Big changes to housing benefits start to come into effect from April 2011. If you are getting housing benefit (social housing tenants) or local housing allowance (private rented tenants) then you need to know what is happening. If you are
KENDAL police officers have launched an operation targeting irresponsible motorists. After local residents identified an issue with drivers ignoring road signs, officers launched an operation to educate drivers and enforce the law when important
SUPER-FAST broadband is needed to help hard-pressed hill farmers, a new report has said. The Commons environment committee report has called on the government to fund high-speed internet connections in remote areas claiming they would be a
The Trial Kirkbie Kendal School The last time I saw a work by Franz Kafta I came away scratching my head - this time I didn’t. It was still fairly abstract, but Kirkbie Kendal School students managed to steer themselves and the audience adeptly through
British Transport Police officers who will be running a special operation this week (20 – 26 February) to target problematic behaviour on trains and at stations. Inspector Derek McCutcheon said: “Anti-social behaviour (ASB) may not be the most
I WANT to tell you all about the Moon this week. We often take the Moon for granted but it's a fascinating celestial object in its own right and deserves more than just a quick glance as you walk the dog. The naked eye Moon has light and dark areas,
Road resurfacing work will start in Windermere on Monday. The work, which is expected to take up to five days, will involve resurfacing sections of carriageway on Rayrigg Road and Cooks House Corner. Local diversions will be in place during
FASHIONS in gardening, garden design and garden plants come and go just as fashions do in clothing, it’s just that the timescale is a little different. Fads may pass in a season on the high street, but in the garden their development and decline can be
LOVELY Silverdale is named after the silvery limestone hills that erupt from the gentle pastures beyond the village. Deciduous woodlands with quaint names such as Eaves, Cringlebarrow, Bottoms, Gait Barrows, Middlebarrow and Underlaid skirt
THE series of concerts presented by the Patrons of Lake District Summer Music Society (LDSM), continues on Friday, February 25 (11am) at Ambleside Parish Church with Victoria Harrild, recently appointed principal cellist in the Mahler Orchestra
