NOTORIOUS serial killer Dr Harold Shipman - who could have killed hundreds of people in his home town of Hyde in Greater Manchester - was at one time on the same school PTA as the Rev Ian Davies, now of St Michael's Parish Church, Beetham. Mr Davies knew
EX-NAVAL service men and women gathered in Kirkby Lonsdale to share wartime memories at the invitation of local Royal British Legion chairman Alan Day. Reporter Jennie Dennett was there to meet them. WITH plenty of tea, cake and, of course, Lamb's Navy
DEPLETED by long-term injuries to Peter Millar and Roger Crowther, Kendal B team have fared well with those providing cover playing good competitive squash. Their last league fixture before the Christmas break was against Kendal A with a lot of pride
HELM Hill's Billy Procter won the second event in the 15-race Winter League series by repeating his success of last year at Hoad Hill, Ulverston. Procter led from start to finish and had established a healthy lead on the chasing pack through the fields
KENDAL Cricket Club should hold fears for visiting batsmen next season with the signing of Pakistani Test fast bowler Kabir Khan as professional for the Northern League season, writes Richard Daniels. Kabir, the 26-yearold left-arm fast-medium opening
SANTA Claus will ride again, according to Kendal Lions Club. The man in red and white received a rough ride at Christmas after he was pelted with stones and heckled by youths on housing estates in Kendal as he rode on his sleigh entertaining small children
Peter Richardson has been given the Wainwright Achievement Award for his enormous contribution to life in Kendal. The award goes to "the person who has done most during the previous 12 months to promote the prestige of Kendal or who has contributed significantly
KENDAL'S name could be up in lights on rail information boards across Britain if plans to re-Christen Oxenholme station get the go-ahead. Kendal Tourist Group, which is working to raise the town's profile as a holiday destination, is behind the idea.
VILLAGE youngsters are enjoying games of football on the 'kickabout' space created specially for them. Oxenholme's new community association drove the project forward, because some residents were concerned about older children playing football and cricket
(Breach): The Wallflowers (Interscope). This album is a great grower. At first listening you might think it is a little samey, but give it time and its merits start to shine through. Jakob Dylan is a good songwriter with a superb voice and his band are
THREE projects which promise to bring the Lake District's past to life have been awarded almost £120,000 from The Heritage Lottery Fund. The welcome cash boost will help revamp an exhibition centre in one of Cartmel's most historic buildings while a canal
A CARNFORTH man was airlifted to hospital after being struck by falling ice while climbing in Scotland last Saturday. David James Jump, 32, a service engineer of Ullswater Crescent, was climbing Creag Meagaidh, near Fort William, with two others when
THE winds of change could be blowing through the seaside town of Grange-over-Sands next month. Local authorities are keen to hear from members of the public whose fresh ideas could help shape the future of Grange. A series of meetings hosted by Cumbria
AN ANCIENT monument at the heart of a Lake District village is to house a new and contemporary showcase of local history to entice visitors to explore the area. A £48,600 award from The Heritage Lottery Fund to Cartmel Village Society will help revamp
EX-England cricket captain Mike Gatting will be in Kendal when he is guest for an evening entitled Faisalabad to Shap Road at Kendal Cricket Club on Saturday, February 10. Faisalabad was where Gatting had his famous head-to-head headline-making disagreement
MORE and more problems are piling up for the North Lancashire League organisers, with cancelled fixtures now exceeding the previous record of the 1985/86 season. Fixtures secretary Lawrie Postlethwaite said: "No fixtures were played at all on Saturday
THIRTY-TWO men and boys wrestled their hearts out for the Academy Shield 2000, postponed from December, writes Roger Robson. The decibels were high both on and off the mat at Kendal Rugby Union Club, especially when three teams were on equal points with
THE recently renamed CLA has promised to take the Government to task on a range countryside of issues in the coming year. The pressure group, which began 2001 with the new title of the County Land and Business Association, has promised to continue to
BLACKPOOL are taking a long hard look at Kendal Town's attacking midfielder Mike Garrity. The Third Division side have twice given him a run out in the Reserves, against Sheffield a fortnight ago and on Wednesday night against Darlington. If the Nationwide
VETS, veterinary pharmacists and others have met at a public workshop to discuss dispensing of veterinary prescription-only medicines (POMs). The meeting was the latest stage in the re-evaluation of the practice of allowing virtually all POMs to be dispensed
THE ROUTE of the 26th Malcolm Wilson Rally on Saturday, March 3 has been changed this year. Logging in the Lake District forests has created several potential 'short-cuts', so the route has been altered for safety reasons. Organisers say the changes will
BRIAN SPAIN, a relative newcomer to the sport, won Lakeland Orienteering Club Championships held in crisp, sunny weather at Guard's Wood, Coniston on Sunday. Runners are given handicapped times and then run their normal standard of course with the first
THE Westmorland branch of The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children is to distribute leaflets outside local chemists warning women about what they see as the "dangers and true nature of the morning-after pill." It became legal for chemists to
A STRIKE ballot by fire fighters looks increasingly likely after talks between union officials and Cumbria Fire Service chiefs broke up without agreement this week. The union has accused the fire service - run by the county council - of cutting fire cover
PARENTS angered by the amount of dog dirt they face as they walk their children to school are calling on South Lakeland District Council to do more about it. A group of parents whose children attend Ghyllside Nursery at Kendal, are upset and feel that
A NATIONAL Trust manager who gave evidence on behalf of a former colleague at an employment tribunal was sacked the next day. Colin Stracey, of Valley Drive, Kendal, an enterprise manager based at Grasmere, appeared as a witness for Catherine Loxam at
See what's in the shops this weekend (27 &28), with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal and specialty foods. The Barn Shop, Crooklands: Burns Night cheeseboard 4 varieties of Scottish cheese.................................
A PUBLIC meeting has been called because of concerns about the annual visit of travellers to Appleby Horse Fair. Ravenstonedale Parish Council has invited the police and other interested parties to discuss what actions can be taken to avoid a repeat of
POLICE are to take action against foot-to-the-floor motorists in the Wild Duck Lane area of Ulverston from next Monday. Marked and unmarked police cars will be used to take action against drivers exceeding the 30mph limit. They will be stopped or notified
LOCAL Liberal Democrat Tim Farron has defended his latest leaflet against claims it is misleading the public. Mr Farron, who is the party's spokesman for Westmorland and Lonsdale, has produced a pamphlet which urges people to back the campaign to oppose
MORE than six years of behind-the-scenes legal wrangling ended this week with a victory for the Brewery Arts Centre. A judge brought the curtain down on the theatrical row by awarding £3,500 costs to the Kendal arts organisation, and refusing to ban the
TWO climbers have discovered the body of a man missing in the Lake District for five months. They came across the remains of 68-year-old Michael Cohens on a ledge 100 metres below the summit of Great End, near Scafell Pike. Mr Cohens, a Salford University
PLANS are moving ahead for the second festival of jazz in Broughton-in-Furness, from September 14-16. All the bands which appeared in the village last year have been invited, with early indications that they enjoyed the festival, and will return this
Big Bucks by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles (Harper Collins, £7.99). Len is a young businessman earning a high wage in a city firm. But this is not enough for him - he wants to be rich... filthy rich. Big Bucks is packed with mottos and tips for success
A KENDAL travel agent is giving away a free holiday for two every week for the next five weeks. Going Places travel agents, which has a shop on Kendal's Highgate, is running a weekly free prize draw to win holidays in the Canaries, mainland Spain, Cyprus
THERE was something big and menacing in the churning, 30ft deep rock pool they call The Cauldron. Suddenly, a huge salmon, etched silver and red against the tumbling peat-stained waters, sprang upwards, tilting at the light of an English autumn afternoon
NEW EU rules paving the way for increased competition should not pose a threat to existing postal services, according to Euro MP Lord Inglewood, who lives at Hutton-in-the-Forest, near Penrith. The European Parliament has agreed the British Post Office
A PROJECT which restores rivers in the Eden Valley is set to get the royal seal of approval when Prince Charles visits the area today (Friday). His Royal Highness is due to visit the River Leith, at Melkinthorpe, where he will see work undertaken by the
A DRIVERLESS coach careered out-of-control down a South Lakeland town's main shopping street "miraculously" missing pedestrians, vehicles and buildings, reports Mike Addison. Witnesses who saw the empty, runaway bus weaving backwards for 40 metres down
A SKATE park and cycle track for Ambleside's Rothay Park have been proposed as ways of improving the village - and district councillors have given support in principle. The ideas were suggested during a joint Neighbourhood Forum and Sustainability South
GYPSUM in Cumbria: Ian Tyler (Blue Rock Publications). Mining historian Ian Tyler takes a look at the miners' struggle for survival deep under Cumbrian soil in the sixth book in his series. Focusing attention on the Gypsum and Anhydrite mining, which
ARCHITECT Joan Kinnane is aiming to help Lake District farmers to breathe new life into redundant agricultural buildings. Mrs Kinnane, who has extensive experience of converting disused farm buildings, has set up a new practice in Windermere. She believes
IAN Fleming, VAT specialist at Armstrong Watson, has been elected chairman of the North East chapter of the VAT practitioners group. It is the first time a specialist from outside the top six firms of chartered accountants has held the post. As chairman
AS locations go, Newton Rigg Campus is in a pretty good spot. At the head of the Eden Valley, with the Pennine and Lakeland hills in sight, many students at the campus really do have a room with a view. The estate covers 245 hectares, including two farms
THE story of Hawes Creamery is a real rags to riches tale. Less than ten years ago it was shut down when owners Dairy Crest made the decision to end production there as part of its rationalisation plan. The news horrified not only the local people but
ALL GOLFERS be prepared to feel envious about how Kendal man Nigel Metcalfe scooped not one but four trophies in the first-ever golf competition he entered during a week's holiday in the Algarve, Portugal. Mr Metcalfe, a former captain of Ambleside Cricket
FIRMS will face higher fuel bills when the government's new climate change levy - dubbed the carbon tax - comes into force in April. But a device being marketed in South Lakeland and Furness could help businesses to save money by reducing fuel consumption
FROM canoes to nuclear submarines, a talented young engineer who achieved his childhood ambition has been named the Rolls-Royce trainee of the year. Tony Bell, 23, dreamed of becoming an engineer and, while studying at Ulverston Victoria High School,
HOUSEHOLDERS digging in their gardens this spring could hold the key to unlocking an historical mystery. People living in Arnside and Silverdale are being asked to look out for pieces of Elizabethan or medieval pottery, which may lie in their gardens.
FORMER Ambleside primary teacher Mark Robinson has picked up another award for his much-applauded IT work. Mr Robinson was named as runner-up in the primary teaching category at the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency 'ICT in Practice
PLANS to dig deep into the Lake District's heritage and produce a mine of information for visitors have struck gold. The Heritage Lottery Fund has granted £ 31,650 to The National Trust for educational material and work on the water-powered Greenburn
WEST HARTLEPOOL, 15 matches, 15 defeats - and Kendal have important reasons to maintain the trend when the teams meet in English League National Division 2 at Mint Bridge on Saturday (2.15pm kick-off). Still to play Hartlepool twice, Kendal know it is
KENDAL Cricket Club should hold more fears for visiting batsmen next season with the signing of Pakistani Test fast bowler Kabir Khan as professional for the Northern League season, writes Richard Daniels. Kabir, the 26-yearold left-arm fast-medium opening
A FULL-strength Glaxo squad had a long and comprehensive warm-up when opponents Liverpool University got stuck in traffic and the North West Men's Hockey League match at Ulverston started 20 minutes late. But Glaxo, seeking much-needed points in their
WITH the threat of high winds and some snow already on their decks it showed true grit for 25 crews to turn out for round seven of the Windermere Cruising Association's Winter Series. Once again the start was delayed, but the race officer had set a sensible
FARMERS should be demanding "a greater share of the cake", according to Don Curry, chairman of the Meat and Livestock Commission. But Mr Curry told a joint NFU and Barclays bank discussion evening at the Castle Green Hotel in Kendal that the reality was
(Serves 4) 12oz new pototoes, well scrubbed and halved. 8oz broccoli florets. 1 glass dry white wine. 1 bay leaf. 1lb fresh salmon, skinned and cubed. 7oz fromage frais. 3 tblspns single cream. 1 tblspn fresh tarragon, chopped. salt and freshly ground
KENDAL Cricket Club has signed Pakistani Test pace bowler Kabir Khan as professional for the next Northern League season. Kabir, 26, holds the Pakistan first-class record for most wickets in a season and is viewed as a natural successor to Wasim Akram
MURDER inquiry detectives investigating the suspicious death of a 62-year-old man in the Kendal Hotel fire are "vigorously pursuing" a number of lines of inquiry. But they are still seeking the help of anyone who may be able to supply them with information
EXTRA government help could make it easier to push through a long-awaited flood relief scheme for Kendal. South Lakeland District Council chiefs are investigating an offer from the Ministry for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, which would allow the council
AN HISTORIC canal bridge which bears the burden of age and vandalism is to be treated to a new lease of life thanks to a grant of almost £40,000. The Heritage Lottery Fund has given Kendal Civic Society £39,420 to help revitalise Change Bridge at the
See what's in the shops this weekend, with the emphasis, where possible, on locally-produced, seasonal and specialty foods. The Barn Shop, Crooklands: Burns Night cheeseboard 4 varieties of Scottish cheese......................................£ 4.50.
A MAP showing the boundaries of traditional Lancashire has been produced. The Millennium Map of Lancashire, produced by the Friends of Real Lancashire, shows the county boundaries prior to 1974 when they were deleted from maps and the new administrative
A PACKAGE of measures has been announced which are designed to boost charitable giving, writes Michael Proudfoot, Kendal-based partner at chartered accountants Lonsdale and Partners, in his latest monthly article for Business Gazette. Gift Aid - the £250
THE demolition of a swimming pool complex in Morecambe could pave the way for the creation of an up-market water sports marina. Lancaster City Council has decided to demolish the Bubbles Leisure Park, on Marine Road West, and to use the site for other
A CONSULTATION process has started on proposals which will see radical changes to the structure of Lancaster City Council. From May 2002, in order to comply with the Local Government Act 2000, the old-style committee system will replaced with a new system
THE fund-raising efforts of a community determined to build a swimming pool at Grange-over-Sands are finally bearing fruit. Pool-campaign group the Cartmel Peninsular Recreational Trust had beaten its target for the year 2000, and with money still coming
THE retired consultant who headed up the group charged with reviewing Helme Chase said it had unanimously agreed planned Caesarean sections could continue safely at the unit. Former consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist George Turnbull, who chaired
ALL CUP ties have been put on hold as the competition may be abandoned because of the growing backlog of league fixtures. With the winter weather wiping out last weekend's league programme no cup ties have been scheduled for February and the League Executive
LAKELAND Wobblers ended the unbeaten run of leaders West Lothian when they travelled to Irlam on Saturday for their third tournament in National Division 4 North of the Canoe Polo League. Wobblers were building on the promise shown when dominating the
SEVERE frost decimated the Furness football programme yet again. Only one game was played in the ASDA Logic West Lancashire League and it produced the first Premier Division win of the season for Vickers SC who beat Leyland Motors Athletic 2-1 at Thurston
FARMING women in South Lakeland will get the chance to learn about which computers and software packages are the best on the market. Experts from local IT firms will be on hand at the Westmorland Agricultural Society's Lane Farm HQ at Crooklands tomorrow
IF YOU know somebody who is blind or partially-sighted, young or old, who deserves a holiday, then South Lakeland Voluntary Society for the Blind would like to hear from you. Kendal Lions have donated a holiday at Seacroft Holiday Centre, Norfolk, to
A 'FOSTERING bus' is to hit the streets of Barrow this weekend in a drive to find more foster parents for local children. "It's helpful to young people to keep community, school and friendship links. That's why it's so important for Furness children to
THE campaign over the future of Helme Chase was taken to the Houses of Parliament this week, when a government minister was grilled about the maternity unit, reports Michaela Robinson-Tate. Junior health minister Gisela Stuart told a Westminster debate
THE transformation of Broughton's Victory Hall reached fresh heights as builders started work on the new roof. The £560,000 project to update the ageing 1930s hall is nearing completion, and project leader Richard Weeks told the Gazette: "It's very exciting
A SOUTH Lakeland primary school has been formally named an Investor in People for providing a first-class education for pupils. Flookburgh CE Primary School, which has 186 pupils aged from three to 11, has won accreditation under the prestigious national
ULVERSTON'S Civic Society chairman will hand over a petition against the demolition of an historic former school when the proposal comes before district councillors. Bernard Ellis will present the petition when the planning application from Crowther Homes
Military Mountaineer by Major Bronco Lane, published by Hayloft Publishing, £25.95 hardback and £17.95 softback. A RETIRED British Army Major whose love of climbing was inspired by the Lake District has written the first ever history of British military
Through Fire And Water by Mark Higgot. (Mainstream Publishing, £20). This book chronicles the story of the fateful last mission of Falklands war ship HMS Ardent. In huge detail and using interviews with survivors, the book recounts what happened to the
THE Mayor of Rinteln - Kendal's twin town - is to unveil a mural celebrating the friendship between Kendal and its German twin town later this year. The mural by ceramic artist Maggie Berkowitz is to be put up in Elephant Yard shopping mall, opposite
A MAP showing the boundaries of traditional Lancashire has been produced. The Millennium Map of Lancashire, produced by the Friends of Real Lancashire, shows the county boundaries prior to 1974 when they were deleted from maps and the new administrative
RAIL boss Sir Richard Branson hopes to lure travellers back to the West Coast Main Line and CrossCountry routes with the offer of half-price fares next month. The cost of first and standard-class tickets, Savers, weekly season tickets and Virgin Value
PLANS by mobile 'phone company Vodafone to put a six-metre mast next to Kirkstone Quarry, Kirkstone Pass, have been recommended for approval by Lakes parish councillors. The plans feature a stone and slate equipment cabin, and councillors heard the mast
THIS area has long been synonymous with successful businesses and on this, and the opposite page, we celebrate the renowned excellence of Windermere Lake Cruisers and the Wensleydale Creamery at Hawes. We also look at the growing success of the Newton
AN expanding business which specialises in fire safety and security has clinched more work. Kendal-based FTS Fire & Security has won the contract to maintain fire and security systems at the K Village shopping mall. The business, formed four years
POLICE are committed to tackling drug dealers in Lakes communities, police reassured parish councillors. Coun Anne Parker told Lakes Parish Council she was aware there were "an awful lot of very serious drug dealers in the area". Police constable Alan
BED and breakfast owners say night-time noise from a Lakes village pub is keeping their guests awake. Coun Anne Sowerbutts told Lakes Parish Council that noise from The Sportsman, Compston Road, Ambleside, was "horrific" at night. "They turned the music
A COUPLE were rescued from Windermere's freezing waters after their dinghy was sunk by ice, reports Jennie Dennett. The man and woman, who are thought to be from Warrington, were travelling out to their yacht when their inflatable dinghy was punctured
CONISTON Parish Council has thrown its full support behind efforts to keep the Record Attempts Week on Windermere after the 10mph speed limit comes into force in 2005. At their latest meeting, parish councillors said they backed the Records Week Committee
A TRAFFIC island in Ambleside which is used as a "resting place" by elderly people crossing a busy road has been criticised as unsafe by a local GP. Dr David Earnshaw, of Ambleside Health Centre on Rydal Road, said the siting of the island was "crazy"
THREE men braved the ice cold waters of the river Kent on New Year's Day. Paul Duncan, John Pedder and Callum Anderson took the plunge in the annual St. John Ambulance river walk. Mr Duncan said: "This was the coldest it has been for some years, and it
TOWN councillors have come out in support of midwives by backing a fourth option for Kendal's Helme Chase maternity unit. They want it to become a midwife-led unit with planned Caesarean births continuing at Kendal - which is the way ahead favoured by
POLICE are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a South Lakeland pensioner which they are treating as suspicious. Ernest Satterthwaite, 93, of Brook Street, Troutbeck Bridge, near Windermere, died 24 hours after being admitted to Westmorland
TOWN councillors have come out in support of midwives by backing a fourth option for Kendal's Helme Chase maternity unit. They want it to become a midwife-led unit with planned Caesarean births continuing at Kendal - which is the way ahead favoured by
MARK BOWMAN makes his first appearance in Kendal's starting line-up this season against West Hartlepool at Mint Bridge tomorrow (Sat). Bowman came on as substitute against Wharfedale and Fylde after missing all last season with groin trouble after returning
SOUTH African Test player Pieter Strydom, who was appointed Netherfield's new professional last November, has been skippering Border in State games and he returned an eye-catching 6-23 with his slow left-armers recently., Strydom, 31, better known as
Rural Industries of the Lune Valley is published by the Centre for North west Regional Studies and is priced £ 9.95. TEXTILE mills, coal mining and quarrying are all part of the Lune Valley's history yet the area's beauty betrays the industry that once
Furness Abbey - Romance, Scholarship and Culture by Christine Dade-Robertson, £11.50, Centre for North West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster "I HAVE made a miserable botch of this description; it is no description but merely an attempt to preserve
MIDDLETON-in-Lonsdale, by the people of Middleton, published by Stramongate Press, Kendal (£10 from The Head pub and The Swan Inn in Middleton.) MIDDLETON-in-Lonsdale, the book, is a lasting record of an oft-forgotten village which is smaller today than
ARCHITECT Joan Kinnane is aiming to help Lake District farmers to breathe new life into redundant agricultural buildings. Mrs Kinnane, who has extensive experience of converting disused farm buildings, has set up a new practice in Windermere. She believes
PEOPLE living in South Lakeland, Furness and north Lancashire could be given wider access to information about the locations of any genetically modified crops in their area, if a new EU directive wins approval. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
THE TITLE race is hotting up with four weeks remaining in the Kendal and District Pool Wednesday League. Netherfield CC A are on 139 points, three points clear of White Hart A in Division 1, both teams having played the same number of matches. Bridge
