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Bob's 70 years
5th September 2024 | Arts and Entertainment CommunityBandsman man and boy! Langholm Town Band took a small break from rehearsals on Friday evening to mark a very special occasion Bass player, Bob Laidlaw, is celebrating 70 years as a bandsman with the band, a lifetime of music…
Teachers face up to the Great North Run
5th September 2024 | Athletics Community News SportIn March this year, Headteacher of the Langholm and Canonbie Cluster of Schools, Ms Lauren McLean, approached her staff with a fitness challenge, to run the Great North Run, in aid of the NSPCC.She shared, “At Langholm and Canonbie schools…
Family and friends gather to commemorate Peter
5th September 2024 | Cricket LifestyleA seat placed at Cricket Club to remember sportsman and friend By Mairi Telford JammehA group of friends spent Saturday afternoon at Langholm Cricket Club in glorious sunshine. They were there to celebrate the life of their friend Peter Bart-Smith…
Special Day, special guests at the Holm Show
5th September 2024 | Farming and Environment NewcastletonIf you want good weather for your event – try inviting a weathergirl along. That certainly did the trick for the Holm Show. After weeks of what felt like unrelenting dreichness and rain, the last Saturday in August dawned bright,…
Scottish lead for Langholm's Matilda
29th August 2024 | SportWhile sister Antonia gets personal best in 100m The weekend before last, it was the turn of sisters, Matilda and Antonia Brockley, who receive support through the “Welcome to Langholm” Future Champions Awards, to compete at the Scottish Athletics Championships,…
Fingers crossed for a fine day for the 127th Holm Show
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 think that once the structure and format of a show has been decided, following years should be really simple because all the…
Letters to the Editor
More Warblaw worries With reference to Mark Hallam’s letter of…
Consultation on change of school week structure
Views, opinions and concerns sought from parents/carers Dumfries and Galloway…
Residents encouraged to react to Warblaw plans
If you are against the blanket of trees proposedfor our…
Show Season starts with Canonbie's fine flower-power
Mairi Telford Jammeh reports from Canonbie Flower Show and vintage…
Borders author captivates Benty
Alistair Moffat speaks of Lowland life Westerkirk Parish Church was…
Golden Girl Aoiffion
12-year-old Langholm Academy pupil, Aoiffion McVittie Brangan added the title…
Much opposition to plan for Warblaw woodlands
Action Group formed to challenge forestry company’s ‘blanket of trees’…
Great Racing, on Friday at least!
Big Innes takes the Eskdale Plate…Hawick jockey Sean Huggan rides…
Over 100 years of Thomas Hope service between them
Angela, Kate and Sheena have all worked in a job…
Common Riding Gallery 2024
Lots more photos in this week’s E&L. Many thanks to…
Langholm Common Riding 2024
Castle Craigs Rideout in photos
Come and try Youth Rugby
25th July 2024 | Rugby SportWith the new rugby season fast approaching Langholm Youth Rugby would like to invite any new members to come along to our training night on Tuesday 13th August at Langholm Rugby Club. Whether you’ve never tried rugby or want to…
Have your say on the future of Langholm Housing
25th July 2024 | Community Lifestyle NewsNew survey aims to gather opinion on what the town ACTUALLY needs “Little more than five new houses have been built in Langholm in the past 30 years while around half of our housing stock goes back to the 1800s.…
Three of the best
25th July 2024 | E&L Life Lifestyle NewsEveryone at the E&L and Muckle Toon Media wish Bailey and all his followers a great Common Riding 2024 This week’s E&L is full to bursting with photos and stories of the rideouts and the lead up to the Common…
Copshaw artist Paula to display her “Wild Side”
18th July 2024 | Arts and Entertainment Community NewcastletonNewcastleton Nurse is to retire to follow her passion ~ An E&L Feature by Gilly Fraser Many of us dream of taking early retirement to follow a passion or childhood dream – for Copshaw’s Paula Rowan that has now become…
Future-proofing the Common Riding
18th July 2024 | Arts and Entertainment Community Lifestyle NewsNo less than 63 ponies and their riders sallied forth on the Castle Craigs Club’s Pony Rideout which was held last Sunday.With the youngest rider only four years old, the future definitely looks safe for Langholm Common Riding. See more…
Holes filled, wall secured
18th July 2024 | Common Riding Community NewsAt least the Common Riding route is more or less free of potholes…for now! Workmen from the Dumfries and Galloway Roads Department have been round the route of the Common Riding procession to fill-in any potholes and crumbling bits of…
Langholm Common Riding 2024
And so it begins… It was a wee bit on…
Langholm girls' devotion is certainly paying off
Local athletes at full pelt, encouraged by the Olympics Known…
Pureous Bunkumos
Saturday dawned bright and beautiful for the Copshaw Common Riding,…
Mighty Hikers Mel and Karl raise over £4k for Cancer Care
Local couple walk in Wales to support charity dear to…
Wildfires cause Greek Island holiday scare
A Langholm couple on holiday, in Kardamena on the idyllic…
The Langholm Alliance: facing challenges head-on
‘Despite funding limitations, we are dedicated to transforming Langholm into…
Envisioning D&G's future landscape
Ideas for the future landscape of Dumfries and Galloway were…
Shear generosity!
Audrey donates her luscious locks to the Little Princess Trust…
Murray Farmcare acquired by Harbro
Two agricultural businesses well-known in the south of Scotland have…
First-class Flapping at busy June meeting
LHRA welcome better weather and perfect track conditions Langholm Horse…
20 WILL BE plenty!
Blanket 20mph limit for all Langholm streets plus more…
Team work helps secure Langholm Day Centre
Manager Sandra Graham pulls out all the stops to negotiate…
Scott’s memorial match one of biggest in country
20th June 2024 | Bowling Sport59 play to commemorate popular young bowler Saturday saw the third year of the Open Pairs Competition held in memory of Scott Morrison. Due to some call offs at the start of the week we found ourselves with 59entries instead…
Missing Lynx project
20th June 2024 | Farming and Environment NewcastletonFierce opinions on whether or not to reintroduce lynx to our countryside Around 77 people took the opportunity to visit the Missing Lynx project exhibition when it was staged in Newcastleton Village Hall for several days last week as part…
Tomorrow's Textile talent
20th June 2024 | Lifestyle SchoolCreation Mill’s involvement helps introduction of National 5 Fashion and Textile Technology course at Langholm Academy Langholm Academy is the only school in Dumfries and Galloway to offer their students a Nat 5 qualification in Fashion and Textiles. A great achievement for the Town. Founder and Creative Director, Emma Duncan, comments “It’s absolutely brilliant that Langholm Academy is now offering a Nat 5 in Fashion & Textiles Technology, our team’s hard work over the past few years of providing an after school club, holiday sessions and in school sessions as developed into a new interest in the industry amongstthe young people – I’d like to thank funders including members of the Langholm Funder Forum in supporting our Youth work activities”. In this academic school year there will be a group of S4 students taking the course with art teacher, Suzy Cooke. Suzy joined the school in 2023 with new ideas around art and textiles. Read more in this week’s E&L available at your Newsagent or available online by subscription. Click HERE
EDF presents revised plans for windfarm near Copshaw
20th June 2024 | E&L Life Newcastleton NewsRevised plans for a major new windfarm to be sited in Newcastleton and Wauchope Forests were put on display in an exhibition in the village this week. The original proposal by EDF Renewables UK was for 80 turbines, but that…
DGRI cyber attack leads to region-wide mailing
20th June 2024 | Community NewsCEO will contact every household in region with online safety advice NHS DUMFRIES and Galloway chief executive Julie White has contacted every household in Dumfries and Galloway to update them on the cyber attack in February this year – and…
LRFC Captain heads down under
14th June 2024 | News Rugby SportWith Langholm RFC captain Nathan Smith heading off to Australia, the players gathered in the Buck Hotel to wish him all the best for his trip. Coach Craig Hislop presented Nathan with his no. 10 shirt and wished him well.…
That was a while ago!
Thanks to Ian Lindsay of Rowanburn for dropping in with…
Call to action by Friends of Langholm War Memorial
Our community has been renowned for being a vibrant and…
Call to action by Friends of Langholm War Memorial
Our community has been renowned for being a vibrant and…
Langholm's Front Three all smiles at Hawick's Big Day
Once more, a large number of Langholm Common Riding enthusiasts…
South of Scotland to host European Lunar Symposium
World-wide guest list will celebrate our connection to the moon…
Castleholm meeting sees positive public reaction
Upkeep and financial sustainabilty are the main concerns but everyone…
LCC make it two wins on the bounce v Wigton
Tony Steele produced his most devastating spell for Langholm Langholm…
Farmstrong Scotland to hold wellbeing events
Peer-to-peer support offered to farming community Mixing business and pleasure…
Remembering John Main and the Normandy Campaign
A war-time article with family connections to the E&L By…
Wondrous woven magic of Tarras Valley textile creation
Tweed, embroidery and felt make up this fabric gift Emma…
All talk and very little action at the Murtholm
Agencies involved with the development are considering including private housing…
