
Fingers crossed for a fine day for the 127th Holm Show
Week: 35 | 29th August 2024 | Arts and Entertainment Community E&L Life Farming and Environment Gilly Fraser Lifestyle NewcastletonMarquees are up, entries are made and there’s no rain in Saturday’s forecast It might be tempting to…

Show Season starts with Canonbie's fine flower-power
Week: 34 | 22nd August 2024 | Canonbie Lifestyle NewsMairi Telford Jammeh reports from Canonbie Flower Show and vintage display Canonbie flower show was a great success…

Borders author captivates Benty
Week: 34 | 22nd August 2024 | Arts and Entertainment CommunityAlistair Moffat speaks of Lowland life Westerkirk Parish Church was almost filled to capacity on Saturday when folk…

Much opposition to plan for Warblaw woodlands
Week: 34 | 22nd August 2024 | Community Farming and Environment Lifestyle NewsAction Group formed to challenge forestry company’s ‘blanket of trees’ on much-loved Langholm hillside “First we lost our…

Langholm Common Riding 2024
Week: 31 | 1st August 2024 | Common Riding E&L Life News Nostalgia
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
Angela, Kate and Sheena have all worked in a job…

Three of the best
Everyone at the E&L and Muckle Toon Media wish Bailey…

Have your say on the future of Langholm Housing
New survey aims to gather opinion on what the town…

Castle Craigs Rideout in photos

Langholm Common Riding 2024
And so it begins… It was a wee bit on…

Holes filled, wall secured
At least the Common Riding route is more or less…

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 ~…

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
Week: 28 | 11th July 2024 | Farming and Environment NewsIdeas for the future landscape of Dumfries and Galloway were put under the microscope at a special event…

20 WILL BE plenty!
Week: 27 | 4th July 2024 | Community News Blanket 20mph limit for all Langholm streets plus more parking restrictions on the High Street Further to…

Team work helps secure Langholm Day Centre
Week: 26 | 27th June 2024 | Community NewsManager Sandra Graham pulls out all the stops to negotiate increased funding for next three years Langholm Day…

DGRI cyber attack leads to region-wide mailing
Week: 25 | 20th June 2024 | Community NewsCEO will contact every household in region with online safety advice NHS DUMFRIES and Galloway chief executive Julie…

EDF presents revised plans for windfarm near Copshaw
Week: 25 | 20th June 2024 | E&L Life Newcastleton NewsRevised plans for a major new windfarm to be sited in Newcastleton and Wauchope Forests were put on…

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!
Thanks to Ian Lindsay of Rowanburn for dropping in with…

LRFC Captain heads down under
With Langholm RFC captain Nathan Smith heading off to Australia,…

Langholm's Front Three all smiles at Hawick's Big Day
Once more, a large number of Langholm Common Riding enthusiasts…

Call to action by Friends of Langholm War Memorial
Our community has been renowned for being a vibrant and…

Castleholm meeting sees positive public reaction
Upkeep and financial sustainabilty are the main concerns but everyone…

South of Scotland to host European Lunar Symposium
World-wide guest list will celebrate our connection to the moon…

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
Week: 20 | 16th May 2024 | Farming and Environment NewcastletonThe Alpaca Experience will give the public the chance to get up close and personal with the 25-strong…

Six men in the running for Langholm Cornet
Week: 19 | 9th May 2024 | Common Riding Community NewsCommon Riding’s future is secure with so manyyoung men willing to put their name forward For the first…

Castleholm opportunity
Week: 19 | 9th May 2024 | Community NewsCommunity support crucial to securing transfer By Mairi Telford Jammeh Another exciting transfer of land in Langholm is…

Humza no more: but who next?...'Eeh mei good question!'
Week: 18 | 2nd May 2024 | NewsWe ask politicians and locals to comment on the future of Scottish politics As First Minister Humza Yousaf…

Canonbie Playpark could be in place as soon as July
Week: 18 | 2nd May 2024 | Canonbie NewsXcel Project helps team behind the project to secure more funds Canonbie’s long held dream of a major…

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?
That’s the surprising finding of a new report by researchers…

Wapakoneta: Forging links with small-town Ohio
Connection with Neil Armstrong’s hometown is widely seen as a…

Care Inspectorate praise for Copshaw Nursery
School staff ‘pleased and proud’ after glowing report received By…

Climate Targets making farmers ‘hostages to deadlines’
‘Any on-farm efficiency measures should be rewarded’ The Scottish Government’s…

Langholm Girls FC are toast of Melrose Awards
Melrose Sevens’ Women in Sport Awards vote for LGFC as…

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…

Mighty Hiking family off round Kielder
Jacksons and Dinwoodies aim to make ‘The Difference’ for BGH…

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…

Active & Sustainable Travel not working for Eskdale
Councillor highlights lack of plans to address Langholm’s transport links…