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  • Smoke alarm warning after house fire

    PEOPLE are being urged to ensure they have a working smoke alarm fitted after a man escaped a kitchen blaze. Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service station manager Steve Sharrock has issued the warning after attending the fire at at Millfield Terrace

  • FULL-TIME: North Ferriby United 0 Kendal Town 2

    A daunting 300-mile round trip was no deterrent to Ian Kilford and his Kendal Town side as they bounced back in style from two consecutive defeats as a crowd of 295 watched Kendal score a morale boosting 2-0 victory at play-off rivals North Ferriby

  • Businesses thanked for charity work

    STAFF in Bowness have been praised for helping to raise funds for charity. Sharon Holinger, manager at British Heart Foundation in Crag Brow, has thanked Fat Olivers, The Old England, The Westbourne Freemans, the Co-op and Huttons Chocolate Shop for

  • Furness kids can name new NHS home

    FURNESS children are being asked to enter a competition to design a poster renaming NHS Cumbria’s home in the area. Staff across the region have recently moved together under one roof at a building currently known as Stafford House, in Barrow

  • Staggering haul for Troutbeck swimmers at Medals Gala

    SWIMMERS from Troutbeck Bridge picked up a staggering 21 medals at its Medals Gala at Lakes Leisure, Kendal. Competitors from around Cumbria and North Lancashire descended on the Kendal pool for the gala but the hosts reigned supreme. There were top

  • Crocus create a carpet of colour

    SPRING for many has begun and includes in full all the months of March, April and May, but for more traditional calendar watchers it has yet to start with the ‘vernal equinox’ of March 20. Here at Levens, however, we make the break with winter