A FOUR-part television documentary celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Pennine Way is to be screened on the BBC. The programme will be presented by Windermere resident, polar adventurer and ocean diver Paul Rose, who teamed up with BBC Yorkshire
A SCOUT unit’s community garden is one of five projects to receive financial assistance from South Lakeland District Council (SLDC).Green-fingered members of the Xenolith Explorer Scout Unit in Ulverston have helped to transform a dull and unloved patch
GREY squirrel numbers are set to increase this spring following a mild winter and an abundant supply of food available last autumn. A long summer and consistent growing conditions created large volumes of seeds late last summer and autumn, according
BLACKPOOL-born singer-songwriter Rae Morris is playing an intimate show in Kendal Library in May, and, as she explains, it will be ‘a bit like a homecoming gig’.The 22-year-old is a regular visitor to the Lakes, where her parents now live for most of
WALKERS are being challenged to reach the peak of silliness by climbing Pen-y-Ghent, Whernside or Ingleborough wearing an off-the-wall hat.The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA) launched the project to raise funds for path maintenance around
SHEEP industry leaders are urging Natural England and a Defra minister to oppose reintroducing lynx into Britain.The National Sheep Association (NSA) bringing the wild cat back after more than 1,300 years of extinction would 'pose a real threat to British
KENDAL student Tom Latham has been presented with his official badge of office as one of three Cumbria Members of the UK Youth Parliament.Tom, who attends The Queen Katherine School, received his badge from Cumbria County Councillor Nick Cotton, chair
AMBLESIDE Players' spring production is Tim Firth's comedy The Safari Party, playing the Kelsick Centre from next Wednesday-Saturday, April 8-11 (7.30pm)Directed By Trish Donson, it tells of three households in Cheshire who have agreed to hold a 'safari
A SOUTH Lakes school 'swing' band will be one of the star attractions at one of the district's top outdoor spring events.The ensemble from Ulverston Victoria High School (UVHS), which has wowed audiences throughout the region, will entertain visitors
A 1940s light delivery vehicle – known as the ‘Tri-van’ – has been restored to full working order and is now on display at the Lakeland Motor Museum.This is the sole surviving example of the 1949 Tri-Van, designed to combine the storage capacity of a
THE GREAT North Air Ambulance came to the aid of a young boy who suffered a leg injury after coming off his bike. The incident occured on the Whinlater Pass, near Keswick, at 12.10pm today (Tuesday, March 24). Air ambulance crews, along with
CARLISLE: Monday, March 23. Weekly sale of livestock and crop. Forward: 252 cast cows and stock bulls, 72 prime bulls, 55 prime steers and heifers, 2,623 hoggs. Prices - Cast cows: Saler to £1,265 each, or 151.5 pence per kilogram; Limousin 1,241,
PENRITH: Wednesday, March 18. Weekly sale of prime sheep and fortnightly sale of rearing calves. Forward: 3,124 sheep, comprising 2,519 prime hoggs, 605 cast ewes and rams, 62 rearing calves. Prices - Prime hoggs: Beltex to £112 each, or 294 pence
HAWES: Tuesday, March 17. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 1,048 sheep, comprising 887 prime and lightweight hoggs, 121 cast ewes and rams, 40 in-lamb Swaledale ewes, 12 calves. Prices - Calves: British Blue bulls to £415 each (average 356); British
KIRKBY STEPHEN: Monday, March 23. Fortnightly sale of cast and OTM cattle. Forward 32. Prices - Cast cows: Limousin to £1,200 each, or 167.5 pence per kilogram; Shorthorn 1,009.70, 124.5; Black and White 984.65, 123.5; Ayrshire 818.26, 125.5; British
LANCASTER: Monday, March 23. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 192 sheep with lambs at foot. Prices - Prime hoggs: Suffolk to £99 each; Continental 75; Masham 85; Mule 91.50; Horned 86.50; Charollais 79; Cheviot 98; Texel 98; Herdwick 63; Grit 93.50
BENTHAM: Wednesday, March 18. Weekly sale of livestock. Forward: 40 dairy, 394 sheep with lambs at foot, 590 in-lamb breeding sheep, 68 rearing calves, 752 cast ewes, 2,815 hoggs. Prices - newly-calved Black and White heifers to £2,200 (average 1,590.67
ULVERSTON: Tuesday, March 17. Weekly sale of livestock. Prices - Prime hoggs: Suffolks to £104; Texel cross hoggs 215 pence per kilogram (average 203); pen of Swaledales 42kg £78.50. Cast ewes and rams: Texel 136. Prime cattle: Limousin steer 212p.
AN ULVERSTON man accused of killing a teenager by driving dangerously made his first appearance in court this morning. Kyle Braithwaite, 24, appeared at Furness Magistrates’ Court in Barrow charged with causing the death of 19-year-old pedestrian
TRIBUTES have been paid to the motorcyclist involved in a fatal accident near Graythwaite. Steven Heaney, 55, died from his injuries when he came off his Honda motorbike while travelling in convoy from Hawkshead to Graythwaite at around 6pm on
A TEAM of Ulverston engineering apprentices has produced a gold-winning model of a Spitfire aircraft.They took two weeks to build their version of the iconic World War II aircraft for the Gen2 challenge held at the Energus centre in Lillyhall, West Cumbria.The
POLICE have confirmed that there is no evidence of contamination or criminality following an investigation into claims of make-up tampering at Beales, Kendal. Officers were called at 1.01pm on Tuesday, March 17, after a witness said that a single
TRAFFIC is backed-up for a mile near the Booths roundabout on the A590 in Ulverston. Motorists should be advised that there are currently delays of around half an hour in both directions due to temporary traffic lights and a work force in the road
HOW do you fancy spending four days in a kayak on a Scottish loch discussing the environment and our impact on it with an outdoor philosopher who has cycled the world? Or would you prefer spending three days with a rock star discussing creativity
Kendal (J36): Tuesday, March 17. Weekly sale of sheep. Forward: 69. Prices - Prime hoggs: Dorset to £88 each; Suffolk 98; Masham 78.50; Mule 89; Swaledale 85; Rough Fell 81.50; Scotch 86.50; Cheviot 88; Texel 108; Beltex 80; Herdwick 76. Cast sheep
ABOVE DERWENT: Proposed physical alterations to outbuilding (part retrospective), at Swinside Inn Hotel, Newlands, Keswick, for B. Henderson. BAMPTON: To construct a double pony shelter on hardcore base in corner of field. To create hardcore standing
A MAN was airlifted to hospital after being hit by a HGV as he walked down the A65 at Crooklands. The 56-year-old gentleman, from Levens, managed to escape with minor injuries after coming into contact with the truck at around 3.30pm on Sunday,
ABOVE DERWENT: Proposed physical alterations to outbuilding (part retrospective), at Swinside Inn Hotel, Newlands, Keswick, for B. Henderson. BAMPTON: To construct a double pony shelter on hardcore base in corner of field. To create hardcore standing
WEDNESDAY: Strings Solo – Yrs 6 and under, The Westmorland Men’s Bowl: 1 Paddy Davies; 2 Shannon Sheffield. Piano Solo – Yrs 4-6, Margaret Armitage Cup: 1 Edmund Hui; 2 Annelise Tirvengadum. Mrs Reade Melody: 1 Edmund Hui; 2 Annelise Tirvengadum. Composers
STANDFIRSTFOLLOWING on from last week's coverage The Westmorland Gazette celebrates the achievements of those taking part in the second half of the eminent week-long 2015 Mary Wakefield Westmorland Music Festival with more words and results.ONCE again
HUNDREDS of pounds worth of property has been stolen from a house in Millom in an overnight raid. An Xbox 360 and a Sony television were stolen from the property, on Windsor Street, between 5pm and 10.45am on Sunday, March 22. The criminal(
A GLASGOW sales manager drank two bottles of beer while driving from Scotland to Leeds for a conference, a court heard. John Myles, 57, of Livingstone Drive, was reported to the police after being seen 'weaving about' on the M6 near Tebay.
A KENDAL man with a hearing disability was arrested after saying 'pig' in sign language to a police officer, a court heard. South Cumbria Magistrates Court was told that police were called to McDonalds on Stricklandgate after reports of a man
POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a shop window was smashed in a seemingly random act of vandalism in Ambleside. Both front windows of Lily Lou's florist on St Mary's Lane, Ambleside, between 9pm and 9.40pm on Sunday, March
