A TOURIST information centre that has been refurbished as part of a £150,000 national park scheme has been reopened to the public. The TIC at Bowness is now offering vital information to visitors to the Lake District following a revamp that has used
WALKERS are required to take part in a fundraising cross bay walk. Walking the Way to Health, a Kendal and Staveley-based charity, is organising a walk across Morecambe Bay from Arnside to Kents Bank on Sunday, August 2. Entry to the event, which leaves
CUMBRIA’S top business organisation has issued advice on how companies can best prepare themselves for a Swine Flu pandemic. The Cumbria Chamber of Commerce has issued guidance should cases of the virus affect staff in the county. The chamber recommends
A PENSIONER who made the headlines when she was left on a hospital trolley for nine hours while waiting for a bed has celebrated her 100th birthday. Doris Park, who was 99 at the time of the incident at Royal Lancaster Infirmary, was left distressed
THE people of Grasmere turned out to take part in a centuries old tradition as the annual rushbearing procession wound its way through the village to St Oswald’s. Before the church floor was paved, bodies would be buried within the chapel itself, and
HUNDREDS of residents showed their support for a new convenience store unveiled in their town by a supermarket giant this week. Crowds of shoppers descended on the Tesco Express store when it opened in Ulverston on Wednesday to fill the gaping
A SETTLE falconry centre is appealing for help in tracking down too missing vultures named Dumb and Dumber. Dumb, the male bird, was carried off by high winds at the Yorkshire Dales Falconry and Conservation Centre on Saturday while performing
AN IGUANA, a Python, a Blur Tongue Skink and a Rainbow Boa are just some of the creatures seeking shelter at a Cumbrian animal rescue centre. The reptiles took up residence at the Wetheriggs Animal Rescue Centre, near Penrith, after their home
THERE were cheesey grins all round this week as the Aspatria-based Lake District Creamery celebrated another clutch of awards. The creamery lifted gold in both the truckle and the mature white cheddar categories at the prestigious Royal Welsh
BIKERS are being warned that illegal and dangerous riding will not be tolerated in Cumbria and North Yorkshire as part of an operation aimed at reducing biker deaths. North Yorkshire and Cumbria police have teamed up for Operation Anvil and
Fun-loving Kendal youngsters are being warned to stay safe and not play close to overhead power lines this summer. Activities such as fishing and flying a kite could be lethal if poles or strings come into contact with wires. United Utilities’ Kendal-based
FILMMAKERS, actors, models and musicians from Barrow have been busy this month to produce a DVD showing youngsters the dangers of drinking too much alcohol. Barrow and South Lakes Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRP) commissioned
RESIDENTS in Ulverston are being given the chance to voice their views about policing in the area. Cumbria Police Authority is holding a police community liaison forum at the Coronation Hall in Ulverston on Thursday, July 23, at 7pm. Stuart
