A MOTHER has died days after giving birth to a baby boy at Furness General Hospital. Carly Scott died in the Barrow hospital on Wednesday afternoon. The 26-year-old gave birth to her first child, named George, last week. She was discharged from hospital
MORE than 20 years into their career, doom-goth rockers Paradise Lost are back with their 13th long player. And having established a solid fanbase, they surely can’t go wrong with this album. I am probably not the best placed person
A 46-YEAR-OLD Eden man was flown to hospital this morning (Friday) after he became unwell and fell into a river. The Great North Air Ambulance service was called to the scene of the incident close to Penrith at 08.40am, where the patient was
THIS photograph, taken in the early 1960s from the Longpool railway bridge, will bring back many happy memories for Kendalians, especially those who were young at the time. The annual visits of the Circus Train, until 1962 when road transport took over
A MAN was flown to hospital this morning (Friday) with minor back injuries after a road traffic accident on the A66. The Great North Air Ambulance service was called to the two-car collision at 10.25am near The Sportsman's Inn, at Troutbeck
JANE RENOUF, chairman of Ambleside Oral History Group, reveals how recorded memories from local residents help to bring the past to life. THIRTY-five years ago, a band of volunteers at Ambleside Library formed Ambleside Oral History Group, to interview
WITH their urgent and frenetic garage rock sound, Evans The Death are a throwback to the likes of The Fall, The Jam and Lush. Singer Katherine Whitaker sounds similar to Elastica’s Justine Frischmann with her vocal mannerisms, while main songwriter
A FORTY-three year-old motorcyclist was killed when he ‘misjudged’ a bend, an inquest in Kendal heard this morning. Stephen William Gray, 43, of South Shields, died on April 25 last year, when his bike was in collision with a dry stone wall on the A686
FIRE crews were called out to an incident on the M6 in Eden. Two appliances from Penrith were called out at 3.58pm yesterday (Thursday) after a road traffic collision about 1 mile north of junction 41 on the southbound side. A HGV carrying cardboard
WATER company United Utilities has entered an innovative new land management partnership with the RSPB at its Haweswater Estate. It is aimed at integrating hill farming with habitat restoration to create more space for nature and improve drinking water
A 22-YEAR-OLD woman was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a car collided with a tree on the A590 yesterday afternoon (Thursday). The eastbound carriageway was blocked between Brettargh Holt and Junction 36 of the M6 from the
Crime and antisocial 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
Energetic walkers on their way to Helvellyn via Striding Edge rarely notice Birkhouse Moor as they climb the slopes. It is a big bulky fell with few outstanding features and yet from its cairn the view is superb. Strangely the cairn is not the highest
