HUNDREDS of pounds worth of clothes were stolen from a high street store in Kendal. Police believed that two women and a man worked together to put £750-worth of clothes into carrier bags before leaving Monsoon, in Elephant Yard, shortly after 1.30pm
Appleby: Replacement of existing roof window and infill of existing exterior doorway using matching stone, at storage shed near to 60 Boroughgate, for Mr and Mrs Conway. Crosby Garrett: Change of use of land to horse riding arena and associated landscaping
A MAN who went missing from his Furness home on Sunday has been found safe and well. Cumbria police have confirmed that Philip Reed, 44, has been located safe and well in Barrow this afternoon. He was last seen leaving his home in The Garth
MOUNTAIN rescuers were called out to Stickle Ghyll, Great Langdale, when a group of walkers found themselves running out of daylight. Four members of Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team (LAMRT) went to assist the group shortly before
KENDAL'S first ever festival of food has generated a welcome economic boost for local businesses. The town's regeneration manager Joanne Golton, who organised the feast of fun, said feedback had been positive at the halfway stage of the event, with everyone's
A SATELLITE navigation system has been blamed for an articulated lorry becoming trapped on a steep and narrow South Lakeland lane. The long vehicle, driven by a Romanian man, was following a sat nav on a journey from Carlisle to Barrow when
MORE than £24,000 is to be spent asking residents of South Lakeland if they think the district council should give up responsibility for public toilets. Bosses at South Lakeland District Council which needs to reduce costs to balance the books, want
A GENEROUS donation of £45,000 from rural businesses has helped the Ulverston Neighbourhood Policing Team buy a new police vehicle. The Land Rover will be used by the team to patrol country areas such as Broughton-in-Furness and the Crake Valley. The
Interested bands and performers are to be canvassed with a view to making better use of the bandstand on the Glebe at Bowness. Windermere Town Council agreed this might require some financial input in the future, but thought it would encourage people
A VISION to create an Alfred Wainwright statue in Kendal has moved a step closer thanks to a major ‘public realm enhancement’ grant. Kendal Futures Board has received £150,000 from the North West Development Agency – and will invest around
A HAIRDRESSER is offering to give men cuts at their place of work and homes. Paul Lever, 45, of Chancery Court, Kirkby Lonsdale, has set up a mobile hairdressing business specialising in men and boys cuts. The former Toubas salon stylist, who has 24
IT'S time to cook the Christmas books again - our round-up of delicious new publications designed to inspire your festive wish list. First off the starting blocks this year is Simon Hopkinson's The Vegetarian Option, published by Quadrille
SHADOW Foreign Secretary William Hague has visited South Lakeland to discover how much the district needs more well-paid jobs. Mr Hague was met at The Life Science Centre, in Lindale, by prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate Gareth McKeever
PLANS to build a wind farm at Sillfield would make the lives of nearby residents ‘totally unbearable’, a public inquiry has heard. Whirlwind Renewables proposes to build three 110-metre high turbines near Gatebeck - the nearest of which would
Theirs such a fine line between victory and defeat, and at the weekend Kendal were left wondering how they never managed to come away with anything. Saturdays match at Nuneaton was the biggest game of the season for both teams and with an fa
