Simon is club champ: Ian is a life-member
Week: 27 | 3rd July 2025 | Golf SportCelebrations all round at Langholm Golf Club Langholm Golf Club would like to congratulate Simon Tweddle on becoming club champion for 2025. Some excellent golf was played at the weekend by both Simon and Derek John- stone in fantastic conditions…
Miraculous sunshine for Ewan’s Street Party
Week: 27 | 3rd July 2025 | Common Riding E&L Life NewsHenry Street and Moodlaw Point residents turned out in force to wish their Cornet all the best for the upcoming festivities It’s a wee while since Henry Street had its own Cornet. We’ve had a couple of Jubilee Cornets and…
Fleetwood Macnificent!
Week: 27 | 3rd July 2025 | Arts & Entertainment Arts and EntertainmentMark Hallam reviews Buccleuch Centre success The visible five of the Go Your Own Way (GYOW), Fleetwood Mac tribute band, backed by their extraordinary support team produced a simply stunning auditory and visual spectacle at the Buccleuch Centre at Friday night’s…
Huge message sent to Scotland’s decision-makers
Week: 26 | 26th June 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsCampaigners are pressing for goats to receive fully-protected status Campaigners fighting to save wild goats on Langholm Moor have reacted with anger to the Scottish Government’s announcement that it does not have any plans to help the animals by granting…
Alan does Doddie proud with 37 Potholm loops
Week: 26 | 26th June 2025 | Cycling News SportExtreme weather ends marathon effort after a total of 188.5 miles Alan Miller of Langholm set out to raise as much money as possible for the ‘My Name’s Doddie Foundation’ by cycling around the Potholm loop as many times as…
Academy welcomes inspiring visitor
Week: 26 | 26th June 2025 | E&L Life News SchoolChallenging disability stereotypes is how Hari overcame adversity Last week Langholm Academy welcomed guest speaker Hari Budha Magar to the school to talk with P7-S6 pupils about overcoming adversity, having a positive mindset and challenging yourself to accomplish your greatest…
Paul Young to ‘lay his hat’ at The Buccleuch
Paul Young will go back on the road with a…
Thoughtful gift for popular bowler
Rob receives a trike from fellow Old Town members As…
Alan's big Challenge for Doddie charity
Last year Alan Miller challenged himself to cycle 20 laps…
No pot of gold at the end of this ‘rainbow’
SNP to form a minority administration after Conservative split in…
Langholm's Front Three have a great Day out at Hawick Common Riding
Read much more in this week’s E&L available at your…
Scottish Opera's 'LAUDER' on tour
Revival of show to mark 155th birthday of Harry To…
School sprint silver for Langholm pupils
Speedy youngsters impress in Grangemouth The Scottish Primary Schools 4…
Pride of Britain winner to visit Academy
Langholm Academy is delighted to share that they will welcome…
Huge attendance at crucial Town Meeting
Strength of feeling of townsfolk made plain to panel…but will…
Cup of Friendship success for Langholm Academy aces
Langholm girls won all their group games 2-0, 4-0, 2-0…
Tam o' Shanter and the Education Angels
Local schools perform with Scottish Opera Pupils from Newcastleton, Langholm…
Let’s get the Muckle Toon back to its former glory
Community Council to chair event where you can have your…
Poppy perfection wins Helen’s team a gold at Chelsea
Week: 22 | 29th May 2025 | Canonbie E&L Life Gardening Helen Knowles NewsThe Meconopsis Group impresses the judges with their display at ‘the greatest flower show on earth’ The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, often hailed as the greatest flower show on earth, was the only RHS show that I had never exhibited…
Glowing report for Langholm Nursery
Week: 22 | 29th May 2025 | Community Lifestyle News SchoolStaff delighted after “Very Good” Care Inspectorate visit Staff and parents of pupils at Langholm’s Nursery were delighted to receive a glowing report this week from the Care Inspectorate.The unannounced inspection took place on April 28th and 30th with the…
After 102 years, LAODS has a new name
Week: 21 | 22nd May 2025 | Arts & Entertainment Lifestyle NewsFresh Talent sought for the new season on stage Langholm Theatre Group (formerly LAODS) have their sights set on finding new talent for their next musical production. Members of Langholm Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society decided at an Extra-Ordinary General…
D&G Chief pays visit to Langholm organisations
Week: 21 | 22nd May 2025 | NewsDumfries and Galloway Council’s Chief Executive Dawn Roberts paid a visit to Langholm on Tuesday accompanied by Councillor Denis Male and Ward Manager Stuart Hamilton. She was delighted to meet staff at the Xcel project, see for herself the sensory…
Ewan Patterson elected as Langholm’s 2025 Cornet
Week: 20 | 15th May 2025 | Common Riding Community NewsOver 50% of the town turn out to vote as record number of voters is equalled On a beautiful Spring evening, half of Langholm came out to elect their Cornet for 2025.Such was the number of voters, that the previous…
The Forsyth Cup comes to Langholm
Week: 20 | 15th May 2025 | Football SportLegion make history by beating Jed Legion 2-1 By David BorthwickOn Saturday we travelled to Earlston by bus to face Jed Legion in the final of the Forsyth Cup, with a chance to make history and be the first Langholm…
Thoughtful VE Day ceremony held at Langholm's War Memorial
RAF Police Sergeant David Patterson led a poignant service at Langholm’s…
Well-wishers attend opening of Langholm’s new Post Office
After months of work and training, Elizabeth and staff finally…
A quality quartet
Another healthy contingent of fine young men put theirnames forward…
Langholm make it to Earlston quarter-finals
And South Pacific guest players add to the squad’s dynamic…
Eighty years since Victory in Europe
A poignant reminder of resilience and unity rising from adversity…
New Post Office opens on Tuesday
It’s countdown now until the new post office opens on…
End of Langholm banking era as BoS closes its doors
Scotland’s oldest bank bows out of High Street The Bank…
Langholm Sevens 2025
Milntown was buzzing as the first tie between Peebles and…
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…
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
Week: 17 | 24th April 2025 | Community Lifestyle NewsParticular issues discussed in advance of June’s public forum In advance of the June meeting that Langholm, Ewes and Westerkirk Community Council has organised with a number of agencies about Langholm and its ‘eyesores’, a preliminary meeting was held last…
Return of full Post Office is first-class news for town
Week: 16 | 17th April 2025 | Community NewsElizabeth and team are all trained up and ready to run the service seven days a week Below is an interview with Elizabeth Wilson who owns the paper shop and the pet food shop who is taking on the post…
Goat petition reaches MPs
Week: 16 | 17th April 2025 | Farming and Environment Gilly Fraser Lifestyle Newcastleton News4,000 anti-cull signatures handed over Conservative politicians John Lamont MP and Rachael Hamilton MSP have both promised to champion the cause of the Langholm Moor wild goats in their respective Parliaments. The two politicians have both been presented with copies…
A healing moorland…
Week: 16 | 17th April 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community NewsSphagnum moss wound dressings during the Second World War By Timothy McCracken Around this time of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War it is important to remember the significant contribution Langholm made to alleviate the…
Hope Rising: An Easter Message to our Community
Week: 16 | 17th April 2025 | Canonbie E&L Life Eskdalemuir NewcastletonAs the days grow longer and spring blooms around us, we’re reminded of the hope and renewal that Easter brings. This season is about more than bunnies and eggs—it’s about a story that changed the world and still speaks to…
NHS D&G announces massive funding shortfall
Week: 15 | 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…
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves - 1949 style
Audrey Maxwell and friends reminisce about their first exposure to…
Scottish Woodlands plan ' voluntary' Environmental Impact Assessment for Warblaw
Scottish Woodlands, which has been developing the woodland creation design…
Chuck receives cap for international refereeing
Mairi Telford Jammeh interviews local rugby ace Charles Muir, locally…
As the last bank closes, a Cash Hub opens
Temporary facility will open in Holmspun with better hours of…
NatureScot tells the E&L “culling the goats is legal”
Oxygen Conservation lays the blame at Government’s door Part of…
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…
Goat cull company tackled by councillor
Meeting with CEO of Oxygen Conservation requested Councillor Male has…
