BRITAIN’S Got Talent star Steven Hall will open a new community playground at Kirkfield, Ambleside, on Saturday. The Kirkfield Playground Project came about after PCSO Laura Jackson formed an Ambleside community group which has managed to secure around
TWO hundred people turned out to support teenage cancer patient Alice Pyne as she launched her charity. Alice, who has blood cancer Hodgkin’s lymphoma, was said to be ‘delighted’ as crowds and businesses donated £1,000 for Alice’s Escapes. The Ulverston
A FUN-filled family fundraiser helped boost a campaign for a brain injured Furness toddler. More than £1,500 was raised at the event organised by the family of Jack Bennett, three, who was diagnosed with severe Cerebral Palsy at the age of one after
A Lakeland hotel which allows couples to indulge their romantic fantasies in theatrically themed rooms has been inundated with interest after it featured on a TV show. And now the Aphrodite’s Lodge Hotel, in Bowness, which has novelty suites
A SURGE in scout numbers in Cumbria is helping to cement the organisation’s position as the largest youth move-ment in the country. The county has the highest growth rate in the North West in the past year with figures showing 254 new Scouts
A CORONER plans to put pressure on the Highways Agency to change its gritting priorities after a ‘Good Samaritan’ was killed in a multi-vehicle crash caused by black ice. Stuart Shaw, of Castlewray, Broughton, got out of his green Fiat to warn oncoming
A CADET Sergeant who gained his captain’s wings last year has become the youngest person in the Air Training Corps to achieve ‘C’ Category gliding instructor status. Lewis Alderson is now able to teach fellow cadets at 1127 Squadron in Kendal how to
HISTORY enthusiasts are helping to chart the South Lakeland’s rich heritage with an archaeological project. About 60 volunteers and the National Trust and Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) are delving into the fascinating stories
South Lakeland salon owners have hit out at a European proposal to restrict what hairdressers can wear at work. The new rules would ban stylists from wearing high heeled shoes, watches and rings. Stylists may also be encourged to have more
A SOUTH Lakeland spring water company has been buoyed by a deal to supply Tesco stores. Flookburgh-based Willow Water has secured a contract with the supermarket’s North West stores. The largest distribution deal in the company’s nine-year history
ACCLAIMED children’s author John Cunliffe visited the Kendal school where he once taught to open a new library for young bookworms. The Postman Pat and Rosie and Jim creator dropped in at Castle Park School where he read stories and poetry to children
A farmer is to sell the last of his nationally renowned herd today after a horrific bull attack left him with flashbacks and persistent injuries. Lawrence Haygarth said he would never feel the same way about cattle after his ordeal – which
AMBLESIDE’S Armitt museum has marked its 100th birthday with a Beatrix Potter-themed celebration at the Linnean Society in London. Among the highlights was an address by the actress Patricia Routledge, a patron of the Beatrix Potter Society. Potter
Cupcakes are running out, 'panic buy' - is the witty message written on an A-board outside a Kendal shop. The statement, poking fun at the Prime Minister's advice relating to petrol last month, has been creating a laugh amid shoppers.
KENDAL Museum has pulled off a real coup and landed one of the finest collections of mining minerals in the UK. The important Bill Shaw mineral collection has been bought by the forward-thinking Kendal Museum from the Keswick Mining Museum, through private
TWO youngsters from Kendal showcased their acting talents when they took part in a prestigious television audition in Manchester. Kirkbie Kendal School pupils Haydn Whitehead, 15, and Joshua Park, 16, ended up at CBBC auditions in Manchester at the new
South Lakeland arts lovers are being invited to share their memories of the Brewery Arts Centre as part of the 40th anniversary of the venue. The Brewery Youth Arts (BYA) team is holding a Bring Your Memories to Life evening tonight. At the event young
A Cumbrian mountain bike enthusiast has written a new guide to mountain biking in the Yorkshire Dales. Ian Boydon, 34, of Lancaster, who works for south Cumbria-based PR agency Osprey Communications, has spent the last 18 months writing a new
THIEVES caused around £1,500 of damage when they targeted a Kirkby Lonsdale garage in the early hours of Sunday morning. The offenders attacked 16 cars parked in the grounds of Kirkby Motors, and made away with two CD players. Two males
Ulverston's outgoing mayor has told residents that the future is bright for the town. Coun Pat Jones, who steps down from her role on May 14, made a speech to a packed Ulverston Town Hall during the annual town meeting. She said: “It has been a great
FIFTY years since it received the Royal seal of approval one of the nation’s finest regional art galleries celebrates in style. Abbot Hall at Fifty is the highly regarded Kendal gallery focusing firmly on its own collection of treasures - and
