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  • Curfew for thief

    DARREN Christopher Nixon, 39, of Mill Row, Elterwater, was sentenced to carry out a community order after pleading guilty at South Lakeland Magistrates' Court to stealing a mobile phone, worth £500, from Preet Chheda (correct). He was put under a 12-week

  • Blaze sparks Christmas tree lights warning

    AN AMBLESIDE hotel worker has urged homeowners to switch off Christmas tree lights at night after a huge blaze tore through her two-bedroomed rental home.Nicola Elston, who works as a food manager at the town's Salutation Hotel, described the moment she

  • Firefighters tackle kitchen blaze at Witherslack cottage

    FIREFIGHTERS tackled a kitchen fire at a cottage in Witherslack, near Town End Close, at 11.40am today.  The fire was in the ground floor kitchen and was put out by firefighters, two wearing breathing apparatus, using a hose reel jet. The property

  • Eden residents urged to apply for Green Deal cash

    EDEN householders living in fuel poverty are being urged by the district council to apply for cash under the government's new Green Deal Home Improvement Fund. Eighty-three per cent of wards in Eden show higher levels of fuel poverty than the national

  • Three cars damaged on Burneside Road, say police

    THREE cars were damaged along Burneside Road on December 16, causing almost £1,000 damage in total, say police. The vehicles all had their wing mirrors damaged, on the road from Burneside to Kendal, in the early hours of the morning. Anyone

  • Dates for Furness Railway talk

    THE Furness Railway is to be the subject of a talk by Tim Owen at the County Hotel in Carnforth on Friday, January 9 next year. It will be the first meeting of 2015 for the Railway Correspondence and Travel Society, followed by a talk on Northern Railways

  • Six places to go this week

    BURTON Singers are ready to raise the Burton-in-Kendal Memorial Hall roof on Saturday, December 20 (8pm) with their Let’s Celebrate Christmas concert.The 25-strong vocal ensemble (pictured) stage an evening of seasonal songs, carols and music from traditional

  • Dick heads for streets paved with gold

    TIS' the season of pantomime - and some of the region's leading laughter makers are poised once again, props at the ready, to create inexhaustible amounts of mayhem and merriment.In a land just outside Kendal, Burneside Amateur Theatrical Society has

  • New kit for college

    KENDAL College football team have found a new kit sponsor.Lakes Speciality Foods as well as Todds have sponsored the team's new gear which has allowed the college to replace their old kit.It will be on show at their Westmorland FA accredited training

  • Water pistol attack on parking warden

    A BUSINESSMAN hurled a barrage of foul-mouthed abuse at a female traffic warden before squirting her with a water pistol. Cumbria County Council employee Amy Harrison wiped tears away from her face as she described to magistrates how she was left

  • No guarantees to police market-day traffic in Milnthorpe

    POLICE told Milnthorpe parish councillors that they are 'unable to guarantee' the policing of market-day traffic in the village.The parish council heard this would leave organisers responsible, a situation that councillors described as 'unsatisfactory

  • Furness Enterprise to close

    A JOB-creation agency serving Furness is to close at the end of December having failed to get a decision on a key £1 million grant.Furness Enterprise, based at Lindal-in-Furness, was set up in 1991 on the back of major redundancies at the Barrow shipyard.But

  • LETTER: A beacon in the dark

    Kirkbie Kendal School at Kendal needs to beware!There is a big black hole at the Romney Road roundabout that is growing stronger by the day.First there was the A-board advertising 'MOT's'; now there are the new historic signs outside 'K' Village (see

  • Cumbria Pearls in peril

    VOLUNTEERS are needed to help prevent one of Cumbria’s rarest butterflies being lost from the county for good, wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation has revealed.The Pearl-bordered Fritillary used to be a common sight in the county in late spring and

  • Spring beef show date announced

    THE National Beef Association's Spring Spectacular Show will be held as part of the NBA Beef Expo at York Auction Centre on May 21.The cream of British cattle will compete for a total prize pot of £5,000 for a range of classes, including native, continental

  • Door-to-door selling warning

    POLICE in Eden are investigating a number of incidents of door-to-door selling, where people call at homes claiming to either be deaf or rehabilitating offenders.Reports have been received of people stating they are offenders who are in a programme of

  • Silverdale handbell ringers in ding-dong over rent

    DISHARMONY has broken out between handbell ringers and the committee of a village institute where their wooden practice hut has been located for 63 years. In a turn of events worthy of Radio 4 drama The Archers, the 108-year-old Silverdale Handbell

  • Make a meal out of Christmas day

    SEVEN days and counting, if you are not prepared for Christmas take some inspiration and get your skates on.Although the 'decks' are up in shop windows months in advance, the 25th nevertheless seems to creep up on us every year and there is the inevitable

  • Festive show by Burneside Brass Band

    BURNESIDE Brass continue their festive fixtures tomorrow night (Friday, December 19, 7.30pm) with a concert staged as part of Kendal Parish Church's third Charity Christmas Tree Festival.Under the guiding hand of musical director Laurie Johnston, Burneside

  • Schools go festive as Nativity season upon us once more

    SHEPHERDS, a donkey and lashings of tinsel can only mean one thing for local primary school pupils.Nativity season is upon us once again and local schools have not disappointed with performances to make every parent proud.Youngsters took part in both

  • Bethany and Tom join county's first MYP's

    A KENDAL student has been selected as Cumbria's first Member of Youth Parliament for the South Lakes and Barrow.Tom Latham, 19, from the town's Queen Katherine School, was one of more than 30 candidates who put themselves forward across Cumbria. He will

  • Kendal hedge was dug out for safety reasons

    A TALL hedge and fence at Derwent Drive, Kendal, were dug out and replaced for safety reasons, according to retrospective plans.Kerry Thompson told South Lakeland District Council that she and her partner decided to remove the 10-plus feet tall hedge

  • South Cumbrian duo Paper Cranes to release new EP

    SOUTH Cumbrian acoustic duo Paper Cranes are set to release their third EP, and this time, songwriter Jon Dawes said they are “doing things on our own terms.”Jon and sister-in-law Beckah Lloyd recorded their last release in London by the Animal Farm label

  • Air ambulance funding boost

    THE Marsden Building Society, which has a branch in Kendal, has donated £35,086 to the North West Air Ambulance. The donation is a result of the society's affinity accounts which enables savers to support their chosen charity. The Marsden promises to

  • House plan could flush away old Arnside public loo

    THE disused public WC on Arnside Promenade could be demolished and replaced with a house, if plans are approved by South Lakeland District Council.Sharon Holgate-Smith proposes to build a two-storey home on the site of the former loo, complete with oak

  • Festive appeal to help homeless people

    NEW government figures show that 920 children in the North West will face waking up homeless this Christmas morning – a rise of 12 per cent in the last year.For many children, this will mean living in one cramped room of a hostel or bed and breakfast

  • Eden council chiefs propose tax increase

    EDEN District Council is considering a Council Tax rise of 1.99 per cent - an increase of £3.61 a year for a Band D property.The draft budget was agreed by the council's Executive on Tuesday night and includes an extra £100,000 for footway lighting and

  • Orchestras will be Walking In The Air

    PLAYERS from the BBC Philharmonic and Hallé orchestras take to the Kendal Leisure Centre stage tonight (Thursday, 7pm) as part of a 25-piece professional ensemble accompanying a screening of the film The Snowman, with local child soloist, Declan Ryder

  • Kendal estate agents launch fundraising scheme

    A KENDAL estate agent is urging local businesses to get behind its new fundraising scheme to help locally based charities.Starting in 2015 Scott Bainbridge Sales & Lettings is proposing to donate 10 per cent of any fee generated from selling properties

  • Lakes chef Darren exits TV's Masterchef final

    LAKE District chef Darren Comish has been eliminated from the final of Masterchef: The Professionals. The 33-year-old, from Ulverston, was the first finalist to be sent home by chefs Marcus Wareing and Monica Galetti in a programme broadcast on

  • Former Sedbergh parish priest celebrates his 100th birthday

    A MAN who has been very much at the heart of Sedbergh and its associated parishes has celebrated his 100th birthday.The Rev Bill Long was ordained and entered the ministry at the town's St Andrew's Parish Church in 1973. His involvement with the church