DRIVERS are being urged to keep valuable items locked away after a thief broke into a car in Ulverston and stole a handbag. The thief gained entry to a silver BMW parked in Yewbarrow Woods between 1pm and 2pm on November 12. Cumbria
THE ‘long-term decline’ of public libraries in South Lakeland is to be examined by a group of councillors. Cumbria County Council said the stark drop in usage was a national issue being felt locally. Five councillors from its South Lakeland
SEVERAL fire crews have been tackling a large blaze at a barn in Appleby overnight. Firefighters from Appleby, Penrith, Kirkby Stephen, Carlisle, Patterdale and Shap were called to Dufton shortly after 9.30pm on Saturday. An aerial ladder
Alessandro Taverna, Kendal Town Hall Alessandro Taverna, a young Venetian pianist, recently excited the always discerning members of the Kendal Midday Concert Club rather more than is usual. He was but a few bars into his recital but already
LUIS Pares is the soloist for the Haffner Orchestra concert at the different venue of Lancaster University’s Great Hall on Saturday, November 26(7.30pm). The programme features Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat Major Emperor, Shostakovich
ZANY Britain’s Got Talent finalist Steven Hall will perform a star turn at Kendal’s Christmas lights switch-on today. Steven, who wowed national TV audiences earlier this year with his comic dance-mime act, will unveil a never-before-seen-routine
