A BENCH owned by the Rotary Club was vandalised on Main Street, Grange-over-Sands, between September 2 – 16. Police say all the wooden seat planks in the bench have been smashed. They are appealing for anyone with information to come forward
A MINIBUS had its windscreen and rear windows smashed by vandals while parked next to the leisure centre on Burton Road, Kendal. The damage occurred overnight on Monday – anyone with information is asked to contact PC Claire Martin of Cumbria Police
AN eyewitness has told how a Sumatran tiger 'pounced' on a zoo keeper, an inquest heard today. Gareth Bell, from Newcastle, was visting the South Lakes Safari Zoo at Dalton-in-Furness with his family on the afternoon of Friday, May 24, 2013.
POLICE are hunting a taxi driver who propositioned a female passenger in Ulverston. The 24-year-old woman, from Manchester, got into the taxi outside The Sun Inn on Market Street and asked to be taken to where she was staying. During the journey
LAKES Parish Council has made further objections to the upgrading of the Pelter Bridge-Grasmere footpath to a bridleway, which would allow cycle use along it. Councillors took advice from the National Association of Local Councils, the High-ways
THE changing landscape of the school curriculum and exams did not affect students’ performance at Queen Katherine School, according to head teacher Gareth Roscoe. Speaking at the school’s awards evening, Mr Roscoe told more than 700 students, teachers
WILDLIFE experts at the Environment Agency have confirmed that water voles have returned to every county in England, following a repopulation scheme. The final release of 60 captive bred voles within the Bude river catchment in Cornwall means that
WITH the help of household tv programmes such as GBBO (or Great British Bake Off to those of you who don’t know), baking is on the rise. So as our summer diets are gladly thrown out of the window, we can breathe a comfortable sigh of relief and
Essential Ingredients: Definitely salt and pepper. In my opinion seasoning is key to turning a good dish into a great dish. First Kitchen worked in: At 15 I had a Saturday job as a kitchen porter at the New House Country Hotel in Cardiff. In those
A NATIONAL pub-goers’ bible has named a South Lakeland inn as the best place to dine in Cumbria. The Punch Bowl Inn & Restaurant at Crosthwaite has made it as Cumbria’s Dining Pub of the Year in the prestigious 2015 Good Pub Guide. “Accolades
SUNDAYS are often spent with family and should be merry. But my weekend consisted of being told I wear ‘far too much black, far too much navy blue and far too much grey’. It wasn’t exactly a wholly personal dig, but I soon realised my skin
ONE of the country's highest profile health officials has been appointed medical director for Morecambe Bay’s three hospitals. Dr David Walker, who is deputy chief medical officer for England, has been a medical consultant since 1996 and is
ULVERSTON: Tuesday, September 9. Weekly sale of livestock. Prices - prime lambs: Suffolks to £78 each; Texels 72; Charollais 70; Cheviots 62. Prime cattle: Limousin steer 185.50 pence per kilogram. Cast ewes and rams: Suffolks £88; Mules 54; Swaledales
PENRITH: Wednesday, September 10. Weekly sale of primestock. Forward: 2,570, comprising 1,321 prime lambs, 1,249 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Texel to £96 each, or 218 pence per kilogram; Beltex 95, 228; Suffolk 94, 169; Continental 88, 224; Mule 74
LANCASTER: Monday, September 15. Weekly sale of livestock. Prices - prime lambs: Suffolk to £74 each; Masham 65; Mule 70; Horned 67; Charollais 73; Texel 73. Cast sheep: Suffolk 60; Mule 82; Horned 35; Cheviot 31; Texel 126; average 155ppkg. Prime
KIRKBY STEPHEN: Friday, September 12. Annual show and sale of NEMSA mule gimmer lambs. Forward: 10,630. Sponsors: Westmorland Accountants; Farm Sense in conjunction with Eden Supplies (Brough) Ltd; New Breed UK; Carr’s Billington Agriculture; Dugdale
HAWES: Tuesday, September 9. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 1,293 sheep, comprising 807 prime lambs, 486 cast ewes and rams, 12 calves, 3 cull cows. Prices - calves: British Blue bull calves to £210 each; British Blue heifer calves 300 (average
CARLISLE: Wednesday, September 10. Borderway Club show and sale and weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 1,020 cattle, comprising 467 store, 325 weanlings, 300 calves, 18 dairy. Borderway show sponsors: Paragon Veterinary Group and Cogent. Judge: J.
BENTHAM: Tuesday, September 9. Special sale of store bullocks and heifers. Forward: 898. Prices - steers: Blonde d’Aquitaine cross to £1,340 each; Limousin cross 1,300; British Blue 1,280; Charolais 1,210; Aberdeen Angus 1,190; Simmental 1,185; Hereford
CUMBRIA Police are urging students to keep themselves, and their possessions, safe during Fresher’s Week. This month will see many young people starting college or university, and living away from home, for the first time. Assistant Chief Constable
A KENDAL woman has received a Donor Achievement Award after giving blood 75 times. Retired Anne Graham, 67, has been giving blood since she was 20 after thinking She said: “Other people I knew were donating blood and I thought "it would be a good
STARGAZERS were treated to a rare display of the Northern Lights when they lit up South Lakeland’s skies at the weekend. The phenomenon - rarely seen in Britain - was captured on camera in both Coniston and Kendal as locals left behind town centres
A SOUTH Lakes business has joined forces with one of Britain’s top climbers to host a ‘fun day’ for the families of teenage cancer victims. Windermere-based Impact International and daredevil, Leo Houlding, ran the event with the support of the
A TAKEAWAY in Bowness was left with ‘extensive fire damage’ after an electrical fire in the kitchen. Heavy smoke was issuing from the building when firefighters arrived at 6.20am today (Tuesday), and nearby properties were evacuated as a precaution
AN inquest into the death of an animal keeper mauled by a tiger at a local zoo, has heard claims that there was a ‘defective bolt’ in the tiger house which would have made it ‘unlocked’. Sarah Louise McClay, 24, from Barrow, was killed in an attack
THREE people are needed to join the Windermere Lake User Forum and have an important say in how the lake is managed and run. The forum is the group of lake users who advise and guide the Lake District National Park and South Lakeland District Council
WOULD-BE thieves attempted to hotwire a tractor at a woodyard near to Deansbiggin Farm, Kirkby Lonsdale. Police say the attempted theft occurred between midday on Saturday and Monday. Damage was also caused to a gate on the premises. MORE
THE hen harrier, pushed to the brink of extinction as a breeding bird in England, is in the top ten in a poll to find Britain's national bird. The nationwide poll was launched by broadcaster and writer David Lindo The Urban Birder. The red
CUMBRIA’S fantastic fungi feature in a new guide showcasing the best places to spot mushrooms and toadstools in the county. Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s (CWT) guide, Great Places to See Fungi in Cumbria, is designed to help people find a nature reserve
ONE of the UK’s favourite butterflies, the small tortoiseshell, continued its fight back this summer after years of decline, despite enduring the coldest August since 1993, a survey has revealed. The small tortoiseshell, whose population has declined
