For age there’s no limit in the world of Burns
Week: 06 | 6th February 2025 | Arts and Entertainment CommunityYoung and old gather in Langholm and Gilnockie to celebrate the birth of Scotland’s Bard The Community Burns…
Service held to celebrate union of parishes
Week: 06 | 6th February 2025 | Canonbie E&L Life Newcastleton NewsThe Church of Scotland presbytery of the South West held a service in Langholm Parish Church last Thursday…
Eskdalemuir's Hub generate Eowyn warmth
Week: 05 | 30th January 2025 | Community Eskdalemuir NewsBut Scottish Power falls short of supporting othervulnerable customers after four days without power Eskdalemuir community hub created…
Return to the Far Pavilions for Helen
Week: 05 | 30th January 2025 | Lifestyle NewsAnother Himalayan adventure for gardening columnist Helen Knowles Life is full of surprises and I really hadn’t expected…
Copshaw on the the cusp of red and amber for Éowyn
Week: 05 | 30th January 2025 | Community E&L Life Newcastleton NewsHealth Centre provided a Warm Hub throughout the storm By Gilly Fraser Storm Eowyn started causing problems for Newcastleton…
Update on long-awaited Townfoot Sports Centre
Week: 05 | 30th January 2025 | Community SportPresentation of latest designs sketches for project The Townfoot Sports Centre working group will be at the Buccleuch…
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'
…US President in Langholm After the news of the death…
Canonbie trust has its eye on Cross Keys Hotel
Potential purchase of historical inn presented to local residents Canonbie…
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
Week: 49 | 5th December 2024 | Community NewsUnclear how access to LEWCC finances will be resolved and one-way traffic systems discussed By Mairi Telford Jammeh…
Creation Mill to create their own textile centre
Week: 49 | 5th December 2024 | Lifestyle NewsInspirational Langholm firm take their business a stage further Creation Mill is creating a new textile centre in…
Another blow to Langholm as Skinyards set to close
Week: 48 | 28th November 2024 | Community NewsUp to 10 jobs to be lost as 176-year-old employer will cease trading an the end of the…
Joe the butcher runs 50km to make a difference
Week: 48 | 28th November 2024 | NewsAmazing gesture of kindness Well-known Langholm butcher and Longtown man, Joe Kirkup, ran 10 lots of 5k over…
A new future for three local churches
Week: 48 | 28th November 2024 | Canonbie Community Lifestyle Newcastleton NewsBy Anthony Lane Many readers of the E&L will be aware of the enormous changes that have taken…
King Charles honours dedicated Langholm bandsman with MBE
Week: 48 | 28th November 2024 | Arts and Entertainment Community NewsDavid Calvert is presented with his medal by Lord Lieutenant It was wonderful to see octogenarian David Corrie…
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…
Eskdale remembers… Langholm, once more, remembered the fallen of all…
Will Center Parc’s Hawick plans affect Irvine House?
Buccleuch assures the E&L that they are fully committed to…
Castleholm is officially in community hands
Landmark deal sees cherished land transferred to the people of…
Hope Hospital shines in Excellence in Care inspection
The Thomas Hope hospital in Langholm recently had a six-month…
Polysport venue helps keep Copshaw folk in top form
MSP is shown round The Holm’s health and fitness facility…
Emergency services rescue woman from chilly River Esk
Firefighters from Langholm, Annan, Dumfries and Gala required as water…
Disappointment with LINK’S response to cash worries
Cash machine company not a lot of help in finding…
Eskdale has fitting finalists for D&G Life awards
Week: 42 | 17th October 2024 | Community E&L Life EskdalemuirRegional recognition in prestigious shortlist for inspirational locals Two Eskdale people and one local business are Dumfries and…
Holiday village plans for Irvine House and grounds
Week: 42 | 17th October 2024 | Community NewsBuccleuch’s vision for up to 150 lodges couldbenefit Langholm businesses and create jobs By Mairi Telford Jammeh A…
Town loses out on funding due to mis-reported population
Week: 41 | 10th October 2024 | Community NewsDiscrepancy between census statistics andBorderlands figures has cost Langholm dear The Borderlands place programme has used population statistics…
Banking possibilities under investigation
Week: 40 | 3rd October 2024 | Community NewsAfter announced closure of Bank of Scotland,solutions including a Post Office are being discussed At a meeting organised…
BT and OutReach: Appalling service
Week: 40 | 3rd October 2024 | Community EskdalemuirEskdalemuir Hub STILL without a phoneline Eskdalemuir community hub is still without phone lines and internet after BT…
All kinds of everything at the 172nd Langholm Show
Week: 40 | 3rd October 2024 | E&L Life Farming and Environment Lifestyle NewsMAIRI TELFORD JAMMEH reports on Langholm’s Rural Highlight in an 8-Page Supplement in this week’s E&L The 172nd Langholm Show…
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…
Nearly 1,000 objections to Warblaw Woodlands
Langholm locals object to commercial forestry on their doorstep An…
Warblaw worries are endorsed by politicians
MSP Oliver Mundell urges residents to join Warblaw fight ahead…
Depression on David Street to be tackled
and other updates from Councillor Male After many months of…
Special Day, special guests at the Holm Show
If you want good weather for your event – try…
Teachers face up to the Great North Run
In March this year, Headteacher of the Langholm and Canonbie…
Bob's 70 years
Bandsman man and boy! Langholm Town Band took a small…
Golden time in Paris for Copshaw’s Paralympian
Team GB Paralympic swimmer Stephen Clegg ALSO breaks long-standing record…what…
