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Langholm make it to Earlston quarter-finals
8th May 2025 | Rugby SportAnd South Pacific guest players add to the squad’s dynamic Langholm RFC took part in the Earlston Sevens on Sunday. With a squad of 10 including two guest players from the 3rd smallest country in the world Nauru, Geary Kweoke…
Eighty years since Victory in Europe
8th May 2025 | Community E&L Life NewsA poignant reminder of resilience and unity rising from adversity VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, is celebrated on May 8th each year to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany’s unconditional…
New Post Office opens on Tuesday
8th May 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsIt’s countdown now until the new post office opens on Tuesday 13th at 1pm and everyone is invited along to the opening ceremony. Elizabeth Wilson owner of the Paper Shop and the new post mistress said :‘The training is done…
End of Langholm banking era as BoS closes its doors
1st May 2025 | Community NewsScotland’s oldest bank bows out of High Street The Bank of Scotland on Langholm High Street closes its doors today for the last time. Both Kerry Gordon and Jill Graham, the two local members of staff, have found new jobs…
Langholm Sevens 2025
1st May 2025 | Rugby SportMilntown was buzzing as the first tie between Peebles and Hawick kicked off at 2pm, and a close-fought tie it was. Hawick, however, ran out winners by 29-19. The much-awaited fourth tie between favourites Melrose and a strong Heriots side…
High-powered visitors
1st May 2025 | Arts and Entertainment NewsVa-va-vroom! Langholm’s Kilngreen had some very special visitors last weekend in the form of two dozen or so ‘supercars’.Among the parade were Porsches, Ferraris, BMWs Lamborghinis, Aston Martins and even a purple McLaren.The cars came from all over the UK…
Goat group presses Council
Campaigners want protected status David Braithwaite, Chairman of The Wild…
20 might be plenty, but is anyone heeding the signs?
Over the years, the Scottish Government has made so many…
Legion in semi-final after defeating Earlston
A glorious day in more ways than one! By David…
Country Music Magic of Mizzell
American/Irish singer makes a return visit to the Buccleuch Centre…
Highland surprise on the North Coast 500
The North Coast 500 is a 516-mile scenic route around…
Preliminary meeting focusses on Townfoot's hole in the ground
Particular issues discussed in advance of June’s public forum In…
Victory in Europe (VE) Day commemoration events
Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk community council is working with Langholm…
Return of full Post Office is first-class news for town
Elizabeth and team are all trained up and ready to…
Goat petition reaches MPs
4,000 anti-cull signatures handed over Conservative politicians John Lamont MP…
A healing moorland…
Sphagnum moss wound dressings during the Second World War By…
Heilan’ Coos and Fell Ponies join the Tarras Valley family
The cows and ponies will play their part in restoring…
Hope Rising: An Easter Message to our Community
As the days grow longer and spring blooms around us,…
NHS D&G announces massive funding shortfall
10th April 2025 | Community NewsBoard seeks public support to manage £33.6 million funding gap in the new financial year… Some shocking news reached the E&L Advertiser this week when we heard that NHS Dumfries and Galloway is facing a £33.6 million shortfall in the…
4,000 signature petition to be handed to politicians
10th April 2025 | Lifestyle Newcastleton NewsOxygen Conservation’s disregard prompted massive response A local petition with 4,000 signatures calling for Oxygen Conservation to stop their cull of the ancient herd of wild goats on Langholm Moor is being presented to local politicians today. (Thursday April 10)…
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - 1949 style
10th April 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community LifestyleAudrey Maxwell and friends reminisce about their first exposure to the world of Pantomime 76 years ago! 76 years ago, in April 1949 a group of children sat listening to a gentleman by the name of Joe Copeland. He was…
Scottish Woodlands plan ' voluntary' Environmental Impact Assessment for Warblaw
10th April 2025 | Community Farming and Environment NewsScottish Woodlands, which has been developing the woodland creation design for Warblaw sent the Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser information this week about the scheme saying the following: “For the past three years, we have been engaged in a consultation process…
Chuck receives cap for international refereeing
10th April 2025 | Rugby SportMairi Telford Jammeh interviews local rugby ace Charles Muir, locally known as Chuck, who lives in Langholm was presented with a retrospective cap for international rugby refereeing on 21st March at Murrayfield. Chuck, originally from Hawick, refereed international rugby matches…
As the last bank closes, a Cash Hub opens
3rd April 2025 | NewsTemporary facility will open in Holmspun with better hours of business than the outgoing bank Last September we asked in the E&L if a banking hub could be the answer for Langholm following a visit to one in Kirkcudbright and…
NatureScot tells the E&L “culling the goats is legal”
Oxygen Conservation lays the blame at Government’s door Part of…
Carpet bowlers end the season with 62 members
Presentation Evening well attended by young and old The Langholm…
NFUS calls for UK to stand up for agriculture
We need to be tough in negotiations with the USA…
New health team sought for Canonbie Surgery
Husband and wife medical partners to hang up their stethoscopes…
18-month trial of 20mph has begun
A7 Action Group discuss various issues The A7 Action Group…
No caravans or motorhomes to cross Milntown bridge
Far-reaching effect on the community as Ewes Water site has…
Legion get the better of Biggar
FOOTBALL By David Borthwick Biggar 2 – Langholm LFC 4…
Confirmation received that cull has already begun
Gilly Fraser delves further into the feral goat debacle Oxygen…
Some beautiful moments in LAODS’ latest show
Annie Get Your Gun is chock-full of love, laughter and…
2025 Common Riding AGM
New faces in official roles he trustees and members of…
Parking restrictions and 20mph limit from next week
By the end of March, the speed limit throughout the…
Coaching success for Sadie
A huge well done to Coach Sadie for attending her…
A well-used community resource for over 30 years
20th March 2025 | Community E&L Life NewsMairi Telford Jammeh takes a look at what goes on at Langholm’s Community Centre Langholm community centre has gone from strength to strength over the years. Formerly known as the ‘Mission Hall’ and used as a hospital during the first…
Goat cull company tackled by councillor
20th March 2025 | Lifestyle Newcastleton NewsMeeting with CEO of Oxygen Conservation requested Councillor Male has been corresponding with Oxygen Conservation over the proposed goat cull although it is not known if it has actually taken place or not. Oxygen’s response has been as follows “As…
Wheatley has “No plans for housing in Eskdale
13th March 2025 | Community NewsScotland’s second largest social landlord is also “not considering the Murtholm site at the moment” As a follow-up to housing questions, we posed to Mr David Stevenson following the housing survey done locally we asked Wheatley Homes South a series…
Below average rainfall leads to SEPA warnings
13th March 2025 | Farming and EnvironmentFarmers should take steps to ensure their summer water supply Farmers in Scotland are being told to take steps now to ensure they have enough water this summer. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued the advice following below-average rainfall…
Langholm Town Band do well in regionals
13th March 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community Lifestyle NewsBy Christine Calvert This weekend saw the latest contest outing for the town band under MD Chris Bradley. The band played in an open rehearsal on Friday night hosted by Scottish Champions Whitburn at West Calder High School. Five bands from across…
As predicted, D&G raise Council Tax by 9%
6th March 2025 | Community NewsFurthermore, they will “implement increases inselected fees and charges relating to leisure andsport, licensing, registrars and bulky waste” Under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and the Local Government Finance Act 1992, a local authority must set its Council Tax…
Blight on the landscape as SPEN plans 65 metre pylons
‘Electric’ meeting anticipated at Copshaw Community Council Copshaw Community Council…
300 kids attend Youth Rugby Tournament
Huge team effort produces great day for the juniors Langholm…
Greenhouse gasses high from drained peatlands
A major new initiative is underway to tackle greenhouse gas…
Community Council hears from concerned residents
Number of derelict sites in the town is a major…
Huge local reaction to news of proposed goat cull
Social media alight and petition raised following announcement by Oxygen…
Repeat success at Kelso would be a dream come true for Hawick trainer
By Gordon Brown Ewan Whillans is dreaming of a repeat…
NFUS retiterates its opposition to National Park in Galloway
NFU Scotland has once again made clear its opposition to…
D-day for Council Tax rises across the area
Dumfries and Galloway Council will make decisions today about the…
THEY'RE GOING TO CULL THE GOATS!
In what will be a hugely unpopular decision, Oxygen Conservation…
Decisive Edinburgh win in shadow of Murrayfield
Bonus point win as Wanderers succumb to LRFC tenacity League…
Grapes Bar and restaurant to close
The owners of the Grapes hotel in Newcastleton have confirmed…
