THREE pupils at Settlebeck School in Sedbergh have beaten off competition from hundreds of entries across the country to reach the top ten short list of the prestigious BAFTA Young Game Designers competition. Matty Goad, 16, from Sedbergh
A WOMAN whose life was saved by radiotherapy treatment has joined the fight to help bring the cancer service to South Lakeland. Breast cancer survivor Pat Barnes, of Milnthorpe, was told by doctors she is now free of the cancer they diagnosed this January
DIRECTORS are celebrat-ing after their lighting firm scooped two contracts — including an Olympic deal — to turn it around. Kendal-based design and manufacturers NJO Techn-ology have won a contract to supply 1,080 light emitting diodes for a walk-through
Local businesses were today wrongly told that a nuclear leak had taken place at Heysham power station. Firms surrounding the station were under the impression for about 10 minutes that a real life emergency was under way. The gaffe took
A SMALL Appleby company is proving to be such a big cheese it has expanded to take on an apprentice. The award-winning Appleby Creamery has built up its business during the past four years, and to cope with demand owners Bob Parmley, Alan Mandle and
CHRISTMAS is coming, the perfect time of year to think local, buy local and eat local. What’s more, thank to our innovative farm shops, delis and butchers, you can bag an extra special bargain or two because, as this week’s Checkout column shows, it’
REHEARSALS for the first passion play in Kendal for 400 years begin on December 1. The script is being finalised, but Kendal Community Theatre still needs people of different ages, sizes, and skills, to take part in telling the story of Christ
Has chef any tips for a tasty tomato sauce to go with mackerel? Tina Montgomery, Lancaster. Mackerel is a great fish and one we should be eating more often. It's fairly sustainable because it is pretty fast growing. As with any fish, check with your
Another fine find from Asda this week in the guise of the extra special Fiano. This elegant white, sourced from an award-winning producer in Sicily, is perfect for a treat. Intense aromas of passion fruit, lemon and ripe apple. Fiano is a white
I WAS six hours into a bike ride with Jristos. It felt like my legs were about to drop off. “Come on.” “But I really don’t think I can go any further...” “Oh, you are such a complainer.” “Honestly, Jristos, I can’t feel my feet. I think I’m dying
I’ve been given a butternut squash. However, I’m unsure how best to use it. What would chef recommend? Lisa Levine, Cockermouth. Being a massive fan of Thai food, I love to use butternut squash in an aromatic curry. It needs to be peeled, split
Ladies and gentleman, another fine find from Marks and Spencer and a tantalising red from Argentina in the shape of Vin Alta Malbec from Mendoza. As I have said before, Malbec is Argentina's premium grape variety and after tasting this one you will see
TWENTY protesters campaigning to save an under threat town centre bus service came together in a bid to save it from the axe. They met at a bus stop in North Lonsdale Road, Ulverston, to put pressure of Stagecoach to save the number 60 service which
IT took me a year to work out Ruskins was there but now I know I'm going to be eating there often. The restaurant is situated above the hustle and bustle of Kendal's main stretch in an arty cafe styled room. So it has the attraction of affording people-watching
ONE of the biggest music shows Kirkbie Kendal School is being staged in aid of Rosemere Cancer Foundation. Another Evening of Entertainment is produced by KK year 13 students Alice Wills and Adam Wray and teacher Geoff Cater, who has been treated at
A SOUTH Lakeland IT specialist has won a top honour at a national awards ceremony. Julia Harrison, a support analyst at James Cropper’s Burneside mill, was presented with the Union Learning Representative of the Year award at a glittering event at Alton
A 1,000-strong petition against 77 new homes being built in a north Lancashire village is to be presented to Parliament. The development in Bolton-le-Sands between Coastal Road and the Lancaster Canal was given the thumbs-up by planners on
TWO students at Lakes School are building models of the first sea plane to land on Windermere. Waterbird enthusiast Roger Mallinson said he wanted to give young people life skills to use when they left school. He is working with pupils
ZANY Britain’s Got Talent finalist Steven Hall will perform a star turn at Kendal’s Christmas lights switch-on. Steven, who wowed national TV audiences earlier this year with his comic dance-mime act, will unveil a never-before-seen-routine during
THE Countess of Wessex visited South Lakeland this week where she met with locals and stayed at Kendal’s Castle Green Hotel. The Countess was a guest at the annual conference of the Association of Show and Agricultural Organisations - hosted
A FIFTEEN-year project to painstakingly capture Cumbria on camera is now available online. Andrew Leitch has spent more than a decade putting together 12 DVDs which tell the story of the county, area by area. Visitors to thecumbriafilmarchive.com
THOUSANDS of people wearing bright, techie-looking outdoor gear will converge on Kendal this weekend for the annual mountain film festival. The festival is the biggest of its type in the world and the main social event for outdoor enthusiasts in the
CHARGES for overnight parking at South Lakeland District Council’s 42 car parks are to be introduced by the authority from April next year. Motorists will be charged £1 for parking from 10pm to 8am following a decision made at today’s meeting
A CHANGE to Kendal’s political boundaries has been described as ‘a completely pointless exercise’ and a ‘nonsense’ by town councillors. Under new proposals, the number of wards in Kendal would increase from 14 to 18, while the number of councillors
Children from South Lakeland will be heard singing on BBC Radio 3 on Friday as part of Children in Need. The national radio station visited one of the monthly Saturday morning sessions run by charity Sunbeams Music Trust at Kendal’s Sandgate
GREAT Britain’s judo team will train for the London Olympics at Kendal Dojo, it was announced this week. The side will be in Kendal between December 27 and December 30 for Kendal’s 25th Winter Training League. An announcement on which
Detectives investigating a robbery at The Brackenrigg Inn, Watermillock near Penrith, are appealing to the public to help trace a car which was used during the incident. At around 12.30 am on Friday October 28, people staying at The Brackenrigg Inn
A DRIVER escaped unhurt when the car he was travelling in crashed at Shap summit this morning (Wednesday November 16). Police were called to help a 28-year-old male driver at around 6.45 am. The man was not injured but the incident damaged his car
THE Lake District’s threatened Weatherline service has been saved after a fundraising campaign ended in success. There were fears that the lifeline to half a million people every year would be axed unless £25,000 could be found. In April
