RORY O'Neil, of Sellafield, is to address the Cumbria and North Lancashire Fabian Society on April 25 at the Castle Green Hotel, Kendal, at 6.30pm. Mr O’Neil has more than 15 years’ communications experience in policy, public affairs and corporate
WINDERMERE Reflections, in partnership with the Civic Trust and the University of Cumbria, is running a tree survey of Ambleside, the results of which will go on to a national database to gain a true picture of tree health throughout the country.
CUMBRIAN farmers recorded 10 ‘red list’ species after rising to the challenge of the first annual Big Farmland Bird Count. Some of the UK’s most rapidly declining species were spotted across the county in the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust’s (GWCT
AN ULVERSTON real ale has been launched at the Fisherman’s Hotel at Baycliff overlooking Morecambe Bay. Wolf Warrior is the latest Cumbrian beer to be produced by the award-winning Stringers Brewery of Ulverston. The 3.5% pale ale was served
During the 1960s and 1970s I was head of Industrial Engineering for the John Bright Group, Rochdale (now closed) and am always happy to meet former employees. News has reached me that a former member of the Quality Control Team is now residing
WITHIN just weeks of opening, staff at a vintage charity shop have found themselves trying to solve a real wartime mystery. Lost and Found is a new lifestyle shop, which opened recently at The Station in Richmond and is modelled on a station lost
CUMBRIA Police are deploying extra patrols over the bank holiday weekend to ensure road safety for motorcyclists and drivers. Operation Focus is an enforcement campaign aimed at reducing the likelihood of fatalities and serious injuries involving
Justin Woods, head chef at The Castle Green Hotel, Kendal, and Greenhouse restaurant. Question: If chef was putting on an Easter spread what would he choose for a family of six? Gemma Redding, Sedbergh Justin says.. When it
SEASONED long distance walkers are invited to retrace the steps of Alfred Wainwright in the Pennine Journey Memorial Walk. The event will see participants complete the route within the same time frame as the great fellwalker did in 1938. Wainwright
HUNDREDS of people have stood up for their local health service by backing the Gazette’s ‘Hands off our Hospital’ campaign. More than 500 people have already responded to the rallying cry to safeguard Westmorland General Hospital services, after
A DATE has been set for the inquest of a zoo keeper who was mauled to death by a tiger. Sarah Louise McClay, 24, was attacked at South Lakes Wild Animal Park, Dalton, in May last year. At the time Cumbria Police said the Sumatran tiger, called
A sexual deviant has been sentenced at Bradford Crown Court for hoarding depraved images of child pornography and bestiality. James Middleton was told by the judge: “The public are rightly disgusted by this activity and victims must be protected.”
EXPERIENCED motorcyclist and radio presenter Gail Richards died when she lost control of her bike while trying to avoid a turning tractor near Settle, an inquest heard. Miss Richards, the mother of a teenage daughter, was following a friend on his motorbike
IT is a truth universally acknowledgded that every woman needs a good pair of fitted jeans. Any female, I am sure, will be well acquainted with the misery and exhaustion required by jeans shopping. But positive thinking is the way forward,
A ‘Sculpture for Ingleton’ has been created in the town’s library by Craven-based artist Jaki Bogg as part of the North Yorkshire Library Creative Residencies programme. It will be on display at the library until Saturday, May 3, when it will begin
A COMMUNITY project to explore, conserve and share some of Kirkby Lonsdale’s First World War stories has secured £9,000 in funding. Awarded through Heritage Lottery Fund, the money will be used for a Then and Now Stories project which aims to re-frame
EASTER is finally here so what better way to celebrate the end of lent, or just the long awaited bank holiday weekend with some tasty treats? With a bit of extra time we all have the opportunity to prepare and therefore full enjoy the culinary
DIETS are usually all about what to eat - and what not to eat - but now researchers are asking us to look at them in a whole new light. Academics at Lancaster University have teamed up with regional retailer Booths to try to reduce shoppers’ carbon
A UNION Jack flag has been stolen for the second time from an Ingleton garden. The flag was taken from the garden in New Village over night between April 13 and April 14. Anyone with information is asked to call North Yorkshire Police on non-emergency
A STONE saw was stolen from a vehicle in Clapham on Wednesday (April 16). The Petrol Husqvarna stone saw was taken from the vehicle on Station Road while workmen carried out work on the road. Anyone with information is asked to call non-emergency
A GROUP of 34 visitors from Kendal’s twin town of Rinteln and its surrounding area will be staying in the town next month. The visitors are part of a German organisation called Landfrauen which is similar to the English Women’s Institute. The group
A BRAND new £1.2 million owners’ lounge named ‘Otter Lodge’ will be officially opened by the acting Mayor of Grange-over-Sands, Coun Tricia Thomas, at the Lakeland Holiday Park, Flookburgh, on May 2. It will provide a place for the park’s 550 caravan
AN AMBLESIDE cinema is to hold the premier of a film inspired by an Alfred Wainwright book. Downhill is a comedy that centres on four childhood friends as they attempt to complete the Coast to Coast walk from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay in North
SIGNS at a new wedding venue in Glenridding have been vandalised. The two new signs which are close to the entrance of Glenridding House were sprayed with paint. It is believed the damage was done between 10.30pm on Wednesday (April 16) and
CULINARY prowess at two Kendal businesses has been recognised after they won The Westmorland Gazette’s prestigious foodie competition. More than 500 people voted in the Restaurant and Cafe of the Year 2014 competition, which saw traditional pub
A FARE dodging owl travelled 175 miles after it hitched a lift on board a train from north Lancashire to Northamptonshire. The tawny owl started its journey at Carnforth and stayed on the train which was from Glasgow, and got up to speeds of 75mph
At just 3.5 miles from the centre of Kendal, you can easily buzz along to Brigsteer for a pleasant and fairly easy walk. If you explore the village you might get the impression that Brigsteer is an apiary, with properties called Honeycroft, Honeybee
THE first episode of a new Sky sitcom set and partly filmed in Kendal is due to air on April 24. ‘Trying Again’ stars comedian Chris Addison (‘The Thick of It’, ‘Mock the Week’) and Jo Joyner (‘Eastenders’) as a couple trying to mend their relationship
