MORE than £600 was raised for charity during a week-long fundraising drive at Settle College’s Sixth Form. Staff and students took part in bake-offs, a non-school uniform day, cake sales and I’m A Teacher Get Me Out Of Here to raise £611.45 for
SPARK in the Embers is billed as an evening of narrative poetry and song with musicians Alan Franks, Maz O'Connor and writer Ross Baxter. Staged at The Malt Kiln, Bardsea, on Saturday (November 30, 7.30pm), it is the second time Alan, Maz and Ross
KENDAL Calling organisers are pleased to announce that this year’s festival raised almost £20,000 for charity – taking the total over four years to more than £55,000. Beneficiaries have included Guide Dogs for the Blind, North West Air Ambulance
THREE fire engines rushed to tackle a blaze that destroyed the front of a Sandside business. Crews spent around two hours fighting the fire at The Old Coal Yard yesterday evening. A water relay was set up and two hose reel jets were used to extinguish
THE time was turned back in Ulverston today as thousands descended on the town for its fifteenth Dickensian festival. Top hats and Victorian dresses were a common sight as revellers soaked up the atmosphere. Streets were packed with food stalls, fairground
Alasdair Elwick is general manager of the Samling, Windermere This week I focus on Corton Charlemagne Grand Cru, Bonneau du Matray, Burgundy, France 2008. As mentioned in previous articles, I am a massive fan of Burgundy wines both the chardonnays
The Jennings World’s Biggest Liar competition has crowned a Wasdale man this year's winner. The sell-out Cumbrian competition did not disappoint with the laughs, as the weird and wacky tales were told throughout the course of the evening to over
N ONLY two weeks, a Kendal-based artist and her husband transformed an empty space in the town to a new studio-gallery. After years of working as an artist, selling limited edition prints all over the UK and Ireland, Thuline De Cock was inspired
Interiors with Sarah Jane Nielsen, owner and director of Sarah Jane Nielsen Limited, at Staveley. To what extent do I refurbish? We are looking at a delightful bungalow set in a beautiful rural Cheshire village. Undeniably in a much sought
THE Old Laundry Season is still going strong with more big hitters still to come. Ensemble 360 heads to the Bowness theatre on Thursday, November 28 (8pm) performing music penned by one of the country’s greatest composers of chamber music - Benjamin
Police are appealing for information about a number of ‘linked’ burglaries in South Cumbria. Cigarettes, alcohol and an amount of cash were all taken in a burglary at the Co-Operative store on Priory Lane, Ulverston, overnight on Thursday (21).
FURNESS chefs are going head-to-head in a contest to find the finest Indian restaurant in the district. The inaugural Furness Curry Cup will be hosted by Barrown and Furness MP John Woodcock, at Furness College on November 29. Their Indian-themed
WITH Christmas lights being switched on around the region and bauble-clad trees becoming a common sight, you cannot help but think about preparing for the Big Day. Aside from the time with family, getting all your presents wrapped and trips to
A KENDAL mother-of-two who falsely claimed more than £6,000 in disability benefits has been given a ten-week curfew. Karen Blocksidge, 38, of Peat Lane, failed to tell the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) that her debilitating condition had
People who live in the countryside are more likely to feel the impact of public sector cutbacks – despite signs of wider economic recovery, warns a report by the Rural Services Network. The 2013 report on the State of Rural Public Services in England
