Eskdale Pony Club Annual Awards night
Week: 03 | 15th January 2026 | Equestrian Lifestyle SportGilly Fraser reports on riding club’s special event Eskdale Pony Club’s Awards Night was made even more special than usual this year with a message specially recorded for them by Olympic Eventer Pippa Funnell. “I would like to congratulate all…
Worst flooding this winter as water cascades through Ashley Bank onto A7
Week: 02 | 8th January 2026 | Community NewsLocals unblock drains and clear debris in what should have been declared a major incident Further severe flooding in Langholm occurred on the night of Wednesday 17th December after the last 2025 edition of the paper had gone to print.…
FTS Dyers help maintain the Muckle Toon’s textile history
Week: 02 | 8th January 2026 | Community LifestyleSouth of Scotland Enterprise report on crucial Langholm business A Langholm specialist yarn dyer is helping keep alive the town’s textile industry, with support of South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE). Textiles and Langholm are closely interwoven, with their dozens of…
Cards, cakes and jazzy jumpers, it's all about kids at Christmas
Week: 51 | 18th December 2025 | Community News SchoolFestive entertainment and competitions keep the children focussed! Langholm Pupil scoops festive design prize There was a musical welcome for two parliamentarians at Langholm Primary School this week. Pupils demonstrated their festive singing talent during Monday’s assembly when the guests…
Christmas thoughts from Rev Morag
Week: 51 | 18th December 2025 | Canonbie Lifestyle NewsAs we move through another season in the life of our parish, I am continually reminded of the quiet strength that lives within our communities. Across our villages and countryside, people look out for one another in ways that often…
Muckle Toon Christmas Cheer
Week: 50 | 11th December 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community Lifestyle NewsLangholm group excel once more in creating an event to be proud of! The Muckle Toon proved last Saturday that a lot of effort and community input can put the magic of Christmas back in our Winter-grey town. With Santa…
Excess water and blocked drains beleaguer the A7
The A7 Action Group and BEAR Scotland promise to address signage,…
Wind farm worries for distinctive goats
Oxygen Conservation’s plans at odds with Trust Conservationists have hit…
SWAG concerned report will favour developers
Action Group gives us an update on the state of…
Langholm’s rising stars celebrate big wins at Athletic Club presentations
Several young Langholm athletes received awards at a junior presentation…
End of an era for Langholm Girls FC
The 13th of November saw the end of an era at…
ACTS looking for volunteer drivers
Annandale Community Transport Services (ACTS) is seeking volunteer drivers. If…
Many 'Treats' in store for Langholm's new Emporium
Popular local businessman expands his horizons with new venture John…
Third flood in a month leads to urgent calls for a solution
Securing the A7 at Townfoot from flooding must be a…
Caroline in tears at the kindness of everyone
Community in mourning at sad loss of Sam Cropper Copshaw…
Muckle Bang brings Muckle Folk
Over 3,500 people attend Langholm’s Big Bang to see a…
Sports Centre project closes
For the past few months the project to open a…
MURTHOLM NO MORE!
Widespread disappointment as Loreburn Housing reneges on its promises for…
Convincing win for Langholm Girls' FC
Week: 44 | 30th October 2025 | Football Girls Football SportBy Calum GrahamOn Sunday, our Under 14s made the journey to Kilmarnock to play Crosshouse Girls in our last Southwest Scotland league fixture.The game was played on an exceptionally good grass pitch however, a bitterly cold wind with driving rain…
Bloch Wind Farm £27m community benefit package
Week: 44 | 30th October 2025 | NewsRES, a British company has joined forces with local Community Councils to form the Bloch Development Group, which will make strategic decisions on how to utilise the community benefit funding from the proposed Bloch Wind Farm, if it is consented…
St Kilda’s sheep ‘protected’; Langholm Moor goats ‘feral’
Week: 43 | 23rd October 2025 | E&L Life Farming and Environment NewcastletonScottish Government accused of “muddled thinking” The Scottish Government has been accused of “muddled thinking” by the Newcastleton-based Wild Goat Conservation Trust and following the government’s decision to rebut calls by Vets for sustainable management of Soay sheep on St…
One of highest scores at Milntown for many years
Week: 43 | 23rd October 2025 | Rugby SportLangholm team in total control over Dalkeith By Kenneth Pool Langholm RFC welcomed Dalkeith Rugby Club to Milntown on Saturday for the 6th East League 1 fixture of the season. With only one away defeat so far Langholm were keen…
Fire strategy urgently needed
Week: 43 | 23rd October 2025 | Farming and EnvironmentScotland needs a country-wide Integrated Fire Management Strategy to protect rare species and habitats.That’s the call being made by Scottish Land & Estates which says wildfires are becoming more common in Scotland.SLE Director of Moorland Ross Ewing, says the fires…
Hallpath flooding petition
Week: 43 | 23rd October 2025 | Community NewsA petition and letter from the residents of Hallpath and Townfoot has been sent to Dumfries and Galloway Council’s Chief Executive about the recent flooding event. The petition requests an urgent on-site meeting with Council officers to address the seriousness…
Concerns grow over town’s road safety and gateway signs
BEAR representative tours problem sites on High Street, with Cllr…
Royal Mail sponsors girls' new 'Kit for Kids'
GIRLS’ FOOTBALL In 2024, Royal Mail launched a new programme…
Derek Johnson breaks Langholm Legion appearance record with 536 appearances for the club
Last weekend Derek Johnson made history by surpassing Martin Thomlinson’s…
Amy, first of the season, causes Townfoot chaos
Resident Mark Hallam reports on the damage done by the…
Langholm Karate Club celebrates 35 years
Rokudan Phil Gunn has trained many successful students On Saturday…
200 walkers hit the trail for the Umbrella Walk
Storm Amy behaved to allow the Rotary Club of Langholm’s…
Perturbing disappearance of Langholm’s Golden Eagles
Police are concerned that Tarras and Wren have come to…
Official plans submitted for Irvine House Holiday Lodges
After local enthusiasm for the project, last year, Buccleuch have…
Local Derby sees a win for Harlequins
It was looking good for Langholm until last-minute penalty Langholm…
Umbrella Walkers to step out for big Rotary event
Since its inception, the sponsored walk has raised of £390,000Rotary…
Langholm's locked and lacklustre lavvies
But behind the headline lies a more serious issue Following…
Donaldson penalty secures home win against Dunbar
Helped by new team shirts sponsored by Cullen Kilshaw A…
Goat Petition reaches Scottish Parliament
Week: 38 | 18th September 2025 | Farming and Environment Newcastleton NewsBoard gives sympathetic hearing after 13,000 signatures The Wild Goat Conservation Trust has thanked its many supporters after their petition to save the wild goats on Langholm Moor was given a sympathetic hearing at the Scottish Parliament’s Petitions Board. The…
David Corrie Calvert MBE 1940 - 2025 : Obituary
Week: 38 | 18th September 2025 | Arts and Entertainment NewsPopular bandsman and Langholmite leaves behind a huge musical legacy David Corrie Calvert was born on the 8th of August 1940, the only son of Edward and Isabella Calvert. He was a very well known and much liked figure around…
Public Service Excellence award for Councillor Archie
Week: 38 | 18th September 2025 | Community E&L Life NewsRecognition for outstanding contribution to local government Councillor Archie Dryburgh MBE of Annandale East and Eskdale received a prestigious lifetime achievement award at the UK wide Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE) annual charity awards in Glasgow last week. Archie…
Our caprine friends are notoriously hard to count
Week: 37 | 11th September 2025 | Farming and Environment Lifestyle Newcastleton NewsThere could be as many as 900 goats roaming the local moorland There has been a great deal of ongoing discussion over the past few months about the goats of Langholm and Newcastleton Hills as petitions go through parliament this…
Langholm Pipe Band stars at Braemar Highland Games
Week: 37 | 11th September 2025 | Community NewsKing and Queen were ‘blown away’ by the Muckle Toon’s appearance David J. McVittie reports, in words and photos, on the band’s weekend on Royal Deeside The good people of the Scottish Highlands had their gasts well and truly flabbered…
No comment from the public on Kilngreen’s transport hub
Week: 36 | 4th September 2025 | Community NewsPotential risks of cycling on an E-bike down the A7 to join another hub at Gretna leaves us wondering The proposal to create a transport hub at the Kilngreen by Dumfries and Galloway Council was discussed at the Annandale and…
Holm Show 2025
Copshaw’s big day expertly captured by the Camera Club Words…
Dumfries & Galloway’s bold vision for future housing needs
Councils new Local Housing Strategy sets out five key priorities…
Fly-tipping in the area reaching epidemic level
Most roads around Langholm have seen junk dumped Fly tipping…
Langholm Common Riding 2025
Cornet Ewan Patterson carried out his duties last Friday in…
Horseracing results from Friday & Saturday
Full results from Friday afternoon Mercury Stakes – 6 Furlongs:…
Readers' suggestions for the beleaguered bandstand
D&G’s design has long been a controversial Muckle Toon topic…
MSP backs bid for new Langholm cash machine
SOUTH Scotland MSP Craig Hoy has visited the new Post…
Scottish Woodlands hear Warblaw concerns
Organisations and residents voice issues at recent Environmental Impact Meeting…
And so, it all begins once again!
The Benty Rideout ushers in another Langholm Common Riding fortnight…
New one-way system for Elizabeth and Caroline Streets
Proposals put forward further to a request from residents and…
Creation weaves a new future
Langholm textile project launches new centre along with new hope…
Engaging with Ewan
Spur Do 2025 Cornet Patterson being presented with his spurs…
