PLANS to convert a disused barn at Selside, near Kendal, have been submitted to South Lakeland District Council.Applicant Tom Whitehead is proposing to convert the barn at Yonder Barn, Whitwell Folds, into a dwelling.
ANIMAL Studies students at Lancaster & Morecambe College (LMC) have recently fostered Molly, a 12-year-old cat from Animal Care Lancaster. Students will socialise with the feline every day, maintain her accommodation, feed her, groom her and get her into
A WINDOW was smashed on a property in Staveley before a thief made off with items off the windowsill, say police. The burglary occurred at an address on Beck Nook sometime on December 16. Anybody with information is asked to contact police
CUMBRIA Police have today confirmed that the body found in the River Eden yesterday was an 81-year-old pensioner. John Michael Parry, of Roper Street, Penrith, had been facing a murder charge following the death of his wife. 80-year-old Meryl was
A DAY of festive fashion at a Lake District school has earned almost £50 for a national charity.Pupils and staff at Langdale CE Primary School raised the cash for Save the Children after attending school in Christmas jumpers, as part of national Christmas
A LEYLANDII casting 'excessive shade' over houses in Beetham may be felled.Mark Bower, of 5 Parsonage Fold, is seeking approval from South Lakeland District Council to replace the 20-plus feet tall conifer with a 'more suitable' shrub or fruit tree.According
AN EXPANDING Ulverston plant and tool hire depot is to relocate to a former repair garage.Young Bros (Ulverston) Ltd is to move from Arrad Foot to the empty pre-fabricated industrial building and yard at North Lonsdale Road.According to plans approved
Wednesday, December 17. Weekly sale of livestock and monthly show and sale for the Border and Lakeland Holstein Club. Forward: 787 cattle, comprising of 351 store and weanlings, 344 calves and 75 dairy. Judge: P Rawcliffe. Sponsor: Zoetis and Cogent
Wednesday, December 17. Weekly sale of prime sheep and rearing calves. Forward; 3,562 prime sheep, comprising of 2,602 prime lambs and 960 cast ewes and rams; 94 rearing calves and stirks. Prices - Prime lambs: Texel to £119 each, or 253 pence per
Tuesday, December 16. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward; 1,703 sheep, comprising of 1,514 prime lambs, and 189 cast ewes and rams, and 5 cull cows. Prices - Cull cattle: Friesian/Holstein cows to £570 each, or 93 pence per kilo. Prime lambs: Continental
Friday, December 19. Weekly sale of livestock. Prices. Store cattle - Bullocks: Friesian to £1,160 each; Aberdeen Angus 1,280; Shorthorn 1,150; Galloway 1,040; Continental 870; Limousin 1,420; Charolais 1,310; Simmental 1,300; British Blue 1,180; Montbeliarde
Tuesday, December 16. Weekly sale of sheep. Forward: 3,398 sheep, comprising of 3,015 prime lambs and 383 cast ewes and rams. Prices - Prime lambs: Beltex to £117.80 each, or 263.2 pence per kilo; Suffolk 101.80; Texel 100, 192.3; Rouge 98.80, 179.6
A KENDAL graduate has caused a stir by ‘hitch hiking’ his way across North America using controversial matchmaking app Tinder.In a six-month trek across the USA, Daniel Beaumont used the dating app to meet up with more than 30 women who helped him get
Tuesday, December 16. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward; 1,300 prime lambs and cast ewes and rams. Prices. Cast ewes and rams: Texel to £118 each; Mule 88; Beltex 85; Suffolk 115; Herdwick 56; Swaledale 70; Cheviot 83; Charollais 87; Kerry 72; Jacob
Thursday, December 18. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 25 calves. Prices. Calves - Bulls: Friesian to £70 each; Ayrshire 32; Aberdeen Angus 230; Limousin 220; British Blue 395. Heifers: Limousin 295; Aberdeen Angus 225; British Blue 210. Stirks
NOT exactly Christmassy, tartan somehow seems to feel festive anyway.Or perhaps it's just that time of year?It could be the reds and greens that do it, but the symbolic national dress of Scotland seems fittingly appropriate, especially while you're toasting
LAKE District music festival Kendal Calling has donated £4,000 to the North West Air Ambulance charity to continue the legacy of one of its crew members. The independent music festival raised funds this summer by collecting donations from festival-goers
PLANS for four new homes at Allithwaite have been approved by South Lakeland District Council.Trevor Wilson, of Cartmel, submitted plans for two three-bedroom properties and two four-bedroom homes on land south of Lyndene, at Holme Lane.
THE doors to Settle Library and its customer services centre in High Street will close for the last time on Tuesday (December 23). But the library will re-open in new premises at Limestone View, Lower Greenfoot, at 2pm on Monday January 12.
The Government’s flagship ‘Universal Credit’ benefit represents the biggest change to the welfare system since the 1940s. The aim is to create a simpler and more flexible benefit system that makes work pay. When fully implemented, the Government
A NEW house on Ulverston's Star Street would not have a significant impact on the character or appearance of the town's conservation area, South Lakeland planners agreed.Applicants Mr and Mrs Haddow are proposing to build a three-bedroom detached house
THE Gateway Inn off Kendal's Plumgarths roundabout is set to create seven new hospitality jobs as it gets ready to open its doors in February after a landmark £450,000 investment. The venture, which has been jointly-funded by leading Lancashire brewer
THE Furness Building Society has handed over a donation of £27,444 to the Rosemere Cancer Foundation to pay for a new piece of ground-breaking equipment used to diagnose lung cancer. The new equipment has been installed at the Royal Preston Hospital,
THE 72-year-old pedestrian injured in a collision with a bus yesterday morning is now recovering in hospital, police have reported. The Kendal woman, who was rushed to Preston by ambulance shortly after 8am, suffered 'serious' leg injuries but
HEALTH experts at NHS England in Cumbria are urging all parents with children who have not already booked a flu vaccine, to contact their doctor's practice and book it now.Dr Claire Bradford, head of public health commissioning, Cumbria, Northumberland
FATHER Christmas is touring the streets of Kendal - with a little help from Kendal and District Lions. Every year, the organisation helps him visit streets and estates in the town to wave to excited children and take donations for the Lions' causes
A 92-YEAR-old woman died several weeks after falling down the stairs from her Kendal flat, an inquest heard. Maisie Townley’s neighbour described hearing an ‘almighty bang’ from her own ground floor flat at the Caroline Street property on July
WINDERMERE Golf club has trialled an exciting new form of entertainment, by hosting a production by Manchester based theatre company, The Rocket Theatre. Performing one of Oscar Wilde’s most popular plays, ‘Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime’, members and non-members
