Christopher Holliday, of Cutting Edge Garden Design, at Grange-over-Sands, offers advice about the best way to create a Mediterranean garden here in Cumbria. Water conservation and drought-ridden summers are hitting the headlines once again. You may
A NEW man is set to take the reins at the Lake District National Park Authority this summer after members appointed a new chief executive today. The North West regional director of Natural England, Richard Leafe, replaces Paul Tiplady, who took early
The Cold War by John Lewis Gaddis (Penguin, £8.99). When the Second World War ended in 1945, many ordinary people no doubt looked forward with hope to a new era of peace. Instead the world was immediately thrown into a potentially far more dangerous
Bible: Arcade Fire (Sono) This Montreal band has some strong supporters - they are highly rated by U2 and David bowie while Q Magazine this month suggested Neon Bible was an early contender for album of 2007. And it's not difficult to understand why
THE chief executive of Cumbria County Council is recovering in hospital after undergoing a kidney transplant on Friday. Peter Stybelski, 54, who has been in position for four years, was alerted that a suitable donor organ had been found on Thursday evening
PLANS to extend an Eden holiday park have sparked "fury" among nearby villagers who fear they will be "swamped" by the expanded tourist facility. Around 50 residents of Ormside attended an emergency meeting in the village to discuss a planning application
A NEW vision for the future governance of Cumbria could see Eden split in half. Under a unique model unveiled by five district councils in Cumbria last week the county would be split into four smaller authorities and overseen by a federal committee,
JUST four months after the public voted Brough Playground the local charity they wanted National Lottery money to fund, work has begun on the state-of-the art project. A telephone vote-in on prime time ITV secured the £50,000 lottery grant for the Play
THE North Pennines AONB Partnership, as part of an initiative to celebrate 50 years of Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in England and Wales, has provided the Alston Moor Partnership with 50 trees to be planted as part of enhancement schemes at
A MEALS on Wheels volunteer is using the Freedom of Information Act to ask Cumbria County Council where the £1 per meal price hike will go - as members of the WRVS call for a re-think on the changes to the service. The cost of a meal from the service
FOLLOWING a weekend of fatal stabbings on the streets of the UK, a Kendal supermarket has been praised for raising the minimum age at which people can buy knives. In line with a new company policy, Morrisons has taken the voluntary step of raising the
FOOTBALL: Carvetii United set themselves up for their crucial first-meets-second tussle this Saturday with a 5-0 victory at Keswick Reserves in the Second Division of the Talbot Insurance Westmorland League. The win leaves Carvetii two points adrift
Top cricketer Paul Nixon has been urged to give the opposition some Cumbrian clout' in the cricket World Cup. The 36-year-old England and Leicestershire wicketkeeper, who grew up in the Eden village of Langwathby, made his World Cup debut on Friday in
PLANS to extend an Eden holiday park have sparked "fury" among nearby villagers who fear they will be "swamped" by the expanded tourist facility. Around 50 residents of Ormside attended an emergency meeting in the village to discuss a planning application
PARISH councillors have been encouraged by the Princess Royal to pioneer "affordable" housing schemes in their rural villages. Addressing a village housing seminar at Grasmere last week, in her role as President of the Rural Housing Trust, Princess
THE Champagne corks were popping at a Kendal bank after its staff were judged to be among the most helpful in the UK. The Market Place branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland beat off competition from branches across the country to be voted one of the
BUDDING young entrepreneurs will be showcasing their innovative ideas in Ulverston this week. The Coronation Hall will host the South Cumbria area final of the Young Enterprise competition tomorrow (Thursday) with student companies from across the district
Our What's On choice for South Lakeland, Furness and the Eden Valley. Wednesday, March 21 KENTDALE Singers will be performing at Gaskell Hall, Silverdale, at 7pm, followed by a hotspot supper. Tel 015395-62690. THE final concert in the Kendal Midday
FOR many people, hubcaps exist merely to protect and brighten up the wheels of a car, writes Daniel Orr. But for Maurice Rawlinson, of Ulverston, what began as a collection of spares for his own car has become an unusual garden feature. His set has
Hundreds of older Cumbrians are benefiting from an innovative community alarm service which helps people remain in their own homes for longer. Cumbria County Council is well on the way to meeting its target of installing Telecare service in 500 homes
LANCASTER City suffered more woe in the rain as Worksop Town stole all three Conference North points from Giant Axe thanks to a headed hat-trick from centre-half Anthony Jackson. The lumbering Jackson rose three times in the last 25 minutes to inflict
Vale of Lune were value for a half time lead at Carlisle - but the Cumbrians came back in the second 40 to gain revenge for their defeat at The Lane in the opening fixture of the North Two West campaign. James Curran opened the Vale's account when he
MATTY Blinkhorn and Neil Sorvel scored genuine goal of the season contenders while Steven Drench made half-a-dozen entries into the save of the season category as Morecambe ended their losing streak against Aldershot. The strikes from Blinkhorn and Sorvel
