Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - 1949 style
Week: 15 | 10th April 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community LifestyleAudrey Maxwell and friends reminisce about their first exposure to the world of Pantomime 76 years ago! 76…
Scottish Woodlands plan ' voluntary' Environmental Impact Assessment for Warblaw
Week: 15 | 10th April 2025 | Community Farming and Environment NewsScottish Woodlands, which has been developing the woodland creation design for Warblaw sent the Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser…
As the last bank closes, a Cash Hub opens
Week: 14 | 3rd April 2025 | NewsTemporary facility will open in Holmspun with better hours of business than the outgoing bank Last September we…
NatureScot tells the E&L “culling the goats is legal”
Week: 14 | 3rd April 2025 | E&L Life Newcastleton NewsOxygen Conservation lays the blame at Government’s door Part of the E&L’s “…Liddesdale Lineup…” NatureScot has denied issuing…
New health team sought for Canonbie Surgery
Week: 14 | 3rd April 2025 | Canonbie Community NewsHusband and wife medical partners to hang up their stethoscopes WORK is actively underway to identify a new…
18-month trial of 20mph has begun
Week: 14 | 3rd April 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsA7 Action Group discuss various issues The A7 Action Group met last week, and Bear Scotland provided an…
No caravans or motorhomes to cross Milntown bridge
Far-reaching effect on the community as Ewes Water site has…
Confirmation received that cull has already begun
Gilly Fraser delves further into the feral goat debacle Oxygen…
Some beautiful moments in LAODS’ latest show
Annie Get Your Gun is chock-full of love, laughter and…
2025 Common Riding AGM
New faces in official roles he trustees and members of…
Parking restrictions and 20mph limit from next week
By the end of March, the speed limit throughout the…
A well-used community resource for over 30 years
Mairi Telford Jammeh takes a look at what goes on…
Goat cull company tackled by councillor
Meeting with CEO of Oxygen Conservation requested Councillor Male has…
Wheatley has “No plans for housing in Eskdale
Scotland’s second largest social landlord is also “not considering the…
Langholm Town Band do well in regionals
By Christine Calvert This weekend saw the latest contest outing…
As predicted, D&G raise Council Tax by 9%
Furthermore, they will “implement increases inselected fees and charges relating…
Blight on the landscape as SPEN plans 65 metre pylons
‘Electric’ meeting anticipated at Copshaw Community Council Copshaw Community Council…
Community Council hears from concerned residents
Number of derelict sites in the town is a major…
Huge local reaction to news of proposed goat cull
Week: 09 | 27th February 2025 | Community Newcastleton NewsSocial media alight and petition raised following announcement by Oxygen Conservation Last week our headlines were about the…
NFUS retiterates its opposition to National Park in Galloway
Week: 09 | 27th February 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsNFU Scotland has once again made clear its opposition to the creation of a new National Park in…
D-day for Council Tax rises across the area
Week: 09 | 27th February 2025 | Lifestyle NewsDumfries and Galloway Council will make decisions today about the budget for 2025/26 with three different proposals to…
THEY'RE GOING TO CULL THE GOATS!
Week: 08 | 20th February 2025 | Farming and Environment Newcastleton NewsIn what will be a hugely unpopular decision, Oxygen Conservation says it must reduce the numbers Wild goats…
Grapes Bar and restaurant to close
Week: 08 | 20th February 2025 | E&L Life NewcastletonThe owners of the Grapes hotel in Newcastleton have confirmed that its Reivers Bar and Restaurant will cease…
Sitka spruce going, going, gone!
Week: 08 | 20th February 2025 | NewsA big task for the Tarras Valley team over the winter months has been the clearance of large…
D&G Council Tax set to rise between 5 to 10%
…and the same for Water Rates…possibly 9%. Budgets are to…
Doddie’s Grand Tour visits the Muckle Toon
Fundraising cyclists and organisers bowled over by the hospitality received…
Caroline Street is still railing against its railings
As angle of fence increases, council budgets for repairs to…
U15 gold medal for Langholm’s Aoiffion
Amazing 12 year old athlete makes her mark in her…
Grapes Hotel holds crisis meeting with villagers
“Frankly if I followed pure logic, I would close the…
For age there’s no limit in the world of Burns
Young and old gather in Langholm and Gilnockie to celebrate…
Service held to celebrate union of parishes
The Church of Scotland presbytery of the South West held…
Eskdalemuir's Hub generate Eowyn warmth
But Scottish Power falls short of supporting othervulnerable customers after…
Return to the Far Pavilions for Helen
Another Himalayan adventure for gardening columnist Helen Knowles Life is…
Copshaw on the the cusp of red and amber for Éowyn
Health Centre provided a Warm Hub throughout the storm By Gilly…
Update on long-awaited Townfoot Sports Centre
Presentation of latest designs sketches for project The Townfoot Sports…
Touching tributes to an incredible young man
Both the Langholm Primary and Secondary schools and the Xcel…
Langholm’s firefighters are the pride of D & G
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2025 | Community NewsBest Dumfries and Galloway Fire Station for 2024/2025 awarded to the Muckle Toon We reported in the E&L…
Scottish Tories to hold vote on controversial mega-pylon plans
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2025 | Farming and Environment Newcastleton NewsThe Scottish Conservatives will this week hold a vote at Holyrood on controversial proposals for mega-pylons in the…
Langholm’s ‘model’ citizen hits the highlights in Milan
Week: 04 | 23rd January 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community E&L Life NewsProud Langholm Mum, Deborah Laidlaw, set off on a four-flight journey last weekend to visit her fashion model…
Langholm Housing Needs survey – the results are in!
Week: 03 | 16th January 2025 | Community NewsExceptional response captures the views of 24% of the town’s population “With no future prospect of suitable accommodation…
'Carter's Rest'
Week: 03 | 16th January 2025 | Community E&L Life Nostalgia…US President in Langholm After the news of the death of the Ex-President Jimmy Carter, the E&L took…
Canonbie trust has its eye on Cross Keys Hotel
Week: 02 | 9th January 2025 | Canonbie Lifestyle NewsPotential purchase of historical inn presented to local residents Canonbie Community Enterprise held a meeting in the public…
Hilltop Leaf responds to questions about the project
CEO Hamish Clegg brings us up to speed with the…
Copshaw's golden boy adds to his medal haul
Paralympian Stephen Clegg receives an MBE in King’s New Years…
Langholm Fire Station wins ‘best in D&G’
Audit of regional facilities puts Langholm on the top rung!…
Cumberland commits to Langholm High Street
Building society seeks to assure customers that it has no…
Serious inaction by D&G Council
Letter to the Editor I am writing again to express…
Busy first meeting for new community council
Unclear how access to LEWCC finances will be resolved and…
Creation Mill to create their own textile centre
Inspirational Langholm firm take their business a stage further Creation…
Another blow to Langholm as Skinyards set to close
Up to 10 jobs to be lost as 176-year-old employer…
Joe the butcher runs 50km to make a difference
Amazing gesture of kindness Well-known Langholm butcher and Longtown man,…
A new future for three local churches
By Anthony Lane Many readers of the E&L will be…
King Charles honours dedicated Langholm bandsman with MBE
David Calvert is presented with his medal by Lord Lieutenant…
Erskine Church is on a downward ‘spire-al’…
After contact with the owner, it appears thatthe eyesore will…
