Captain Scott’s Centenary year sees Brantwood host two exhibitions: Drawn to Antarctica 2005 – 2012 by artist Frances Hatch, which includes notes from sketchbooks, photographic records, paintings and drawings from her own two week visit to Antarctica,
On the many previous occasions Miss Kylie Minogue has performed concerts in Manchester, it's invariably been on a large scale, playing to her adoring masses at the 15,000 capacity Arena, often for up to a six night residency. Not so this
AN AMBITIOUS £6.9 million travel programme has been announced to encourage people use environmentally friendly transport alternatives when visiting the Lake District. The GoLakes Travel programme, which is being delivered by a partnership between
A FURNESS man’s promising rugby career was seriously prejudiced by a single punch thrown in an alleyway, a court has heard. Sam Jones suffered a fractured temporal bone in his head and spent six days in hospital following the assault. Preston Crown
POP rock legends 10cc are set to dazzle revellers during an exclusive gig headlining a new music concert in South Lakeland. Famous for their selection of chart hits including their romantic classic I'm not in Love, their reggae-styled smash-hit
Tuesday, April 3. Weekly sale of prime, cast and breeding sheep. Prices - Prime hoggs: Suffolk to £110 each or 198.30 pence per kilo; Charollais 102; Texel 95.30, 207; Beltex 93.30, 217; Cheviot 89.80, 208.80; Mule 86, 192; Swaledale 81.20; Scotch Blackface
CARLISLE: Wednesday, April 4. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 212 calves. Prices - Store cattle. Bullocks: Charolais to £1,450 each; Limousin 1,390; British Blue 1,215; Aberdeen Angus 1,105; Montbeliarde 1,050; Beef Shorthorn 975; Galloway 840; Simmental
ULVERSTON: Tuesday, April 3. Sale of lambs: Prices: Charollais £97 per head (average 87.88), 213.53 pence per kilo; (average 192.27); Cheviot 86.50 (82.30) 220.83 (199.20); Herdwick 88 (81.25) 204.68 (194.98); Jacob 73 (73) 201.47 (201.47); Kerry 80 (
HAWES: Tuesday, April 3. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 4 calves, 303 sheep, comprising 247 prime hoggs and 56 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Calves: (All bull) Limousin to £402 each; Fries 200 (average 195); Holstein 160. Prime hoggs: Lights to 269
Wednesday, April 4. Weekly sale of dairy cattle, rearing calves and breeding sheep with lambs and in lamb. Prices: Dairy: Newly calved Black and White Cows: £2,000 (average 1,200). Newly calved Black and White Heifers £2,320 (1,686.67). Breeding Sheep
Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a man they want to speak to in connection with a burglary. They believe Daniel Green, of Dalton, is likely to be in the Furness area. Anyone with information about his whereabouts,
CRIME and anti-social behaviour in Cumbria continue to fall, annual crime figures show. The number of incidents reported to Cumbria Constabulary fell from 26,966 to 26,071, a drop of three per cent. Antisocial behaviour, violent crime and criminal damage
WESTMORLAND and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron said there was ‘no split’ between him and Nick Clegg over controversial government plans for greater monitoring of private e-mails and internet use. The Liberal Democrat president said Mr Clegg shared
CUMBRIA police are warning the public about bogus telephone calls from people claiming to be from Microsoft, in order to gain access to computers. Police have received a number of complaints regarding the issue, where the caller has been advised that
