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  • What's next for Brewery Theatre Company

    WHAT'S next then for the Brewery Theatre Company after yet again, the forward-thinking outfit played to full houses, this time for a four-night run of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. "We want to continue not to do just shows, but develop other aspects

  • Guitar legend Steve Howe is bound for Morecambe

    STEVE Howe can turn his hand to anything from ragtime, blues, jazz, flamenco and classical. In fact, I suspect there are few string-linked sounds in the universe that the master of guitar couldn't produce. Since the early 1970s Steve has been at the

  • Controversial housing scheme sparks anger

    THE decision to allow a controversial housing development to be built in Kendal could force people to move out of a nearby estate, according to a former councillor. A Government planning inspector has granted developer Russell Armer permission to build

  • Climber fractures spine on Helm Crag

    A CLIMBER suffered a fractured spine after he fell 10 metres on Helm Crag in Grasmere. Team leader for Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Nick Owen said the 21-year-old Ambleside man fell on to a broad ledge when his belay failed at around 1:47pm

  • Bowls - County season starts

    CUMBRIA County Crown Green Bowls opens the season with the first major competition of the year, the Men's Senior Merit. It takes place at Heversham Bowling Club on Saturday, March 31. The start times are: 9.30. I.Nicholson.R.Barrow. A.Moore.

  • Rugby - Tribute to Beaumont

    ENGLISH rugby's County Championship has been renamed to honour one of the greatest players to have risen through its ranks. This season players taking part in the 118-year-old competition will be battling to lift the Bill Beaumont Cup. The

  • Pick of the Day

    Our What's On choice for South Lakeland, Furness and the Eden Valley. Thursday, March 22 ULVERSTON Jazz Appreciation Society meets in the Hospitality Suite at The Old Brewery, Hart Street, at 7.30pm. Tel 015394-32139. A TEA dance takes place at

  • Vale ready for weekend

    VALE of Lune entertain Waterloo at Powder House Lane on Saturday in the quarter-final of the Lancashire Cup. The team is as follows: Miller, Richards, Bryan, Garnett, Curran, Bennetts, Bolsover, Jackson, Schuyler, Cowey, Perry, Knox, Lin, Ford, Fowler

  • Can you hear us on the box?

    LANCASTER City may be having a torrid time on the field - but at least they will play in front of a massive audience tonight (Thursday). The Dolly Blues will be featured on Granada Soccer Night after camera crews turned up at the Giant Axe to film Saturday's

  • Mac's the way to do it...

    SAMMY McIlroy lavished praise on his gritty Shrimps after they ended their mini-slump with Tuesday's 2-1 win over Aldershot. Morecambe had to hang on against an excellent Shots outfit despite going 2-0 ahead inside the first 20 minutes. "It was a gritty