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Murder inquiry after woman dies at Kendal flat

Updated 4:34pm Friday 27th January 2012

A woman who was burned this morning in an incident at her home in Crag View, Kendal, has died in hospital.

Kendal man arrested following early morning flat fire

Updated 8:58am Friday 27th January 2012

A 61-YEAR-OLD Kendal man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and causing arson to endanger life following an early morning incident on the town's Sandylands estate today.

Judo: Horley takes step closer to Olympic dream

Updated 7:30am Thursday 26th January 2012

KENDAL Judo Club’s Michael Horley moved a step closer to his Olympic dream by confirming his spot in the 27-man British Olympic Judo squad with a bronze medal at the British National Trials in Sheffield.

BBC cameraman Mark Smith focuses on fundraiser for Cumbria Wildlife Trust

Updated 8:00am Friday 27th January 2012

THE local support group of the Cumbria Wildlife Trust has persuaded Mark Smith, film cameraman on the BBC’s Frozen Planet series, to give a talk in aid of trust funds at Sedbergh School’s Queen's Hall on February 9 (7.30pm). The ace lensman is an ‘old boy’ of Sedbergh School (Evans House, 1974-1979) and will show film and stills in his highly anticipated Penguins and Polar Bears - the filming of Frozen Planet talk.