A SMALL village cinema which has been in the pipeline for 10 years is finally set to open its doors to the public. The first official screening at The Carthouse Cinema, Oxen Park, is to be shown this weekend after a decade of fundraising and planning
PARENTS and guardians of two-year-olds across Cumbria are being reminded that free early learning places are still available. Eligible children are entitled to 570 hours annually – equal to 15 hours a week or three hours a day during term time.
CUMBRIAN farmers are being urged to take part in the country’s first Big Farmland Bird Count to help deter-mine how a range of species are faring on UK farms. The national survey idea has been launched by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
THE annual coffee morning in aid of Cancer Care will be held at the Gaskell Memorial Hall, in Silverdale, on Saturday, November 30, from 10am till noon. Stalls will include books, Christmas Cards, bric-a-brac, gifts and a raffle. Entry is 50p,
A 21-YEAR-OLD Burton-in-Lonsdale student has achieved the highest mark in her student group – despite her partner’s illness and the stress of wedding planning. Anna Fawcett, who has gained a job as a staff nurse on a Manchester stroke unit, graduated
SHROPSHIRE-based Minshall Construction has opened a northern office in Ingleton which will be run by Hazel Ronson. It has also opened a southern office in Salisbury. Director Adam Minshall, of the Market Drayton company, said: “With the building
A KENDAL man is appealing for old mobile phones which can be exchanged for iPads by autism charity Hearts & Minds. David Meehan, whose son has autism, said: “iPads are a brilliant learning tool for autistic children but the expense is a big
Kendal 10 - 12 Sunderland KENDAL Ladies faced defeat for the first time this season in a close-fought affair against bottom-club Sunderland. The Wearside outfit travelled to Mint Bridge looking to claim their first win of the season. Kendal
ANDREW Boardley’s conversion deep into injury time gave Kendal Hornets a narrow victory over Widnes in a nail-biting encounter at Mint Bridge. The Black and Ambers ran out 35-34 victors after the lead changed hands six times during the hard-fought
A FIRST-half horror show condemned Kendal Town to their heaviest defeat of the season away at Salford. The Mintcakes continue to be beset by injuries but welcomed back goalkeeper Craig Dootson and striker Maison McGeechan after the duo missed the
Barrow Thorns 70 - 69 Kendal Warriors KENDAL Warriors tasted league defeat for the first time this season in a narrow and tense away loss at Barrow. The away side led until 20 seconds off the buzzer and ultimately fell to a 70-69 to Barrow
Kirkby Lonsdale 23 - 12 Broughton Park INJURIES to Kirkby Lonsdale’s Sam Latu and Andy Marshall did not stop the Underley Park outfit on their way to a hard-fought victory over Broughton Park. The Cumbrians made three changes to the team that
Senior Colts Raging Bull League Liverpool Collegiate 20 - 62 Kirkby Lonsdale A LOUIS MUSSETTI hat-trick helped Kirkby Lonsdale on their way to a league record ten tries away at Liverpool Collegiate. Collegiate took the early lead with an
The Ulverston Dickensian Festival will turn the clock back in the streets of Ulverston town centre on Saturday and Sunday. One of the most popular events of its kind in the country, the festival is expected to attract thousands of people to enjoy
RORY Stewart MP wants schools in his Eden constituency to enter a national competition to win an £80,000 classroom. A national competition is behind held to award a school a permanent 'timber-clad 30-pupil classroom'. It is being given away
PRISONERS inside a young offenders’ institution have shared their experiences of jail with school teachers in a bid to reduce offending in future generations. Twenty teachers from nine providers of secondary educ-ation, including Kendal College
POET and storyteller John Rice presented Storth School with an Anthology of Wildlife Poetry as a reward for pupils’ creating art inspired by local wildlife. Youngsters were challenged to produce the work by the Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding
LESSONS confined to the four walls of a classroom have become a thing of the past for a Windermere school. A new ‘outdoor classroom’ has been unveiled by Tim Farron MP, who cut a ribbon to open the new structure at Goodly Dale Primary School, Lake
THE Kendalians majorettes have twirled and marched their way to the end of a very successful year topped off by a host of awards at a prestigious competition in Bridlington. Bridget Davies, chairwoman, said: “The team has worked so hard throughout
A NEW branch of electronic cigarette specialists has opened in Kendal, offering 71 flavours of liquid nicotine. No-Match in Stramongate aims to offer a personalised service for each customer. Electronic cigarettes, which work by electronically
A LEADING agriculture co-operative has opened up a new store in the retail park at Canal Head in Ulverston. WCF Ltd, which was established in 1911, has opened a new pet and equestrian store. It is one of 11 stores and provides a wide range
AN application has been made to turn a Milnthorpe bakery into a hot-food take away. Susan Barton, of Storth, who has run Sue’s Cumbria Snack Bar in the Square for more than 15 years, has asked South Lakeland District Council for permission to open
SEDBERGH has been named as one of the best towns in England and Wales to bring up a family. The market town of Bingham in Notting-hamshire topped the study, which examined factors including quality of schools, childcare provision, affordability
A HUMOROUS re-telling of the first Christmas story will hit the streets of Kendal for one day during the festive season. A modern version of the ancient Kendal Shepherds’ Play will be presented by Kendal Community Theatre on December 14 at several
POLICE are investigating a theft of power tools from inside a vehicle in Ambleside. According to officers, the incident took place overnight on Sunday (November 17) on the Castlefield estate, Ambleside. Police said the tools were stolen
A FORMER railway bridge near Ingleton looks set to be demolished after it was declared unsafe. Lowfields Bridge is still in place even though the old Clapham, Ingleton and Low Gill railway line was axed in 1967 during the famous Beeching era.
AN Allithwaite furniture maker has praised the ‘generous response’ so far to his appeal for books to send to a university in Somaliland. The Westmorland Gazette last month published a letter from Robin Le Mare, who launched the appeal to mark one
CUMBRIA police have released CCTV footage in a bid to speak to two suspects of high value theft of cosmetics. Police are investigating the two incidents of theft from a Boots store in Ambleside on the May 31, June 21 and July 25, 2013. North
KENDAL (J36 Crooklands): Thursday, November 14th. Sale of store lambs. Forward 3,000 store lambs. Suffolk 64.50; Masham 69; Mule 66; Swaledale 37; Rough Fell 45; Scotch Blackface 35; Charollais 59; Cheviot 62; Texel 66.50; Herdwick 66. ALSO: Tuesday
BENTHAM: Wednesday, November 13. Weekly sale of dairy cattle, rearing calves and monthly sale of stirks. Plus evening sale of prime lambs, hoggs and cast ewes. Forward: 7 dairy, 65 calves, 224 stirks plus 3,791 lambs comprising 2,558 prime and 1,233
ULVERSTON: Tuesday, November 12. Weekly sale of livestock. Prices - prime lambs: Black to £76.50 each (average 72.75) or 191.25 pence per kilo (184.09); Beltex 77, 192.98; Charollais 83.50 (76.20), 186.90 (170.34); Masham 72.50 (66.50), 157.96 (148.03
PENRITH: Wednesday, November 13. Weekly sale of primestock and fortnightly sale of store lambs and calves. Forward: 4,845 prime sheep, comprising 2,290 prime lambs, 1,455 cast ewes and rams, 1,000 store lambs, 120 rearing calves. Prices - prime lambs
LANCASTER: Monday, November 18. Christmas prize show and sale of dairy cattle and weekly sale of primestock. Judge: A. Smith. Results - champion, Fingan Lavanguard Maggie, Ballakillingan Farm Ltd £3,000; reserve, Wyredale Shottle Bendy 168, M.J. &
KIRKBY STEPHEN: Monday, November 18. Fortnightly sale of cast/OTM cattle. Forward: 41. Prices - Limousin to £1,119.11 each or 143.5 pence per kilo; Black and Whites 1,028.97, 166.5; British Blue 966.35, 125.5; Montbeliarde 900.79, 128.5; Bloonde d’
HAWES: Tuesday, November 12. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 858 sheep, comprising 774 prime lambs and 84 cast ewes and rams. Prices - prime lambs: Continentals to £80 each or 175 pence per kilo; Suffoks 71.80, 170; Mules 71.50, 167; Horned 60,
CARLISLE: Monday, November 18. Weekly sale of primestock and crop. Forward: 255 cast cows and bulls, 67 prime bulls, 43 prime cattle, 2,176 prime lambs. Prices - cast cows and O’TM cattle: Charolais to £1,605 each or 149.5 pence per kilo; Limousin
KIRKBIE Kendal footballers will be competing in the last 32 round of a National Cup on Friday. The school are the last Cumbrian team left in the competition, which more than 700 teams entered. The year nine team, who are unbeaten this season
BROOKLANDS Poynton moved within one point of the summit of the league with a home victory over Kendal Ladies. Kendal, who secured their first home win of the season in a 4-1 victory over Doncaster last weekend, showed their dogged determination
IT was a Scandinavian success story for Kendal Judo Club’s Performance Academy after winning an impressive medal haul during a national cup. Accompanied by chief coach Michael Liptrot, four fighters travelled to Halmstad for Sweden’s National Cup
KENDAL Rotary Club are on the lookout for young sportspersons at the top of their game to apply for grant money. Anyone aged 15-20 is eligible. Contact angiebiggs@btinternet.com for more.
SOUTH Lakeland MEP Chris Davies is celebrating after defending his over 50 ultra distance running championship. Davies, 59, managed to fit in eight off-road races during the year over distances of up to 61 mile. The UK’s RUNFURTHER ultra running
THE RSPCA is investigating after the bodies of three cats were found dead on an unnamed road in Hawthwaite, just north of Broughton-in-Furness. It is believed they had suffered massive head injuries, thought to be the result of deliberate,
THE county’s Police and Crime Commissioner is celebrating the end of a ‘busy’ first year in office. Richard Rhodes, who was elected on November 15, 2012, said it has been ‘an honour and a privilege’ serving the county for the last year - and says over
AN overhaul of two much-visited areas at Kendal’s Westmorland General Hospital were unveiled to the public yesterday. Renovations to improve the reception area, which have included the installation of a brand new cafe, were revealed on Monday after just
ONCE again Kendal hosts the prestigious Christmas Crafts Market at the Brewery Arts Centre from Friday to Sunday, November 29 until December 1. The annual event is one of Cumbria’s finest art and crafts gatherings plus live music and seasonal refreshments
