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Nicol scores on this 350th appearance for Langholm
12th December 2024 | Rugby SportAND gets man of the match too! Emerging rugby legend. Langholm RFC took on Ross High RFC at a cold and very windy Milntown on Saturday. Despite the overnight heavy rain, the pitch was playable but soft. The grandstand was…
Heritage Centre Questionnaire
12th December 2024 | Arts and Entertainment LifestyleA local group, under the auspices of The Langholm Alliance, is currently exploring the possibility of opening a Heritage and Genealogycentre in a vacant site in the centre of Langholm.They feel that with the abundance of history that Langholm and…
Serious inaction by D&G Council
12th December 2024 | Community NewsLetter to the Editor I am writing again to express my deep concern regarding the unsafe, deteriorating state of Erskine Church in Langholm. Pleasereview the attached images, which showdebris dislodged and thrown into my Mum’s yard during high winds at…
Busy first meeting for new community council
5th December 2024 | Community NewsUnclear how access to LEWCC finances will be resolved and one-way traffic systems discussed By Mairi Telford Jammeh Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk community council had its first full meeting since the election, on Monday night. The police report highlighted a…
Holyrood rally calls for investment in agriculture
5th December 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentNFUS leads farmers and crofters in Edinburgh protest Hundreds of farmers, crofters and smallholders gathered at Holyrood last week to call on the Scottish Government to increase investment in agriculture and rural development.NFU Scotland says a modest increase in rural…
Bike Seven celebrates 15 years in business
5th December 2024 | Cycling E&L Life SportBike business with strong Langholm following celebrates 15th anniversary By Mairi Telford Jammeh Bike Seven the bike shop opened its doors ten years ago, in 2009, in the Sandilands industrial estate in Longtown. The bike shop, which is very much…
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,…
Would you pay £272 for a Flat White Coffee?
An innovative farmer from Mossgiel explains why Well, you might…
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…
Eskdale remembers… Langholm, once more, remembered the fallen of all…
Will Center Parc’s Hawick plans affect Irvine House?
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 Parcs announced on Tuesday that it is planning a new development between Hawick and Selkirk working with the Buccleuch Group. The proposal…
Barony’s Dairy Nexus is a Borderlands first
7th November 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentThe multi-million-pound Dairy Nexus project at the Barony campus will be officially opened this month.The scheme has been set up with funding of up to £8m from the UK and Scottish Governments and £738,000 from South of Scotland Enterprise and…
Toss a coin into Kelso’s Wishing Well Chase Day
7th November 2024 | Horse Racing SportUnder new rules, racing has to be completed by 2pm By Jonathan Garratt Connections of Five Dollar Fine have their eyes on the £20,000 feature race, staged over nearly 2m 6f, at Kelso on Saturday.Trained by Northumberland permit-holder Ann Hamilton,…
Stars in Their Eyes and performing in their hearts!
7th November 2024 | Arts and Entertainment E&L LifeLocal entertainers take to the stage to strut their stuff in resurrection of popular talent competition Langholm was once again the centre of the entertainment world last Saturday when a wealth of stars descended upon Langholm Social Club for a…
Castleholm is officially in community hands
31st October 2024 | Community NewsLandmark deal sees cherished land transferred to the people of Langholm from Buccleuch Group Since the E&L reported on the public meeting held about the community takeover of part of Langholm’s historic Castleholm, which received huge public support, the Castleholm…
Hope Hospital shines in Excellence in Care inspection
31st October 2024 | Community Lifestyle NewsThe Thomas Hope hospital in Langholm recently had a six-month review of its level of care and it was found to be excellent on many of the standards assessed.Regular unannounced inspections of the hospital are carried out by the Health…
Kennedy bows out of NFUS with fiery speech
Hard-hitting rhetoric at President’s last conference NFU Scotland Chief Martin…
Polysport venue helps keep Copshaw folk in top form
MSP is shown round The Holm’s health and fitness facility…
Forresters couldn’t see the wood for the trees
Another robust performance by LRFC on home soil this time…
Emergency services rescue woman from chilly River Esk
Firefighters from Langholm, Annan, Dumfries and Gala required as water…
Punk Icon to visit Buccleuch
Johnny Rotten will sell-out soon even though it’s a year…
Vital issues addressed at this year’s AgriExpo
This year’s Borderway Agri Expo features two seminars focusing on…
Disappointment with LINK’S response to cash worries
Cash machine company not a lot of help in finding…
Stunning last-minute win for Langholm XV
Second-half determination turns the tables on Haddington By Kenneth Pool…
Support schemes need to be fit for purpose
Organisation says existing help should be extended and built upon…
Langholm clock-up a useful win in Dalkeith
Dalkeith RFC 19 – Langholm RFC 39 gives LRFC a…
Eskdale has fitting finalists for D&G Life awards
Regional recognition in prestigious shortlist for inspirational locals Two Eskdale…
Holiday village plans for Irvine House and grounds
Buccleuch’s vision for up to 150 lodges couldbenefit Langholm businesses…
Town loses out on funding due to mis-reported population
10th October 2024 | Community NewsDiscrepancy between census statistics andBorderlands figures has cost Langholm dear The Borderlands place programme has used population statistics as one of the indicators to allocate funding to towns inDumfries and Galloway. A local businessman, on discovering that Langholm is not…
All kinds of everything at the 172nd Langholm Show
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 was held on the Castleholm on what was a good Autumn day. It was dry with an odd light shower and the…
End of Season bash for Langholm Cricket Club
3rd October 2024 | Cricket SportA good night had by all at Langholm Cricket Club’s End of Season awards last weekend.The first presentation was to Cornet Bailey Donaldson to remember his big day away from the Cricket this Summer. Other award winners were:Duck Trophy -…
Milk production shock
3rd October 2024 | Farming and EnvironmentStranraer-based processing company drops 12 farms Ten milk producers in Dumfries and Galloway and two in Ayrshire have been given 12 months notice by dairy processor Lactalis. They say no prior warning was given.Lactalis say their decision has been taken…
BT and OutReach: Appalling service
3rd October 2024 | Community EskdalemuirEskdalemuir Hub STILL without a phoneline Eskdalemuir community hub is still without phone lines and internet after BT switched them off over three weeks ago ready to transfer to a digital system. Lack of phone and internet continues to impact…
Banking possibilities under investigation
3rd October 2024 | Community NewsAfter announced closure of Bank of Scotland,solutions including a Post Office are being discussed At a meeting organised by Oliver Mundell MSP, last week with Bank representatives, Councillor Denis Male, Acting Community Council Chairperson Stuart Clement, the Langholm Alliance, and…
Signage, speed limit, flooding and potholes
An update from the A7 Action Group’s meeting The A7…
Could a banking hub be the answer for Langholm?
By Mairi Telford Jammeh On a recent visit to Kirkcudbright…
15 nights road closure for A7 improvements
Overnight works to resurface road south of Canonbie will run…
Lorraine is BFA awards finalist
Westerkirk farmer in the running for Sheep Farmer of the…
Fabulous fight-back as Langholm win in Tranent
Tries by Wilson bros., Hope, Martin and Tait seal the…
Nearly 1,000 objections to Warblaw Woodlands
Langholm locals object to commercial forestry on their doorstep An…
Inaction by BT leaves Hub incommunicado
Eskdalemuir venue unable to function properly without phoneline or broadband…
Bank of Scotland to close Langholm branch
As High Street loses its last remaining bank,residents are saying…
Stephen comes home with TWO gold medals!
Copshaw-raised Paralympian swims his way to a brace of golds…
A rare glimpse of summer for the good people of the Benty
With the number of supporters and entries, the Benty Show…
Depression on David Street to be tackled
and other updates from Councillor Male After many months of…
