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Preliminary meeting focusses on Townfoot's hole in the ground
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…
Victory in Europe (VE) Day commemoration events
24th April 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community NewsLangholm, Ewes and Westerkirk community council is working with Langholm social club to commemorate the anniversary Victory in Europe day on 8th May. Langholm social club said: “To commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE day, and to remember the brave…
Return of full Post Office is first-class news for town
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
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…
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…
Heilan’ Coos and Fell Ponies join the Tarras Valley family
17th April 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsThe cows and ponies will play their part in restoring and improving habitats on the moor The matriarch fold of highland cattle are trained with no fence collar technology which is a virtual fencing solution for livestock, where the animals…
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
Board seeks public support to manage £33.6 million funding gap…
4,000 signature petition to be handed to politicians
Oxygen Conservation’s disregard prompted massive response A local petition with…
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…
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
27th March 2025 | Community NewsFar-reaching effect on the community as Ewes Water site has to postpone opening for season The community was shocked to learn, last week, that the bridge at Milntown, Langholm Rugby Club’s headquarters, has been restricted to cars and light vans…
Legion get the better of Biggar
27th March 2025 | Football SportFOOTBALL By David Borthwick Biggar 2 – Langholm LFC 4 The lads travelled up the M74 today to face Biggar in the quarter final of the Forsyth Cup.The game started lively with Langholm getting some early chances. The deadlock was…
Confirmation received that cull has already begun
27th March 2025 | E&L Life Farming and Environment Newcastleton NewsGilly Fraser delves further into the feral goat debacle Oxygen Conservation have confirmed that they have begun culling wild goats on Langholm Moor.It’s not clear how many animals have been killed, though some local estimates have put it as high…
Some beautiful moments in LAODS’ latest show
27th March 2025 | Arts and Entertainment Community NewsAnnie Get Your Gun is chock-full of love, laughter and some damn fine singing…don’t miss it! It’s ‘Opera Week’ once more in the Muckle Toon and this year, Langholm’s talented amateur society, LAODS is bringing Irving Berlin’s masterpiece of musical…
2025 Common Riding AGM
27th March 2025 | E&L Life Lifestyle NewsNew faces in official roles he trustees and members of Langholm Common Riding gathered on the evening of Monday 17th of March for their Annual General Meeting.Chairman ex-Cornet Tommy Morrison retired from his positions as chairman and trustee, succeeded by…
Parking restrictions and 20mph limit from next week
20th March 2025 | Community NewsBy the end of March, the speed limit throughout the town of Langholm will be 20mph starting at the southern entrance of the town up to and beyond the Kilngreen. There will be much more restrictive parking on the High…
Coaching success for Sadie
A huge well done to Coach Sadie for attending her…
A well-used community resource for over 30 years
Mairi Telford Jammeh takes a look at what goes on…
Goat cull company tackled by councillor
Meeting with CEO of Oxygen Conservation requested Councillor Male has…
Wheatley has “No plans for housing in Eskdale
Scotland’s second largest social landlord is also “not considering the…
Below average rainfall leads to SEPA warnings
Farmers should take steps to ensure their summer water supply…
Langholm Town Band do well in regionals
By Christine Calvert This weekend saw the latest contest outing…
As predicted, D&G raise Council Tax by 9%
Furthermore, they will “implement increases inselected fees and charges relating…
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
27th February 2025 | Horse Racing SportBy Gordon Brown Ewan Whillans is dreaming of a repeat success with Cracking Rhapsody in the £120,000 bet365 Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso on Saturday. Twelve months ago, Scotland’s richest hurdle race – a handicap over two-miles – went to the…
NFUS retiterates its opposition to National Park in Galloway
27th February 2025 | Farming and Environment NewsNFU Scotland has once again made clear its opposition to the creation of a new National Park in Galloway, and says the proposal lacks clear benefits for farmers, food producers, and the rural economy.Over the past three years, NFU Scotland…
D-day for Council Tax rises across the area
27th February 2025 | Lifestyle NewsDumfries and Galloway Council will make decisions today about the budget for 2025/26 with three different proposals to consider. The Conservatives who are in the administration of the Council are proposing a council tax increase this year of 9.2% with…
THEY'RE GOING TO CULL THE GOATS!
20th February 2025 | Farming and Environment Newcastleton NewsIn what will be a hugely unpopular decision, Oxygen Conservation says it must reduce the numbers Wild goats on parts of Langholm Moor are to be culled by Oxygen Conservation.The company which owns twelve thousand acres of the land including…
Decisive Edinburgh win in shadow of Murrayfield
20th February 2025 | Rugby SportBonus point win as Wanderers succumb to LRFC tenacity League action was resumed on Saturday when Langholm RFC played Murrayfield Wanderers in the shadow of the national stadium. Langholm had narrowly beaten the Edinburgh side earlier this season, but a…
Grapes Bar and restaurant to close
20th February 2025 | E&L Life NewcastletonThe owners of the Grapes hotel in Newcastleton have confirmed that its Reivers Bar and Restaurant will cease trading at the end of this week. The announcement comes just two weeks after owner Steven Swan held a public meeting in…
Sitka spruce going, going, gone!
A big task for the Tarras Valley team over the…
Daniel Lacey: A Guilded Craftsman
Prestigious recognition for Langholm artisan from City of London livery…
D&G Council Tax set to rise between 5 to 10%
…and the same for Water Rates…possibly 9%. Budgets are to…
Virus on D&G farmtook 90 of 150 lambs
Farmers are urged to report Schmallenberg (SBV) cases NFU Mutual…
Doddie’s Grand Tour visits the Muckle Toon
Fundraising cyclists and organisers bowled over by the hospitality received…
Caroline Street is still railing against its railings
As angle of fence increases, council budgets for repairs to…
U15 gold medal for Langholm’s Aoiffion
Amazing 12 year old athlete makes her mark in her…
Grapes Hotel holds crisis meeting with villagers
“Frankly if I followed pure logic, I would close the…
For age there’s no limit in the world of Burns
Young and old gather in Langholm and Gilnockie to celebrate…
Service held to celebrate union of parishes
The Church of Scotland presbytery of the South West held…
Concern over decline in dairy herd numbers
NFU Scotland say they’re concerned by figures just released which…
