Serious inaction by D&G Council
Week: 50 | 12th December 2024 | Community NewsLetter to the Editor I am writing again to express my deep concern regarding the unsafe, deteriorating state…
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
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…
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
Week: 43 | 24th October 2024 | Community NewsCash machine company not a lot of help in finding a solution The Bank of Scotland closure next…
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…
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…
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
MAIRI TELFORD JAMMEH reports on Langholm’s Rural Highlight in an 8-Page Supplement…
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…
Golden time in Paris for Copshaw’s Paralympian
Team GB Paralympic swimmer Stephen Clegg ALSO breaks long-standing record…what…
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
Week: 36 | 5th September 2024 | Arts and Entertainment CommunityBandsman man and boy! Langholm Town Band took a small break from rehearsals on Friday evening to mark…
Residents encouraged to react to Warblaw plans
Week: 35 | 29th August 2024 | Community Farming and Environment NewsIf you are against the blanket of trees proposedfor our beloved hill, then make your voice heard Scottish…
Consultation on change of school week structure
Week: 35 | 29th August 2024 | Lifestyle News SchoolViews, opinions and concerns sought from parents/carers Dumfries and Galloway Council is currently consulting on proposals to change…
Letters to the Editor
Week: 35 | 29th August 2024 | Farming and Environment NewsMore Warblaw worries With reference to Mark Hallam’s letter of 22nd August 2024, “Warblaw Worries”. Mr Hallam expresses…
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
Alistair Moffat speaks of Lowland life Westerkirk Parish Church was…
Much opposition to plan for Warblaw woodlands
Action Group formed to challenge forestry company’s ‘blanket of trees’…
Langholm Common Riding 2024
Common Riding Gallery 2024
Lots more photos in this week’s E&L. Many thanks to…
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 ~…
