Quiz kids do their best
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | NewsA TEAM from Langholm primary school competed in the district final of the Rotary quiz in Carluke Lifestyles…
Showing the way to a safer day in the hills: Eskdale’s walks get a makeover, thanks to volunteers
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | NewsTHREE stalwart walkers are on a mission to make sure local and visiting ramblers have safe and enjoyable…
Zoe helps save the planet
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | NewsA RETIRED couple in Langholm are one of the first purchasers in the town to have bought an…
Industrialisation fear: Turbines will destroy natural landscape, campaigners claim
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | NewsTHE company proposing to build a massive windfarm in the Ewes and Esk valleys will return to Langholm…
Sports centre survey appeal
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | NewsA GROUP investigating the potential for reopening the sports centre in Townfoot, Langholm is seeking volunteers. It wants…
Season starts well: Drum major impresses with his skills in contests
Week: 24 | 13th June 2019 | NewsLANGHOLM Pipe Band is celebrating a great start to its summer season. Drum major Ricky Henderson had a…
Wishlist for south’s economic prosperity: Partnership holds another round of meetings this month
A WISHLIST for the south of Scotland’s future economic growth…
Jamie has just two wins to go before turning pro: Popular Langholm jockey shows his commitment to racing
Horseracing Langholm’s 26-year-old jockey Jamie Gormley is just two winners…
Elections Malawi style
Bob Milne, former Langholm minister, sends his second report from…
Common Riding members congratualte Cornet Jeffrey: Christopher Tait appointed as Castle Craigs fair crier
A COMMON Riding members’ meeting was held in the Crown…
Patience plea for playpark
More than £14,000 is still to be raised before a…
Windfarm opposition gathers momentum: Community Council calls for more time to submit comments
The public should have more than just 30 days to…
Holmspun on High Street
Langholm High Street has a new business filling one of…
Future of Langholm moor in spotlight: End of June deadline for Buccleuch consultation
Community ownership and the creation of a nature reserve are…
Wonders of Westerhall: Westerkirk estate opens its grounds for Scotland’s Garden Scheme
ISITORS to Westerhall near Bentpath were treated to a glorious…
Nobel prizewinner is back at his old desk: Richard Henderson inspires the next generation of scientists
A FORMER Newcastleton pupil, who went on to win a…
PM ‘impediment’ to Brexit: May’s sudden resignation gets mixed reaction from area’s politicians
PRIME Minister Theresa May’s resignation last week under pressure from…
Apollo 11 inspires pupils
PUPILS at Langholm Academy looked to the stars during science…
Dawn presents work on stroke diagnosis: Langholm physiotherapist impresses at international congress
Week: 22 | 30th May 2019 | NewsPHYSIOTHERAPIST, who developed a tool to help to diagnose strokes, has presented her work to an international congress…
Hall fundraiser makes £200
Week: 22 | 30th May 2019 | NewsMORE than £200 was raised at a spring market in the ex-servicemen’s public hall in Eskdalemuir last Saturday.…
Plants and cakes make a good day out
Week: 22 | 30th May 2019 | NewsTINNISBURN Plants near Harelaw opened its gates over the bank holiday weekend and invited visitors to enjoy cake…
Weaving a new future: Grant will aid resurgence in textile industry in Muckle Toon
Week: 22 | 30th May 2019 | NewsTHE Langholm Initiative has received a grant award from the Holywood Trust to help re-energise the growing textile…
One muckle leap for Langholm tourism: Eskdale to benefit from global campaign by VisitScotland
Week: 22 | 30th May 2019 | NewsA GLOBAL campaign to promote Langholm’s connection to the first moon landing 50 years ago has been launched…
Straight from the horse’s mouth
Week: 21 | 23rd May 2019 | NewsTWO equestrian establishments in Eskdale were on the itinerary of a group of equine students on a two-day…
Ian and professor are enthralling
THERE was a record audience for the two speakers at…
Bags of support from hospital friends
THE Thomas Hope Hospital League of Friends has, once again,…
CCTV urgently needed: Community council puts together a bid to fund security cameras
THE need for CCTV in Newcastleton to protect property is…
Student has designs on good vibrations: Town band player wants to help musicians feel sound
MUSICIANS with hearing impairments could soon benefit from an enhanced…
Egg and bacon, please
WORD is getting around about a new breakfast menu at…
Bra-vo! Moonlit walk amazing
WHAT better way to raise money for charity than walking…
Biodiversity is crucial to eco-tourism successWindfarm campaigners claim turbines will be detrimental:
WILDLIFE tourism and biodiversity will be damaged if a 45-turbine…
A colourful experience
LANGHOLM teenager Dylan Kay and his mum and dad, Angie…
Take a snapshot of your walk to win
WALKERS in Eskdale are being encouraged to enter a portrait…
Centre of excellence for arts and culture: Plans to take Langholm on a journey by advancing creativity
THE challenge of building Langholm as a regional centre for…
Election of Cornet 2019: Another year begins in the illustrious history of Langholm Common Riding
LANGHOLMITES continue to thrive on the unique occasion which is…
Amazing Rotary walk: Umbrella walkers in Langholm and Canonbie raise £27,000
UMBRELLA walkers in Langholm and Canonbie raised £27,000 at the…
Billy recalls his big day
Week: 20 | 16th May 2019 | NewsBILLY Laidlaw, who is this year’s jubilee Cornet at Langholm Common Riding, went back to school to tell…
Stakeholders must have say in agency: MSP puts forwards amendments to enterprise bill
Week: 20 | 16th May 2019 | NewsA ROUNDTABLE breakfast has been held to gather views from stakeholders on the bill to establish a South…
Tub Paula takes charge of the Copshaw bikes
Week: 20 | 16th May 2019 | NewsNEWCASTLETON nurse and artist Paula Downey has been elected as this year’s Copshaw Common Riding Tub. It was…
1,000 votes cast
Week: 20 | 16th May 2019 | NewsIT WAS a night which will long be remembered in the Jeffrey household as Henry was elected Langholm…
It’s been some week for Henry
Week: 20 | 16th May 2019 | NewsBy Scott McCarthy LANGHOLM folk braved the unseasonal weather in Edinburgh last Wednesday to support Henry Jeffrey in…
Project to save lives secures more funds
Week: 20 | 16th May 2019 | NewsA PROJECT to install eight defibrillators in Eskdale and Ewes has secured nearly all its funding. The scheme…
Kerbside recycling to come to D&G: Councillors approve option to allow residents to recycle at home
DUMFRIES and Galloway Council is introducing a kerbside collection service…
Craigs’ boys have grand night: Club’s future in safe hands
THE Castle Craigs Club held its annual boys’ night in…
Dream kitchen for Day Centre: Mary Buckley of Westerhall officially opens the new extension
LANGHOLM Day Centre’s transformation into a modern, fit-for-purpose building was…
Jilly . . . Langholm’s magical MasterChef: Humble champ charms and impresses the audience
STILL riding high after her success in this year’s MasterChef,…
Steps taken towards new sports centre
A TEAM has been put together to progress a project…
Broken cattle grid sets off elderly couple’s airbags: Resident has to constantly pick up debris from damaged vehicles
A CATTLE grid is in such appalling condition that it…
Trio of hopefuls
TOMORROW night the public of Langholm and surrounding areas will…
Langholm flooding plan hits cost hitch: Holmwood project likely to go up by £150,000, a 40 per cent rise
A FLOOD protection scheme in Holmwood, Langholm may rise by…
New Zealand envoy visits scenic Eskdale: Sheep farmers discuss opportunities and challenges
EVERYDAY life, farming and the history of a remote and…
Motorbikers find the best breakfast in the Borders
MEMBERS from the Morecambe Bay and Estuaries Advanced Motorcyclists group…
Kirsty’s On Call Africa
FOR more than 20 years Langholm Rotary Club has been…
Four are lying for Copshaw Tub
FOUR candidates have put forward their names for the 2019…
