmacist is a clear winner
STERLING work in the respiratory field by Newcastleton Health Centre’s…
Secret OutPost: Auction and exhibition at High Street’s new venue
THE Look Out in Langholm High Street will hold a…
Centre of excellence wins regional award: Great team work from staff and volunteers gets recognition
LANGHOLM’S successful performing arts centre is the toast of the…
Charlie is Kelso’s darling
THE £30,000 feature race of Saturday’s fixture at Kelso Racecourse…
Great plans for popular butcher's shop
RYAN Greig and Samantha Taylor are reopening the butcher’s shop…
Mural trail explores Langholm's heritage
A LANGHOLM-BASED arts organisation officially launched its new High Street…
Canonbie parents up in arms as heating fails
A SCHOOL parent council in Eskdale is up in arms…
Posties Wear-it-Pink and raise £900
POST Office and Royal Mail staff combined their sense of…
Valley faces another large-scale windfarm: Plans submitted to build up to 25 220m turbines at Callisterhall
ANOTHER large-scale windfarm is being proposed for a site on…
University professor designs first “tunabot”: Former Langholm pupil examines how fish swim so fast and far
A LEADING American university professor, who attended Langholm Academy, has…
Physio’s research will help identify strokes: Dawn Lamb’s work is aiding the diagnoses by A&E clinicians
AN ADVANCED specialist physiotherapist in acute stroke and neuro-rehab has…
Sprinter’s ice challenge: Libby hopes to impress judge John Barrowman on TV show
A DOUBLE Paralympic champion is set to appear on the…
Tories and Labour pick their candidates: Mundell and Chisholm prepare for a Christmas general election
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | NewsLABOUR and the Con-servatives have announced their candidates in the Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale constituency for the general…
A mural paints 1,000 words
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | NewsTHE launch of Mural Stories, a project to decorate walls in Langholm with murals, is being held this…
Two vital elements to promote quality of life: Town’s tourism and health and social care are in the spotlight
Week: 44 | 31st October 2019 | NewsTHE Langholm Alliance steering group recently held a public consultation and, as a follow-up, its sub-groups have submitted…
MP: It's Brexit now or election showdown
Week: 43 | 24th October 2019 | NewsESKDALE’S MP has pledged to continue to back the Prime Minister’s policy on Brexit. David Mundell, Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale…
Unique bothy is restored
Week: 43 | 24th October 2019 | NewsPRIORSLYNN Bothy in Canonbie hosted an open day recently, giving the community the opportunity to visit the clay-walled,…
Loughborough learns lessons around Langholm
Week: 43 | 24th October 2019 | NewsIF YOU were to design a visitor centre to reflect the culture, history and geology of Eskdale and…
Firm’s community work earns award nomination: Langholm windfarm developer is in line for a national prize
THE developer of the Crossdykes windfarm near Langholm has been…
90% want flood scheme: Newcastleton residents have their say on wall and other options
NINE out of 10 Newcastleton residents, who responded to a…
Going wild in the woods is so much fun
IF YOU went into the woods last Thursday, you were…
Having a fun-gi time, won’t you join us? Mycologists hold their get-together in Langholm countryside
A GROUP of fungi enthusiasts are so impressed by their…
Bank customers to lose post office cash service
Barclays Bank says it will introduce its own cashback scheme
Bursting with ideas: Moorland community consultation attracts positive interest
THE options for the future management of an area of…
GP earns care award nomination
A GP in Newcastleton has made it to the finals…
Council pledge to cut carbon status to zero
Residents are urged to support climate emergency measures DUMFRIES and…
Little White Rose blossoms
TAKE a stroll down Langholm High Street and pause for…
Day centre pot set to rise by nearly £18,000
LANGHOLM Day Centre’s funding from Dumfries and Galloway Council may…
Apprenticeship funding blackhole filled by trusts: Dyehouse apprentices are caught in cross-border bureaucracy
A LEADING employer in Langholm says it is grateful to…
Council faces a £5m yearly budget squeeze: Liddesdale residents are asked for money-saving suggestions
LIDDESDALE residents are being asked for their ideas on how…
