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%
Week: 07 | 13th February 2025 | Canonbie Community News…and the same for Water Rates…possibly 9%. Budgets are to be set at February 27th meeting In 2023…
Doddie’s Grand Tour visits the Muckle Toon
Week: 07 | 13th February 2025 | Community Rugby SportFundraising cyclists and organisers bowled over by the hospitality received at Mintown Langholm Rugby Club was honoured to…
Caroline Street is still railing against its railings
Week: 07 | 13th February 2025 | Community NewsAs angle of fence increases, council budgets for repairs to start – maybe! By Alan Weatherstone There is…
U15 gold medal for Langholm’s Aoiffion
Week: 06 | 6th February 2025 | Athletics News SportAmazing 12 year old athlete makes her mark in her new age category 12-year school pupilAoiffion McVittie-Brangan today…
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
Best Dumfries and Galloway Fire Station for 2024/2025 awarded to…
Scottish Tories to hold vote on controversial mega-pylon plans
The Scottish Conservatives will this week hold a vote at…
Langholm’s ‘model’ citizen hits the highlights in Milan
Proud Langholm Mum, Deborah Laidlaw, set off on a four-flight…
Langholm Housing Needs survey – the results are in!
Exceptional response captures the views of 24% of the town’s…
'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
Week: 02 | 9th January 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsCEO Hamish Clegg brings us up to speed with the development The E&L have been asked a number…
Copshaw's golden boy adds to his medal haul
Week: 02 | 9th January 2025 | E&L Life Newcastleton NewsParalympian Stephen Clegg receives an MBE in King’s New Years Honours list Paralympic gold medallist Stephen Clegg who…
Langholm Fire Station wins ‘best in D&G’
Week: 51 | 19th December 2024 | Community NewsAudit of regional facilities puts Langholm on the top rung! Another public service in Langholm has come out…
Cumberland commits to Langholm High Street
Week: 50 | 12th December 2024 | Community NewsBuilding society seeks to assure customers that it has no plans to follow the course of the other…
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…
Buccleuch confirms its commitment to 150 lodges
Center Parc’s plans for development of site near Hawick will…
Langholm Girls 14s pluck a win from Galloway Thistle
By Calum Graham On Sunday, Langholm Girls FC welcomed Galloway…
The human cost of ‘progress’
Gilly Fraser meets a couple whose dream of a perfectretirement…
Aoiffion & Lara are Dumfries & Galloway Life award winners
Locals are well represented in glamorous, district-wide event Two Dumfries…
At the going down of the sun and in the morning…
Week: 46 | 14th November 2024 | Community LifestyleEskdale remembers… Langholm, once more, remembered the fallen of all conflicts in its usual solemn and dignified manner.The…
Will Center Parc’s Hawick plans affect Irvine House?
Week: 45 | 7th November 2024 | Canonbie E&L Life NewsBuccleuch assures the E&L that they are fully committed to the 500-lodge holiday park south of Langholm Center…
Castleholm is officially in community hands
Week: 44 | 31st October 2024 | Community NewsLandmark deal sees cherished land transferred to the people of Langholm from Buccleuch Group Since the E&L reported…
Hope Hospital shines in Excellence in Care inspection
Week: 44 | 31st October 2024 | Community Lifestyle NewsThe Thomas Hope hospital in Langholm recently had a six-month review of its level of care and it…
Polysport venue helps keep Copshaw folk in top form
Week: 44 | 31st October 2024 | E&L Life Gilly Fraser NewcastletonMSP is shown round The Holm’s health and fitness facility The important role even a small village can…
Emergency services rescue woman from chilly River Esk
Week: 43 | 24th October 2024 | Community NewsFirefighters from Langholm, Annan, Dumfries and Gala required as water rescue not straightforward A dramatic rescue took place…
Disappointment with LINK’S response to cash worries
Cash machine company not a lot of help in finding…
Holiday village plans for Irvine House and grounds
Buccleuch’s vision for up to 150 lodges couldbenefit Langholm businesses…
Eskdale has fitting finalists for D&G Life awards
Regional recognition in prestigious shortlist for inspirational locals Two Eskdale…
Town loses out on funding due to mis-reported population
Discrepancy between census statistics andBorderlands figures has cost Langholm dear…
BT and OutReach: Appalling service
Eskdalemuir Hub STILL without a phoneline Eskdalemuir community hub is…
All kinds of everything at the 172nd Langholm Show
MAIRI TELFORD JAMMEH reports on Langholm’s Rural Highlight in an 8-Page Supplement…
Banking possibilities under investigation
After announced closure of Bank of Scotland,solutions including a Post…
15 nights road closure for A7 improvements
Overnight works to resurface road south of Canonbie will run…
Could a banking hub be the answer for Langholm?
By Mairi Telford Jammeh On a recent visit to Kirkcudbright…
Signage, speed limit, flooding and potholes
An update from the A7 Action Group’s meeting The A7…
Bank of Scotland to close Langholm branch
As High Street loses its last remaining bank,residents are saying…
Inaction by BT leaves Hub incommunicado
Eskdalemuir venue unable to function properly without phoneline or broadband…
