POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a blue Yamaha motorbike was damaged in Ulverston. The vehicle was parked in Lime Tree Road last night (Thursday) and was found this morning knocked over. Anyone who can help should contact Ulverston Police on
AN appeal for witnesses to a brawl in the gent’s toilets of an Ulverston pub, which resulted in one man being seriously injured, has been made by the police. Police say a 36-year-old man was knocked to the ground after he was attacked in the toilets
A KENDAL resident is urging others to support a charity event. Peter Emmett, of Shap Road, has organised a Go Walkies for Guide Dogs two-mile sponsored dog walk tomorrow (Saturday, April 28) at Abbott Hall Park, Kendal, starting at 10am.
CABBIES across the South Lakes have been given the green light to increase their maximum charges for the first time in 10 years. The move was unanimously approved by South Lakeland District Council’s licensing committee and is now being rolled
Chris Ward, who works for the National Trust, shot this video of a cute red squirrel eating monkey nuts outside her office window at Grasmere. Have you shot a great video like this? Send it to bob.hart@nqnw.co.uk
Azealia Banks has cancelled her June, July and August summer festival dates which means the rapper will not be a headliner at Rough Beats. Despite “212” fast becoming an anthem and Banks’ universally praised breakthrough performance at Coachella
DEVELOPERS behind plans to build South Lakeland’s newest windfarm claim that they have found a significant amount of support for the scheme following the first public exhibition of plans. Seventy-six people took the opportunity to have a look at the
Are you planning an event to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee? If so, The Westmorland Gazette would like to hear from you. It might be a street party, a barbecue or picnic, or a village bonfire. Or perhaps your group is planning a display of memorabilia
Torver High Common When I did part of this walk in 2005 we had difficulty finding our way over this remote area. Today there are waymarks, stiles, gates, and a footbridge but, alas, the boggy area still remains. Fortunately a path arcs round the
THE Lake District Osprey Project team have confirmed that the two ospreys currently nesting at Bassenthwaite are now looking after three eggs. It is not known when the female laid the eggs but the team believes the first one was laid on Wednesday April
They don't want wind turbines - "they spoil the view"; they don't want nuclear power stations - "too dangerous". They don't want shale gas fracking - "earth tremors;" they don't want coal fuelled power stations - "too much CO2;" they don't want the Morecambe
A Kendal man is hoping that his modelling career will rocket and that his face will be well-known across the world. Fashion-fanatic Ali Alnaamani has made it through to the final of the Face of Clubland competition after beating more than 80
A SOUTH Lakeland teacher has been honoured in Oxford University’s Inspirational Teachers Awards after being nominated by one of his former pupils. Robert Blyth, who teaches at Dallam School, Milnthorpe, was one of only seven teachers in Britain
A KENDAL nursery school is celebrating a glowing Ofsted report in which it has been graded ‘outstanding’ for the first time. Known locally as Brantfield, Ofsted inspector Gillian Salter-Smith wrote in her report: “Highly skilled teaching within an exceptionally
STAFF at a Kendal firm have done their bit by getting involved with a charity event by a man who shares their company’s name. Diane Hannah and fellow staff at the Herdy Company, which is based in Yard 96, Stricklandgate, backed Steve Herd, whose nickname
AN OUTDOOR instructor drowned after his canoe capsized as he helped a pair of stranded students, an inquest heard. Grant Kinnie was one of five Patterdale Hall Outdoor Education Centre instructors mentoring 11 youngsters from Bolton School
One of the UK’s most innovative dance companies brings its unique adaptation of two classic fairy tales to Kendal’s Brewery Arts Centre on Thursday, May 17 (7.30pm). Renowned for pushing at the boundaries of classical ballet with its explosive
