FOUR people were taken to hospital, three with serious injuries, after a two-vehicle crash on the A684 in the Yorkshire Dales. The smash between a Mini and a VW Passat happened at about 1.40pm yesterday at Swinithwaite and fire crews from Hawes
More 1,000 competitors battled for supremacy on the fells, the track and in the wrestling arena at Ambleside Sports. In the Rydal Round - a gruelling nine-mile fell race around the Fairfield Horseshoe - Sarah McCormack set a new course ladies record
The Lancaster Canal Trust operates the trip boat 'Waterwitch' every Sunday and bank holidays, May to October, from Crooklands landing stage. Volunteers skipper the boat, welcome prospective passengers at the old stables and promote the canal. One
My eldest daughter arrived for her swimming lesson last week and was transfixed by the TV screen next to the reception desk. On it were lanes of swimmers racing in the Commonwealth Games. After a comment about wanting to be that fast she went into
A great desire for a tranquil pause overlooking a beautiful place, sent us off to Lily Tarn on Loughrigg. Getting there was quite a plod but once on the bench seat beside the water, and with the water lilies now in full flower, we achieved what we
THE Cartmel commmunity joined together for a party in the garden of the Royal Oak Pub to support St Mary's Hospice and Cartmel In Bloom while also having lots of fun dancing, eating and playing games. Music was provided by Smooth Chalk while anyone
The Met Office has issued a Lake District-wide weather warning for the weekend. Persistent and heavy rain is predicted which could lead to flooding. Thunderstorms are also expected, posing a potentially serious risk to anybody undertaking outdoor
YOUNG people are being given the chance to take part in a range of sports activities in the South Lakes during the school holidays. The Summer of Sport sessions are being run by North Country Leisure, South Lakeland District Council’s sports and
AS the war progressed, the sheer magnitude of the loss Sedbergh School had suffered began to sink in. Altogether 257 men former pupils and staff made the ultimate sacrifice during the war. Before the war ended, planning began to ensure that
PLANNING permission has been granted for 15 affordable homes on land off Low Demesne Close, Ingleton. The Home Group - the country's fourth largest housing provider - wants to build eight one-bedroom apartments, two two-bedroom houses and five
NORTH Yorkshire County Council is planning to develop two extra care housing schemes on sites in Craven. The schemes - at Ingleton and Bentham - would each comprise 40 housing units and would bring much needed care and support services to the area
A NEW two-year project aims to help Yorkshire Dales farmers get the most from their businesses. SAC Consulting has been awarded £50,000 by the Princes Countryside Fund to run the scheme. The Yorkshire Dales have some of the most diverse farm
RESIDENTS living on the border of Cumbria and North Yorkshire have been told to ‘use or lose’ their new bus service. The warning comes after the Craven Connection service was launched, between Skipton and Kirkby Lonsdale, three months after the
A MAN who was twice told that he was in breach of a tree preservation order continued to construct a driveway which threatened a beech and sycamore, magistrates were told. James Rucastle, of Beckside, Westhouse, was advised to stop using a digger
IN THE last two scorching weeks, the coastguard, fell rescuers and air ambulance services have been called to the aid of scores of people who have got into difficulty while out on the fells or in the Bay. Most of the time people have unwittingly
GREEN-fingered locals have taken prizes for their entries at the prestigious RHS Tatton Show. Dubbed the ‘Chelsea of the North’, the show attracted more than 500 entries from right around the UK – including two winning competitors from the south
A SUMMER drink drive campaign run by Cumbria Constabulary has seen a small increase in the number of mororists caught driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The annual campaign which ran throughout June saw 1,222 breath tests conducted
DOZENS of Kendal Calling festival-goers have been stripped of illegal substances during a police operation to clamp down on drug use. Police targeted those entering the Lowther Deer Park site and this morning released a picture of some of the items
THE Westmorland show season opened with a jam-packed event in Furness which attracted praise from competitors, visitors and judges alike. The North Lonsdale Agricultural Show set the bar for the rest of the season when it was held yesterday, with
Historian Roger Bingham surveys the local scene in the weeks before the outbreak of the First World War THE shots that rang out at Sarajevo which killed the heir to the Austrian throne Archduke Franz-Ferdinand and his wife on June 28, 1914 flash
AN outboard motor worth £500 has been stolen from a yacht on the southern end of Coniston. The Mariner 8-horsepower 2003 motor is believed to have been stolen sometime between July 26 and yesterday (Thursday). Anyone with information should
A PAIR of road bikes have been stolen from a lane adjacent to the lower South Lakeland District Council car park. Police are appealing for information about the theft which occurred sometime during the afternoon of July 15, from a site accessed
A SHOULDER bag has been stolen after being left unattended on a trolley at Booths supermarket, Windermere. Police are appealing for information following the theft which occurred yesterday (Thursday) at around 1.20pm. The navy shoulder bag
A CAMPAIGN to bring red squirrels back to the Troutbeck valley is sho-wing signs of success. The first red in years was seen running towards one of the Westmorland Red Squirrel Society’s volun-teers in Troutbeck Bridge. Now another has been
TWO retired friends who have taken 36 years to restore an old tractor will take it on a 33-mile sponsored run over two Lakeland passes this weekend. George Long and Pete Myers will on Saturday drive the 1953 Ferguson TED tractor over Wrynose and
