CUMBRIA County Council say they are ready for the winter weather after announcing plans to tackle hazardous roads. After last year’s extreme conditions, the county council has put formal measures in place to supply parish councils with salt
Cumbria Chamber of Commerce is hosting a women-only event to help them improve their businesses. The Business Women’s Network event is at the Lodore Falls Hotel, Borrowdale, on Friday, December 3, from 2pm to 4.30pm. Afterwards there is time for
A HOTEL on the shores of Windermere is expanding its operation with an online gift shop. The Lakeside Hotel at Newby Bridge has launched the store, which retails gifts available from the famous hotel, including treatments at its Aveda Spa, gourmet and
WE’VE been selling our calves at the auction mart where the trade seems to be generally good, but they are £20 less than this time last year, which isn’t good when the price of feed and straw has gone up such a lot. Until the price of beef goes up though
LIFE on a Cumbrian farm is the subject of a new online video from a talented film-maker. The Hill Farmer, by Neal Andrews, features Braesteads Farm in Patterdale, which has been a working hill farm for over 200 years, and is managed by Paul Renison
PUMPKINS Bistro is a new eating place in Kendal town centre - and a very fine one it is, too. The bistro, which opened in April, has an unfussy, pleasant ambience, enhanced by attractive artwork which gives it a Mediterranean feel. You can opt to
AN ENTERPRISE agency boss is bowing out after 17 years. Bob Clark will retire from his post as executive director of Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency at the end of the year. His department helped to support businesses through the Foot and Mouth outbreak
A TEAM of young volunteers has been highly commended for their efforts tidying up South Lakeland grot spots. Three 16-year-olds from Underley Hall School, Kirkby Lonsdale - which caters for both boys and girls aged 8-17 years with behavioural, emotional
A MANNEQUIN which caused a stir in Kendal has been replaced in the flesh by a business owner – and he’s cuddling anyone who feels the need. The dummy known as Rambo Lunch Man, had to be removed from Branthwaite Brow on the orders of Capita Symonds.
A GROUP of children from South Lakeland could be on the verge of pop stardom as they aim to get a song they have written into the UK charts. The ‘looked after’ youngsters wrote and recorded Every Dream Matters as part of a project run by Ulverston arts
DISGRUNTLED parents have voiced their anger at a decision by a South Lakeland leisure centre to close its creche after three decades. A group of mothers claimed the plans at Lakes Leisure, in Kendal, would make exercising ‘impossible’.
POLICE have launched an investigation after a Carnforth shopkeeper was verbally assaulted. The incident happened at approximately 12:30pm on the afternoon of October 30 at the Late Shop, on Market Street, in Carnforth. The man entered
A PE teacher has admitted driving while three times the drink-drive limit — but has returned to his job following the court case. Jonathan McGrath, 28, head of boys’ PE at Darwen Vale High School, crashed his car into a taxi, and was then involved
CUMBRIA’S best-loved landscapes could be subtly altered over the next decade to ease the risk of major flooding. The £275million worth of damage caused by last year’s floods has prompted the Environment Agency (EA) to consider restoring meanders to Lake
THE NEW Harry Potter film has put a spell on Lakelanders since its release on Friday. Watch the trailer Fans pre-booked their tickets, leaving the Brewery Arts Centre sold out on all four of its Friday, Saturday and Sunday showings.
A FORMER police sergeant has been warned to expect a significant prison sentence after being found guilty of being involved in an £85,000 fraud based on his son’s Sedbergh-based ambulance business. Dalvin Dawkins, 54, helped launder money through
A GREEN-fingered volunteer who pioneered new ways to help fix the Lake District fells has been to a special meeting with the Queen, recognising his ‘outstanding’ work. One of the National Trust’s top path restorers in the Lake District, Paul
A NEW state-of-the-art sewage system will benefit wildlife in an Eden river, according to United Utilities. A storm detention tank is among the improvements incorporated into the £13million re-development to be built in Shap by September 2011.
WHALLEY will turn into a Dickensian playground once again as crowds flock to the annual Pickwick Night on December 2. The sights and sounds of Christmas past will come to life as the newly-named Whalley Pickwick Festival. In its 22nd year
A STAVELEY councillor was shocked to discover a river ‘disappearing’ at the bottom of his garden. Stan Collins' video of the river. The River Gowan, which had always been a feature enjoyed by Stan Collins, just wasn’t there any longer.
KENDAL band British Sea Power unveiled songs from their forthcoming album Valhalla Dancehall on national radio this week. The band, which includes former Kirkbie Kendal School pupils Neil and Scott Wilkinson and Matthew Wood, performed on BBC 6 Music
Bigger, better and with more visitors than ever - Kendal Mountain Festival 2010 scaled new heights. Staged across several Kendal venues, some of the world’s greatest international adventurers, climbers and outdoors stars descended on the town
THOUSANDS of people turned out across South Lakeland as the festive season officially began with a great Christmas light-up! As part of its cele-brations, more than 100 Father Christmases ran through Kendal for the first ever Santa Dash in
CUMBRIA has been ranked one of the top in the country for fixing potholes, with a 99 per cent record for repairing road defects. The figures were compiled by the Cyclists’ Touring Club (CTC) – the largest cycling membership organisation in
RADIO 4 topical politics and media show Any Questions? is coming to Kendal on December 10. The Shadow Secretary of State for Education Andy Burnham will be answering questions as part of a panel of four. Other speakers include New Statesman
KENDAL has fallen behind in the race to get superfast broadband. Towns across South Lakeland are battling it out to secure futuristic broadband – with Ulverston and Barrow now taking the lead in the final month of the competition. Three
A FAMILY has paid tribute to a Furness woman who died from stab wounds this week. Sara Trelore, 44, of North Row, Barrow, died on Monday afternoon after police were called to reports of a domestic incident on North Row at 12.11pm. Upon
